RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE TO REDUCE STRESS DURING THE LOCKDOWN - A SURVEY

Abstract

The effect of pandemic disease has caused most people to stay indoors to protect themselves from the disease outbreak. This lockdown extension has created panic and stress among most people such that leading to mental and physical health disorders. Activities are not obligatory but are invaluable for developing talents and practical skills. Thus how far people perform the activities and its effect related to mental stress is described. For this study, a questionnaire of 14 questions was prepared and circulated among people through google forms. About 503 people were made to fill these google form questionnaires and the data collection was obtained from the responses of the google forms. These were then updated in SPSS software for data analysis. Pie charts and bar graphs were used to evaluate and interpret the results. Chi-Square test was carried out to check statistical significance and p value <0.05 was considered as significant. From the results we could observe the activities performed by people of different age groups and sex. Thus different activities undergone by different age groups of people and its effect over stress were analyzed. Thus from this survey article, it is clear that the activities performed by people during the lockdown period help them to relieve stress and positively enrich their skills.