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using kappa statistic. Prevalence of nutrient inadequacy was calculated separately for both dietary
methods.
Results: The correlation coefficients corresponding to the nutrient values between HCES data and 24
hour dietary data ranged from 0.3 to 0.4. The kappa statistic for the considered nutrients lied between 0.2
and 0.3. Prevalence of nutrient inadequacy was underestimated from the household data for all nutrients.
Conclusion: There is a good correlation between the nutrient values calculated using HCES and the
values taken directly from 24 hour recall data. However, HCES cannot be considered an accurate method
for individual nutrient dietary assessment.

Keywords: Dietary intake estimates, Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys, 24 hour
recall data, Bihar.

OS12: Mental health study among health workers during

covid-19 pandemic.

Anuja R
St. Thomas college, Palai, Kerala
Email: anujar001@gmail.com
Keywords; The novel coronavirus 2019 (SARS-COV-2), health- workers, depression, anxiety,
stress.
The novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is widely affected all over the world. The World Health
Organization has declared covid-19 as a public health Emergency of International concern by August
24th, 2021. This outbreak currently puts health care workers at high risk of both physical and mental health
problems. This study aims to assess the mental health of health workers during covid-19 pandemic. The
study objectives were addressed using a descriptive cross-sectional online survey distributed to health
workers in Kerala. The questionnaire prepared in google form for collecting data contains five parts.
The first question is asked for informed consent to use the response in the survey. socio-demographic
characteristics, general health questions, depression related questions, anxiety related questions and
stress related questions were included. The data was entered and analyzed using spss software (IBM,
SPSS statistics, version 24). The descriptive Statistics were used to analysis the mental health and bar
charts are plotted. To understand the association between demographic variables and mental health chi
square test is performed. This study found a significant prevalence of the studied mental health problems
of perceived depression, anxiety, stress 41.8%, 52.2%, 73.1% respectively. Age, religion, no. of children,
financial status, type of work, family members, covid status are strongly associated with their depression
status. Out of 67 participants 52.2% of them had anxiety in which age, professional experience, living
status, family members and covid status are associated with their anxiety status. 73.1% of them had
stress and the stress status of them is positively associated with age, financial status, working time, type
of work, monthly income, covid status and working hours. the assessment of overall mental health, out of
the 67 participants, 25.4% of them had mild, 73.2% of them had severe and 2.5% of them had extremely
severe mental health problems. The result of this study suggests that measures should be implemented
to protect the mental well-being of health care workers during the covid-19 pandemic. The social support
system plays an important role in protecting health care workers and reducing the prevalence of mental
health problems.

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