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Impact of Corona virus pandemic and lockdown on people with mental illness and their caregivers

Impact of Covid-19 pandemic and Lockdown period on people with mental illness and their caregivers - A mixed quantitative and qualitative study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2020/07/026299
Enrollment
804
Registered
2020-07-01
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: F01-F99- Mental, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental disorders

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Department of Psychiatry
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age : 18 years and above 2. Follow up patients and their Primary caregivers 3. At psychiatry OPD/ IPD/ rehabilitation centre/ Camps run by the department 4. Consenting for the study 5. Able to read and write Kannada/ English/ Malayalam 6. Those willing for additional in depth interview will go for the qualitative part of the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. New patients 2. Unwilling to participate

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
#1. Concerns regarding COVID-19, challenges during the period in terms of health, family relations, social life, work, caregiving responsibilities, coping methods, effect on the mental illness in terms of relapse, symptoms, phenomenon will be studied #2. The experience during this period will be understood through the phenomenon reported in the qualitative part of the studyTimepoint: At baseline

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Differences in the above outcome measures across major mental illnesses groups like Psychosis, Mood Disorders, Substance use disorders, Anxiety and Others. subject to reasonable numbers in each group.Timepoint: At baseline

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactRajeshkrishna Bhandary P

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

rajesh.kbp@manipal.edu08202922217

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026