AUTHOR=Dixit Snehil , Musa Alamin , Sillva Audrey Borghi , Reddy Ravi Shankar , Abohashrh Mohammed , Kakaraparthi Venkata Nagaraj , Asiri Faisal , Caruso Flavia Rossi , Govindappa Shashi Kumar , Mohammed Arif Ahmad 

TITLE=The Impact of Post-traumatic Stress of SARS-CoV-2 Affliction on Psychological and Mental Health of Student Survivors: Cross Sectional Study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.845741

DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2022.845741

ISSN=2296-2565

ABSTRACT=Background: A long-term influence of COVID-19 has been created on student’s mental health and life since the outbreak of the pandemic. Objectives: the research was conducted to find the psychological and mental impacts of SARS-CoV-2 affliction among the students’ survivors in the university. Methods: The study design of the experiment was cross-sectional, sampling technique was non probability and sampling method being applied was convenience sampling. Descriptive data was examined and results were showed as mean and standard deviations, percentages, frequencies for continuous variables of IES-R scale (Intrusion, Avoidance, and Hyperarousal) using the total sample of n=34. Bivariate spearman analysis for correlation and ordinal regression were also carried out with significance level at p< 0.05. Results:  Out of 34 only 24 students responded to the online survey with an overall participation level of 71%. The participant’s average age was (Mean ± Standard deviation (SD)) 21.63 ± 1.27 years. Grading was given for the total IES-R score which was subdivided into a predefined range. Out of 24 participants, 9 (38%) participants showed the symptoms of mild (n=2) - severe (n=7) psychological impacts. On correlation of factors total IES-R score and taste and sense of smell were moderately correlated (-0.58*). The ordinal regression for complete loss of sense of taste and smell was significant with p value < 0.05. Conclusions:  The results from IES-R evaluation clearly outlines the presence of psychological sequels post recovery of COVID-19 episodes among the young college survivors.