Chaudhary Deepshikha, Semwal Jayanti, Sharma Neha, Srivastava Malini, Avinash Priya Ranjan
Department of Community Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Department of Clinical Psychology, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Nagar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2024 Jul 11;13:220. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1293_23. eCollection 2024.
Millions of people lost their loved ones due to the COVID-19 pandemic; this dire situation had an impact on almost every aspect of the daily life of every person. However, most of the individuals adapted to their losses nearly 2-10% of the population experienced dysfunctional grief in which adolescents were also affected. Aims and Objectives: Prime objective of the study was to assess dysfunctional grief due to loss from COVID-19 Pandemic among adolescents and to find out the coping strategies used by them to overcome this grief.
The study was conducted among school-going adolescents of District Dehradun. A pre-designed, pre-tested, self-administered, semi-structured questionnaire including socio-demographic details, COVID-19-related questions and Pandemic Grief Scale (Cronbach alpha-0.77) was used in the offline survey.
Out of 690 study participants, a total of 151 (21.8%) adolescents lost their loved ones due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of these, 9.93% were facing dysfunctional grief due to their loss. To overcome this grief, coping strategies used by study participants were mainly phone and internet usage (78%) followed by watching TV (73.8%) and sleeping (68.1%).
Adolescents who experienced loss and were grieved are more at high risk of developing psychological disorders, particularly depression, anxiety, and physical illness, that might affect their education and overall development. Though to tackle the mental health crisis in the country Tele-Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States (Tele-MANAS) has been initiated, still there is a lack of clarity regarding the structure and range of services provided by Tele-MANAS centers set up under the National Tele-Mental Health Program (NTMHP). Timely intervention and research to take solid steps to diminish the potential adverse effects of bereavement on adolescents' mental health is necessary.
数百万人口因新冠疫情失去了他们所爱的人；这一严峻形势几乎影响了每个人日常生活的方方面面。然而，大多数人适应了他们的损失，近2%至10%的人口经历了功能失调性悲伤，青少年也受到了影响。目的：本研究的主要目的是评估青少年因新冠疫情造成的损失而产生的功能失调性悲伤，并找出他们用来克服这种悲伤的应对策略。
本研究在德拉敦地区的在校青少年中进行。在离线调查中使用了一份预先设计、预先测试、自我管理的半结构化问卷，包括社会人口学细节、与新冠疫情相关的问题和大流行悲伤量表（克朗巴赫α系数为0.77）。
在690名研究参与者中，共有151名（21.8%）青少年因新冠疫情失去了他们所爱的人。其中，9.93%的人因失去亲人而面临功能失调性悲伤。为了克服这种悲伤，研究参与者使用的应对策略主要是使用电话和互联网（78%），其次是看电视（73.8%）和睡觉（68.1%）。
经历了丧亲之痛并感到悲伤的青少年更容易出现心理障碍，尤其是抑郁症、焦虑症和身体疾病，这可能会影响他们的教育和整体发展。尽管为应对该国的心理健康危机已启动了跨州远程心理健康援助与网络（Tele-MANAS），但根据国家远程心理健康计划（NTMHP）设立的Tele-MANAS中心所提供服务的结构和范围仍不明确。及时进行干预和研究，采取切实措施减少丧亲之痛对青少年心理健康的潜在不利影响是必要的。
