COVID19 Pandemic: Perspective on Quality of life

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Globally COVID-19 pandemic impacted on all dimensions of the lives in the world. Quality of lifemeasures person’s well-being. Very less information was available about the influence of COVID-19 pandemic onqualityoflife.Thus,objectivewastoassessimpactandchangeinlifestylerelatedfactorscontributingtoqualityoflife among employedpopulationduetoCOVID-19pandemic. Methodology:Webbasedcrosssectionalstudywasconductedamong>18yearsofstudyparticipants.Convenientsa mplingmethodwasused. DataanalysiswasdoneusingEpi infosoftware7.2.2version. Results: A total 252 study participants completed the study. COVID-19 pandemic impact was severe on physicaldomain 114(43.51%) and on psychological domain 20(7.63%). Over all the effect of pandemic on quality of lifewas moderate 136(51.91%). 234(89.31%) participants responded that there was excellent change in lifestylerelatedpractices. Conclusion:COVID-19pandemichadmoderatelyaffectedqualityoflifeinourstudysubjects,alongwithexcellentchangeinlifestylerelate dpractices. Studies in huge population will be requiredtoverify these findings.