The mean age in the study is 20.16 years. 61.62% of the respondents lived in Delhi-NCR during the pandemic.

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A 19-set questionnaire was sent to 1182 students from different educational institutions. The online survey questionnaire contained four subgroups:
* Participants were asked to describe their general demographics, such as age, the region of residence.
* Information about the daily online learning routine following the transition from offline learning in educational institutions in India: average time spent for online study (hours) /day; medium for online study; average time spent for self-study (hours)/day.
* Assessment of the experience of online learning to evaluate the levels of satisfaction among students.
* Assessment of health due to the change in lifestyle: average time spent on sleep (hours)/day; change in weight; average time spent on fitness (hours)/day; the number of meals/days; also, we considered further questions about the medium of stress busters during the pandemic, cohesion with family members, etc.

Methods

The findings of the 2020 survey by Chaturvedi et al. regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students are categorized into four primary areas, corresponding to the survey's questionnaire:

- **Demographics**
- **Assessment of online learning**: Time spent in online classes, time allotted for self-study, satisfaction levels, and the medium of learning.
- **Assessment of health in educational institutions**: Changes in weight, satisfaction with time utilization, and social connections with family members.
- **Measures adopted to cope with rising stress levels**

Survey Results: COVID-19 Impact on Students

K.  Chaturvedi,  D.  K.  Vishwakarma,  and  N.  Singh,  "Children  and  Youth  Services  Review  COVID-19  and  its impact on education , social life and mental health of students : A survey," Child. Youth Serv. Rev., vol. 121, no. December 2020, p. 105866, 2021. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105866

COVID-19 and its impact on education, social life, and mental health of students: A Survey

Results: Demographics

Time spent on online classes:
- Average: 3.20 hrs/day
- The average time spent on online classes was significantly higher for students with age group ‘7–17’ years.

Time students allot per day for self-study:
- Average: 2.91 h/day
- *no significant difference among different age group categories

Assessment of satisfaction level among students:
- satisfaction levels varied significantly with different age groups. There were 51.6% negative online class reviews from subjects in the ‘18–22’ age group, compared to 31.5% negative reviews from subjects in the ‘7–17’ age group (who spent more time online).

Medium of Online Learning:
- '7-17' years mostly used smartphones 
- '18-22' and '23-59' primarily used laptops/desktops
*There was a significant difference in time spent on online classes between the types of medium.

Results: Assessment of Online Learning

Among the respondents, 13.6% (n = 160) of them faced health-related issues during the period of nationwide travel restrictions. 

Changes in weight: 7.1% reported an increase in weight, 17.7% reported a decrease in weight, and 45.3% reported no change in weight.

Satisfied with Utilization of time: majority of respondents (51.4%, n = 608) answered in ‘NO’. 

Socially connected with their family members: 70.3% of the respondents stated they were.


Results: Assessment of health in educational institutions

A significant difference in the measures used by the different age categories was found

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