Unveiling the Mental Landscape of Northeast India amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Comprehensive Exploration of Depression, Anxiety, Stress, and Well-being (original) (raw)

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has presented a challenge to maintaining good physical and mental health worldwide. The aim of this study was to find the relationship between mental health status and well-being among Northeast Indian people during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study was an online cross-sectional survey carried out among the people of the Northeast India population. The questionnaire was converted into Google Forms and distributed via E-mail, WhatsApp, Messenger application, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms in contact with the investigators. A total number of 565 responses were obtained including both male (n = 243) and female (n = 322) participants. In the study, mild stress was found in 30.1% of the participants, 5.3% had moderate stress, 1.2% had severe stress and 4.0% had extremely severe stress. Mild anxiety was found in 13.1%, 21.8% had a moderate level of anxiety, 5.7% had severe anxiety, and a least 3.5% had an extremely severe level of anxiety. Mild depression was reported by 17.7%, 16.3% had moderate depression, 3.5% had severe depression, and 2.7% had extremely severe depression. Person correlation shows that well-being has a significant negative correlation with stress (r = −0.482; P < 0.01), anxiety (r = −0.323; P < 0.01), and depression (r = −513; P < 0.01). The finding of the study shows that well-being has a significant negative correlation with stress, anxiety, and depression. The study concludes that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on mental and physical health, and mental health responses need to be treated with psychosocial interventions to prevent mental health crises in the general population during a pandemic.