Bhupinder Kaur Sama|Palakpreet Kaur|Parteek Singh Thind|Manpreet Kaur Verma|Mandeep Kaur|Dapinder Deep Singh
Implications of COVID?19?induced nationwide lockdown on children's behaviour in Punjab, India
Punjab Engineering College|Desh Bhagat University|Guru Nanak Dev University
abstract background lockdown one prevalent tools used control spread covid19 virus india circumstances created lockdown period children deprived social interaction companionship susceptible psychiatric disorders therefore study efforts understand impacts lockdown mental status children india specific causes study design questionnairebased study methods webbased questionnaire prepared 400 parents four districts punjab india namely ludhiana sahibzada ajit singh sas nagar sangrur ferozepur telephonically interviewed information collected interviews statistically analysed using statistical package social sciences spss software results findings study revealed 7315 5125 children signs increased irritation anger respectively 187 176 parents also mentioned symptoms depression anxiety respectively among children also augmented changes diet sleep weight usage electronic equipment children 763 persistently urge go outdoors play friends therefore could lag social development observations pearsons correlation revealed lockdown childrens mental health significantly related area house number children family qualification mother socioeconomic status family conclusions study made evident mental health children residing punjab india compromised lockdown period induced covid19 pandemic findings study may also trigger international authorities frame guidelines lockdown interest mental health native children