Abstract

Dr. Aruna K. Pandya, Nisarg N. Shah, Aman Keshari*, Dr. Shraddha Bhatt, Dr. Kirtan Parmar, Dr. Sweta Patel and Dr. Nandita Christy

ABSTRACT

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), originated in Wuhan city of China, has spread rapidly around the world, sending billions of people into lockdown. In light of the rising spread of this infectious disease, to prevent students and staff members, most Universities across the world have either postponed or canceled all campus events, be it regular lectures, workshops, conferences, sports, or any other activity. As studies have shown that the mental health of young adults (18?34 years old) was most affected by restrictions because of this, we are interested in seeing how COVID-19 has impacted the wellbeing of students. We will review studies found using keywords such as ‘College student’, ‘COVID-19’, and ‘mental health’. This review will evaluate how COVID-19 has impacted University students’ mental health, and what students have done to cope with stressors stemming from COVID-19. In this research, we aim to find the relation between stress due to Covid-19 and symptoms of depression among college students. The Perceived Stress Scale related to Covid-19 (PSS-10-C) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) will be used for this purpose. We also wish to find socio demographic risk factors for high scores on these tests.