A study on the impacts of the nationwide lockdown has revealed that most individuals are more worried about the health of their loved ones, rather than their own well-being.

The study was carried out by Goa Institute of Management (GIM) professors Dr Divya Singhal and Padhmanbhan Vijayaraghavan to examine Indian public's reactions towards COVID-19 pandemic.

The GIM team gauged the psychological response in terms of anxiety and their coping behaviour during the study.

"A majority of the respondents have become conscious of any bodily changes, sensations, a mild cold, cough, sneezing and experience concern and attribute those changes to the symptoms of COVID-19," explains Dr Singhal.

He is also the chairperson of Centre for Social Sensitivity and Action of the institute.

The survey took into account inputs from 231 respondents residing in various part of the country.

Over 50 per cent of the respondents reported that their social media usage has gone up, including their time spent in watching movies and shows through various online mediums.

Over 80 per cent of respondents also agreed that their technology usage to connect with their friends and relatives has gone up.

Over 50 per cent of respondents feel that reading forwarded messages on COVID-19 is depressing.

"Around 90 per cent of the respondents agree that they discourage unverified forwarded message on illness in the social media," the study said.

"Around 41 per cent of the respondents reported that they are not doing any physical activities during the lockdown period," the study revealed.

The study also revealed that 19 per cent of the respondents were not sure about engaging themselves in physical activities.

"Moreover, around 57 per cent respondents accepted of not practising any mind-calming practices and (18 per cent, in fact, were not sure about practising it," the study added.

However, the study revealed, almost 70 per cent of respondents reported that they spent most of their lockdown period resting.

Around 84 per cent of the respondents said they had planned to learn something new during the lockdown period.

It is also important to note that 60 per cent of the respondents said they enjoyed receiving, reading and forwarding humorous messages in social media.

About 74 per cent of the respondents said they were happy that they have got more time to spend with their family during the lockdown situation.