Impact of coronavirus anxiety and sleep disorders on somatic symptoms among youth post-pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has posed a lot of challenges to the global health system. The second wave of Covid-19 in India was deadly affected the mental health status of people especially the youth. The relationship between coronavirus anxiety and somatic symptoms among youth post pandemic has not been addressed widely. This study is attempted to explore the prevalence of coronavirus anxiety, sleep disorders and somatic symptoms among youth post Covid-19 in Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 326 youth were assessed through a survey with Corona-virus Anxiety Scale (Cas), Sleep disorders Symptom Checklist (Sds-CL-17) and Somatic Symptom Disorder-B Criteria Scale (Ssd-12). The frequency of high level of symptoms of coronavirus anxiety, somatic symp-toms, insomnia, narcolepsy, Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Osa) and Restless Legs Syndrome (Rls) among youth was observed 38.3%, 23%, 2.8%, 30.7%, 19.3% and 15.6% respectively. Youth differed significantly in their somatic symptoms based on demographic variables such as gender, birth order, family type and area of living. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]