Depression Analysis Due to Impact of Working from Home during Covid-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT

The corona virus [corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19)] pandemic had adversely affected the people's lives. Work from home during this pandemic has affected various age group of people which leads to the several mental health issues such as depression. Initial indications imply that depression level is higher during COVID-19 pandemic. This research study reveals the quantitative analysis of affected people from depression by work from home during this pandemic an analytical online survey was conducted during this pandemic which contains a sample of 300 people from the different age groups they may include students, unemployed, IT sector workers, research scholars and had no prior history regarding their mental illness. Their working situation in this pandemic time of COVID-19 described their level of depression. The data of this survey show that the maximum number of depressed adults is belong from the age group of 36-40 mainly it includes working professional, unemployed and IT professionals, during this pandemic COVID-19. The adults who were working in IT sector or working professional due to this situation the interaction with the people decrease and screen time increase which results into the aggression, anxiety, mood swings and pessimistic thinking. As in case of student's depression due to less understanding and interaction with teacher in online classes which increases digital divide, dropouts, learning losses and their increase interest towards social media platforms. In our study age-based differences revealed that older age-groups were more vulnerable to stress, depression and anxiety symptoms.Copyright © 2022, Medico Legal Society. All rights reserved.