Jebmh.com Original Research Article J Evid Based Med Healthc, pISSN - 2349-2562, eISSN - 2349-2570 / Vol. 8 / Issue 21 / May. 24, 2021 Page 1614 Psychological Impact during the Late Phase of Covid-19 Pandemic among the Hospitalised Patients and General Public in Andhra Pradesh - A Cross-Sectional Comparative Study Abdul Salaam Mohammed 1 , Ganga Raju Godasi 2 , Raj Kiran Donthu 3 , Ravi Shankar Pasam 4 , Anand Acharya 5 , Pratap Surya Sankar Reddy Tamanampudi 6 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 Department of Psychiatry, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences, Amalapuram, India. 5 Department of Pharmacology, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences, Amalapuram, India. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is a novel coronavirus, which became a pandemic within few days. Being a novel virus, the disease pathophysiology and psychological impact are not completely known. Studies conducted till now concentrated on the initial phases of the pandemic. Our study tries to understand the psychological impact during the late phase of the pandemic. METHODS This is a cross sectional study involving Covid-19 hospitalised patients and the general public. Sociodemographic details were collected, and subjects were administered for depression, anxiety, and stress scale (DASS). A total of 301 participants were included. Data was analysed using R language. The scores from both the groups were compared to obtain the results. RESULTS Among the Covid-19 patients, almost 90 % have reported normal levels in depression and stress and 67 % in anxiety with mean values of 2.71, 5.91 and 4.74 respectively. Among the general public, more than 80 % have reported normal levels in depression, anxiety, and stress with mean scores of 5.58, 3.62 and 7.32 respectively. On comparing the raw scores of the two groups, significant differences in depression (P = 0 .000) anxiety (P = 0 .004) and stress (P = 0 .004) were noted. CONCLUSIONS Psychological impact during late phase of Covid-19 pandemic appears to be mild among both hospitalised patients and general public. Future studies should focus on long term follow up and should also include severe affected cases. KEYWORDS Covid-19, Mental Disorders, Pandemic Corresponding Author: Dr. Raj Kiran Donthu, Department of Psychiatry, Chaitanya Health City, Konaseema Institute of Medical Sciences, Amalapuram - 533201, India. E-mail: drdonthu@gmail.com DOI: 10.18410/jebmh/2021/305 How to Cite This Article: Mohammed AS, Godasi GR, Donthu RK, et al. Psychological impact during the late phase of Covid-19 pandemic among the hospitalised patients and general public in Andhra Pradesh - a cross-sectional comparative study. J Evid Based Med Healthc 2021;8(21):1614-1619. DOI: 10.18410/jebmh/2021/305 Submission 22-01-2021, Peer Review 30-01-2021, Acceptance 07-04-2021, Published 24-05-2021. Copyright © 2021 Abdul Salaam Mohammed et al. This is an open access article distributed under Creative Commons Attribution License [Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)]