Assessment of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Healthcare Students during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross Sectional Study

Abstract

Background: A Corona virus pandemic now has had a huge impact on quality of life all around the world. People's mental health has been affected by quarantine. The economic delays could have long term impacts on the psychology of students as they are more likely to be graduated later than they have expected. The number of factors contributed to gravitate the psychological disturbances including online education, financial worries and academic pressure.
 Aims and Objectives: This Study was to determine the level of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Students during COVID-19 Pandemic. Furthermore, to see if there's a correlation between demographic profile and the DASS-21.
 Materials and methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among the healthcare students using DASS-21 which included a conventional DASS questionnaire along with demographic characteristics. A Google form link was shared through social media-WhatsApp and E-mail and data was collected and analyzed using excel sheet to examine the levels of depression, anxiety, and stress among students.
 Results: The study enrolled a total of 303 students. The prevalence of moderate depression, anxiety, and stress was found to be 37.9%, 337.9%, 34.9% and 33%, respectively. Males were represented up to 54.13 percent of the population, while females accounted for 45.87 percent. Female responders were more likely than their male counterparts to experience depression and anxiety, whereas stress levels were found to be comparable in both genders.
 Conclusion: The average scores of depression, anxiety, and stress in this study were significantly high. Depression, anxiety, and stress are now all associated with a variety of causes. Students develop depression and anxiety as a result of a lack of academic and social life. Students may be stressed due to a lack of exercise and economic difficulties.
 Keywords: Depression, DASS-21, Mental Health, Pandemic, Students, Social Life

Stress and Resilience of Nursing Students in Clinical Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Palestinian Perspective

“…This study indicated that stress had a negative influence on nursing students' resilience, which implies that when they were confronted with a stressful circumstance that resulted in a higher degree of perceived stress, the amount of resilience may have decreased. Previous studies have demonstrated that stress, such as changing learning modes, contributes to psychological discomfort (Jordan et al, 2020;Kumar et al, 2021). Consequently, educators and practice instructors must consider how to improve students' coping methods within nursing curriculum and should promote resilience among students to overcome adversities, viewing these challenges as opportunities to learn from, develop power, and proceed on with their life or professional activities (Amsrud et al, 2019;Cleary et al, 2018;Morse et al, 2021).…”

“…Since Palestinians already experience a number of stressors on a daily basis, including political and economic stressors and the difficulty of traveling freely between the Palestinian territories due to Israeli occupation restrictions and checkpoints between cities, it is expected that Palestinian students, as well as all Palestinians in general, will experience a number of mental health issues related to the stress of COVID-19. Students will be forced to delay clinical and pay extra as a result ( Mahamid & Berte, 2020 ; Veronese et al, 2021 ). Therefore, the purpose of the study was to assess the perceived stress and resilience in clinical training among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”