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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 72-77 |
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The COIVD-19 pandemic first wave and copings among the urban patients in India
Kannappa V Shetty1, Sreevani Rentala2, Dayananda Bittenahalli Omkarappa3, Sanjeev Kumar Manikappa4, Urmila Bamney5
1 Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, India
3 Yeovil District Hospital, Somerset, UK
4 Centre for PSS in Disaster, Management, NIMHANS, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
5 Department of Social Work, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Kannappa V Shetty
Department of Psychiatric Social Work, Dharwad Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Dharwad, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/iopn.iopn_34_21
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Context: The COVID-19 pandemic first wave has had a huge psychological impact on COVID patients living in urban areas. Materials and Methods: The study adopted a descriptive research design to determine the coping strategies among home isolated patients with COVID-19 in urban districts of south India. The convenient sampling technique was used to select 60 persons infected with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic as sample of the study. The coping strategies were assessed by using the Brief COPE Inventory scale. It has 28 statements which can identify 14 possible coping strategies and sociodemographic data were collected through the telephonic interview method. Results and Conclusions: Negative coping strategies such as denial and self-blame were found high, and positive coping strategies such as active coping, use of emotional support, use of instrumental support, venting, positive reframing, planning, and religion were reported to high among COVID patients in urban areas. The study suggests providing at least psychological first aid to reduce mental distress during isolation/quarantine.s
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