Technology as a coping tool during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic: Implications and recommendations

Garfin, Dana Rose

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“…Our study found people without a phone (nearly all were women head of households) described greater bewilderment, reduced awareness about how to manage mental distress and felt further disadvantaged as their children couldn’t access educational resources compared to those with access to media and a mobile phone. Technology has been valuable for many during COVID because of its’ applications which can enable our social, educational and occupational lives to continue, and because it can facilitate social participation, inclusion and mental health [ 44 , 54 – 56 ]. Our findings align with these other examples which underline the importance of the mobile phone and other digital technologies in coping with COVID-19 as a key structural support to mental health, communication, education and access to information [ 54 , 56 ].…”

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“…Technology has been valuable for many during COVID because of its’ applications which can enable our social, educational and occupational lives to continue, and because it can facilitate social participation, inclusion and mental health [ 44 , 54 – 56 ]. Our findings align with these other examples which underline the importance of the mobile phone and other digital technologies in coping with COVID-19 as a key structural support to mental health, communication, education and access to information [ 54 , 56 ]. While India’s central government, through the Department for the Empowerment of People with Disability, has issued official notices to states to implement their obligations, there are ongoing issues of digital disparities for people with disability such as the low accessibility of the Aarogya Setu App for the visually and hearing impaired.…”

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“We’ve got through hard times before” : acute mental distress and coping among disadvantaged groups during COVID-19 lockdown in North India - a qualitative study

Mathias¹,

Rawat²,

Philip

et al. 2020

Int J Equity Health

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Background The COVID-19 crisis in India negatively impacted mental health due to both the disease and the harsh lockdown, yet there are almost no qualitative studies describing mental health impacts or the strategies of resilience used, and in particular, no reports from the most vulnerable groups. This study aimed to examine the acute mental health impacts of the COVID-19 crisis as well as coping strategies employed by disadvantaged community members in North India. Methods We used an intersectional lens for this qualitative study set in rural Tehri Garwhal and urban Dehradun districts of Uttarakhand, India. In-depth interviews were conducted in May 2020 during lockdown, by phone and in person using purposive selection, with people with disabilities, people living in slums with psychosocial disabilities and widows (total n = 24). We used the framework method for analysis following steps of transcription and translation, familiarisation, coding, developing and then applying a framework, charting and then interpreting data. Findings The participants with compounded disadvantage had almost no access to mobile phones, health messaging or health care and experienced extreme mental distress and despair, alongside hunger and loss of income. Under the realms of intrapersonal, interpersonal and social, six themes related to mental distress emerged: feeling overwhelmed and bewildered, feeling distressed and despairing, feeling socially isolated, increased events of othering and discrimination, and experiencing intersectional disadvantage. The six themes summarising coping strategies in the COVID-19 crisis were: finding sense and meaning, connecting with others, looking for positive ways forward, innovating with new practices, supporting others individually and collectively, and engaging with the natural world. Conclusions People intersectionally disadvantaged by their social identity experienced high levels of mental distress during the COVID-19 crisis, yet did not collapse, and instead described diverse and innovative strategies which enabled them to cope through the COVID-19 lockdown. This study illustrates that research using an intersectional lens is valuable to design equitable policy such as the need for access to digital resources, and that disaggregated data is needed to address social inequities at the intersection of poverty, disability, caste, religious discrimination and gender inherent in the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

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“We’ve got through hard times before” : acute mental distress and coping among disadvantaged groups during COVID-19 lockdown in North India - a qualitative study

Mathias¹,

Rawat²,

Philip

et al. 2020

Int J Equity Health

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“…The requirement to remain at home 24 hours per day and also continue the learning process in a different environment had the potential to impact university students’ interpersonal and intrapersonal lives both educationally and socially. Indeed, it was unprecedented globally in the educational sector for students in more than 130 countries to be out of school or university at the same time [ 3 , 12 ], creating mixed feelings of perhaps sadness, confusion, worry, or fear about their future but also positively in times of uncertainty [ 13 , 14 ].…”

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social and educational aspects of Saudi university students’ lives

Alghamdi

2021

PLoS ONE

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The COVID-19 pandemic led to surprising and unexpected experiences for Saudi university students. Precautionary and preventive measures taken to contain this pandemic impacted the social and educational aspects of these students’ lives. All Umm Al-Qura University (UQU) students were invited to participate in an online survey on 30 impacts, both positive and negative, of the COVID-19 pandemic on their lives. Social impact theory (SIT) was applied to illustrate these impacts. The survey yielded 1,360 responses. The results showed high to moderate levels of agreement regarding students’ perceptions of the positive and negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their lives, with social aspects impacted more than educational ones; and no statistically significant gender differences. Weak correlations were found between the social aspects and the educational aspects of students’ lives in relation to the impact of the pandemic, although all aspects were correlated positively. The SIT framework provided insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted students’ lives.

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“…• Garfin [53] directed that people find it useful to use videoconferencing in times of social distance, in which they arrange 'good times' with their colleagues and friends, enjoy holidays and life. Social support is useful for many in periods of crisis and technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic may be used as a method for coping it.…”

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Assessment of stress level in urban area’s during COVID-19 outbreak using critic and topsis: A case of Indian cities

Gupta

Vijayvargy

Gupta

2021

Journal of Statistics and Management Systems

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The paper deals with a multi-criteria analysis of stress intensity in the urban areas of India during COVID-19. For instance, a person may not be afraid of driving fast alone but might experience great fear when driving fast on the road with family. Such thoughts of panic and anxiety can overpower the person in these times of COVID-19. In these troubled times of Coronavirus pandemic, social distancing and the lockdown, it is usual for people to feel anxious and have no peace of mind. Thus stress triggers in many ways, i.e. staying healthy, concern for job etc. Some of the major economies in the world, including INDIA, are fighting to find a cure by way of vaccines to stop this pandemic. However, no luck to find a solution to end this pandemic so far is triggering the fear, anxiety and adding stress levels among many of us. The fear of pandemic and following guidelines of the lockdown in India have exacerbated symptoms like anxiety in those with existing stress levels. This paper provides a comparative analysis of TOPSIS in the sense of taking decisions to rate India's major urban cities according to their feeling of overload. The CRITIC method has been used

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Technology as a coping tool during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic: Implications and recommendations

Cited by 188 publications

References 40 publications

“We’ve got through hard times before” : acute mental distress and coping among disadvantaged groups during COVID-19 lockdown in North India - a qualitative study

“We’ve got through hard times before” : acute mental distress and coping among disadvantaged groups during COVID-19 lockdown in North India - a qualitative study

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social and educational aspects of Saudi university students’ lives

Assessment of stress level in urban area’s during COVID-19 outbreak using critic and topsis: A case of Indian cities

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