Impact of Corona virus pandemic and lockdown on people with mental illness and their caregivers
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: F01-F99- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2020/07/026299
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Psychiatry
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Age : 18 years and above
2. Follow up patients and their Primary caregivers
3. At psychiatry OPD/ IPD/ rehabilitation centre/ Camps run by the department
4. Consenting for the study
5. Able to read and write Kannada/ English/ Malayalam
6. Those willing for additional in depth interview will go for the qualitative part of the study
Exclusion Criteria
1. New patients
2. Unwilling to participate
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method #1. Concerns regarding COVID-19, challenges during the period in terms of health, family relations, social life, work, caregiving responsibilities, coping methods, effect on the mental illness in terms of relapse, symptoms, phenomenon will be studied <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>#2. The experience during this period will be understood through the phenomenon reported in the qualitative part of the studyTimepoint: At baseline
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Differences in the above outcome measures across major mental illnesses groups like Psychosis, Mood Disorders, Substance use disorders, Anxiety and Others. subject to reasonable numbers in each group.Timepoint: At baseline