Introduction:During the COVID-19 pandemic, online classes in India as in other parts of the world, became a prioritised source for learning. The researchers in the present study attempted to assess the perception of online classes including their impact and challenges amongst the students. Methodology: A quantitative approach using descriptive sample survey research design was incorporated to conduct the study. Subjects were students chosen from school and university. A structured questionnaire as Google Form was used to collect primary data. Descriptive statistics was employed to analyse the data. Results: 97% of students spent 2 to 7 hours daily for online classes. Online classes give the right theoretical and practical experience as expressed by 55.4% and 21% respectively. 62% of students perceive that online grading system is less effective than offline grading system. Half of the subjects prefer face to face learning and one fourth preferred hybrid mode. 67.5% of students opined that online classes do not allow adequate interaction with the teachers. Among health impacts, 68%, 38%, 43% and 59% of the students reported eye, ear, and sleep and socialisation problems respectively. 74% of them reported drastic change in eating habits, while 76% of the subjects reported weight gain; posture problems were reported to be faced by 98 (62%) students; 57 (64.3%) reported pain in the back of the neck, 52 (58.2%) reported low back pain, 42 (42.9%) reported pain during forward bending of shoulders, and 26 (26.5%) complained of stiff shoulders. Conclusion: Online classes at the present time are not considered a preferred mode of learning by students. The students identified various restrictions of online classes towards the understanding of subjects, limiting interaction with teachers and students asserted many negative impacts of prolonged online classes on their health.
Introduction: During the fierce pandemic of COVID-19, the entire healthcare workforce has experienced high psycho-social stress and huge loads of work, which is likely to affect their emotional and mental well-being and guide them to a state of burnout. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the occupational burnout and level of stress among frontline health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic and to seek the association of occupational burnout and level of stress with selected socio-demographic variables among frontline health professionals, who worked during COVID-19 pandemic respectively. Method: The descriptive survey included 200 frontline health professionals who worked during COVID-19 pandemic using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Standardised tools were used for data collection i.e. Burnout Assessment Tool for assessing occupational burnout and Perceived Stress Scale for the level of stress. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for the analysis of data. Results: Out of 200 health professionals, most frontline health professionals who worked during COVID-19 pandemic had an average occupational burnout. More than half of the sample had moderate, followed by 43.5% who had low and only 1% who had a high level of stress. There was a significant association of occupational burnout and level of stress with selected socio-demographic variables at a level of significance of 0.05. Conclusion: A large proportion of frontline health professionals who worked during COVID-19 had average occupational burnout and more than half suffered from moderate to high stress. Awareness must be created about factors causing stress and coping strategies, which can lead to the prevention of occupational burnout.
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