David Blessy Elizabeth, Kumar Sanjay
Doctor Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Data Brief. 2020 Nov 23;33:106566. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106566. eCollection 2020 Dec.
The global crisis prevailing in the wake of the spread of COVID-19 has raised several speculations about the impact of the lockdown on the mental health of people. The dataset presented here is the assessment of the psychological distress experienced by people in India following the implementation of lockdown as a measure to curtail the spread of the coronavirus. The data was collected through a survey conducted by employing an online questionnaire assessing the socio-demographic information (9-items) as well as the administration of the short version of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12 items) originally developed by Goldberg (1972). The period of data collection is between 9th April 2020 and 20th April 2020 where a total of 1,894 responses were obtained. The Google forms containing the questionnaire of the study were shared publicly through emails and via the social media forum like WhatsApp and Facebook. Thereby, those who took the initiative to fill-up the responses were included as the survey participants. Thus, the final sample had participants representing 17 states and Union territories of India. The entire dataset is stored in a Microsoft Excel Worksheet (.xls) and the questionnaire is attached as a supplementary file. The data is beneficial for the timely assessment of the nature and degree of the psychological distress experienced by people in India during the COVID-19 crisis. It could further be an assistance to the Government, policymakers as well as health care workers to take the adequate measures to ensure sound mental health among people.
新冠疫情传播后全球普遍存在的危机引发了人们对封锁措施对民众心理健康影响的诸多猜测。此处呈现的数据集是对印度民众在实施封锁以遏制新冠病毒传播后所经历的心理困扰的评估。数据通过一项调查收集，该调查采用在线问卷评估社会人口信息（9项）以及最初由戈德堡（1972年）编制的一般健康问卷简版（GHQ - 12项）。数据收集期为2020年4月9日至2020年4月20日，共获得1894份回复。包含该研究问卷的谷歌表单通过电子邮件以及WhatsApp和Facebook等社交媒体平台公开分享。因此，主动填写回复的人被纳入调查参与者。最终样本中有来自印度17个邦和联邦属地的参与者。整个数据集存储在一个Microsoft Excel工作表（.xls）中，问卷作为补充文件附上。这些数据有助于及时评估印度民众在新冠疫情危机期间所经历的心理困扰的性质和程度。它还能进一步协助政府、政策制定者以及医护人员采取适当措施，确保民众的心理健康。
