Effect of lockdown on Students Studying in Various Colleges of Nursing

Abstract

The pandemic has driven many countries in the world to freeze its economic, social and physical
developmental activities, thus has affected the world in every possible ways. India is also imprison under
the tight lockdown. Government of India announced curfew on 22nd March, 2020 followed by 1st very
uncompromising lockdown phase led the country to put up the shutter in all sector. Additionally, it has
also hit the educational sector. Many countries have decided close down institutes, this will definitely have
consequences on skill growth. Considering the effects, the current study aims to assess effects of lockdown
on nursing students and to find out the association of demographic details with effects of lockdown.
Methodology: The study was conducted among the nursing college of Pune city and non-experimental
descriptive research approach was done. The sample size for study was 60, selected by using non probability
convenience sampling technique from various students studying in nursing college in Pune city who met
the inclusion criteria. A structured modified questionnaire was developed based on the research problem, to
get the information from the samples. It was divided in 2 sections; Section I consisted of items related to
demographic variables of the study. Section II: Consisted of 15 questions to assess the effects of lockdown
on various aspects i.e social, emotional, financial and academics in students studying in nursing colleges.
Result: The analysis shows that 55% students were somewhat affected and 45% students were very much
affected by the lockdown effects. 11.67% students were found to be not at all affected emotionally, 21.67%
students were somewhat affected and 66.67% were found to be very much affected emotionally during
lockdown. 1.67% of students were not at all affected financially, whereas 66.67% students were somewhat
affected and 31.67% students were very much affected by this crisis. Additionally, considering academics
26.67% students were somewhat affected and 73.33% students were very much academically affected due
to this COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Since p-values corresponding only to year of programme is found to be
less than 0.05, it shows association with lockdown effects.
Conclusion: The current study concludes that COVID-19 has immensely affected Emotional, Financial and
academicals aspects of nursing students.