Saurashtra University in Rajkot published record 112 surveys in 15 months of Covid

RAJKOT: The psychology department of Saurashtra University (SU), since the beginning of the pandemic, has conducted 112 surveys and published it. The department of the university while counselling the people during pandemic also studied and analysed the psychological changes in their life.
The SU department conducted one survey every five days. During the last 15 months, the 50 students and four faculty members counselled over 81,000 people and based on their interactions papers were published.
The head of department Yogesh Jogsan said, “Because of the pandemic people faced psychological issues as well as physical problems. The objective of our surveys was to understand the problems people are facing and create awareness about it in the society.”
This activity also provided the students with practical knowledge, added Jogsan. Some of the major issues faced by people that emerged from the studies include mass hysteria, side-effects of online education, post-traumatic stress disorder among covid survivors, effect of social media on children, social stigma and vaccinophobia to name a few.