ASSESSMENT OF COVID-19 FEAR AMONG THE UNDERGRADUATES – A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY Authors: Amit Upasani* , Manisha Dunghav
ABSTRACT
Background: Coronavirus disease is a highly infectious and fatal disease. It has caused
distress in the form of fear, and anxiety among masses including youth. To observe the Covid
-19 Fear in the youth undergraduate students studying in bachelor studies in Ayurveda were
selected for the study. Materials and Methods: Participants- Total 183 volunteers
participated in the study. Participants were undergraduate students of Parul Institute of
Ayurveda. The present study was cross-sectional study conducted in the month of December
2021. A valid questionnaire’s Google form is circulated through the whats app group to the
participants. Though enormous vaccination was given the fear still exists. Conclusion: There
is definite impact of vaccination on the Covid-19 fear, but still in some cases fear plays a
major role in aggravation of the disease
Keywords: COVID-19, Fear, Undergraduate students
Publication date: 25/01/2022 https://ijbpas.com/pdf/2022/January/MS_IJBPAS_2022_JAN_SPCL_2_2050.pdfDownload PDFhttps://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.2050