Anxiety as Major Cause of Back Pain in Post COVID -19 Affected Individuals –from Practitioner’s View

Abstract

Anxiety is usually transient in nature, but if the symptoms are severe and persistent in the absence of stressor, then it is considered as anxiety disorder. Medical health practitioners have been connected with the patients and hence can better speculate the psychology of human beings. The present study was designed to find out the manifestation of anxiety as repercussion of back pain in the post COVID scenario examined in the setup of a medical practitioner. A survey was conducted among the medical practitioners from India to find out the possibility of anxiety as after-effect of back pain post COVID-19 through questionnaires. Results of the study showed that 95% of patients were in the view to have chances of anxiety with more possibility to have social anxiety and post-traumatic stress anxiety disorder as a consequence of COVID-19. Female and male genders have equal chances, whereas transgender have lesser chances to have anxiety disorders as a consequence of COVID-19. Population above 50 years age might have maximum chance of having anxiety as after-effect of COVID-19. The study concludes to have chances of anxiety as repercussion of COVID-19