Burnout Among Adolescent Population During Covid-19 Lockdown in Pakistan

Overview

The lethal severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV2) which caused the COVID-19 pandemic starting at the end of 2019 has affected the lives of children and adolescents globally. world adopted the lockdown to prevent spread of the infection and protect the population. lockdown suspended out of home activities of almost everyone, along with health benefits, yielding some side effects as well including burnout. The burnout includes physical and emotional burnout, physical burnout refers to the lack of interest in any physical activity to the point of a rebel and the emotional burnout of teenagers refers to a syndrome including features such as behavior changes, thinking change, feeling change, health change leading to stress and other pathological disturbances. Together the external and internal factors lead to overall personality destruction. It was an observational study with a sample size of 443 participants.

Objective of the study was to analyze the change in behavioral patterns, its impact, and peer pressure caused by lockdown during Pandemic COVID-19 among the adolescent population of Sialkot Pakistan. It was an observational study with a sample size of 443 participants. The study was conducted after ethical approval by Institutional Review Board, Sialkot college of Physical Therapy wide Reference no. SCPT-IRB-DPT-129-2020 dated 01-09-2020. Data were collected from different institutions in Sialkot, Pakistan. The target population of our study was adolescents of age 13-19 years. Regression analysis was done to find the predictor factors mobile use and COVID-19 lockdown on the dependent variable the Burnout score. The correlation was applied among mobile phone use, lockdown, and burnout score.

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