Peritraumatic distress in Southern Indian inhabitants during second wave COVID-19 pandemic: A community-level survey.

Introduction: As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new disease which has ruining and dismantling the harmony of people internationally, its development and spread, creates turmoil, nervousness and dread among worldwide.

Aim: To evaluate seriousness of peritraumatic problems among southern Indian inhabitants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methodology: A referral sampling technique was continued until a sufficient sample size was reached, while this self-administered survey catches insights about depression, fears, psychological change, evasion cognitive change, and collectively quantifies the stress on a scale of 0-60.