Medical Students and COVID-19: Knowledge, Preventive Behaviors, and Risk Perception

Alsoghair, Mansour; Almazyad, Mohammad; Alburaykan, Tariq; Alsultan, Abdulrhman; Alnughaymishi, Abdulmajeed; Almazyad, Sulaiman; Al‐Harbi, Meshari; Alkassas, Wesam; Almadud, Abdulaziz; Alsuhaibani, Mohammed

doi:10.3390/ijerph18020842

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“…An increased wearing of PPE, especially masks, has already been shown by other research findings when working in the care or midwifery setting and is classified under preventive behaviour [140][141][142]. This has also been displayed among medical and nursing students [143][144][145]. A general improved preventive behaviour was also shown among healthcare workers.…”

Section: Personal Health-promoting Behavioursupporting

confidence: 56%

The Health Behaviour of German Outpatient Caregivers in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study

Mojtahedzadeh

Neumann

Rohwer

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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The COVID-19 pandemic has affected outpatient caregivers in a particular way. While the German population becomes increasingly older, the number of people in need of care has also increased. The health and, thus, the health behaviour of employees in the outpatient care become relevant to maintain working capacity and performance in the long term. The aims of the study were (1) to examine the health behaviour and (2) to explore pandemic-related perceived change of health behaviour among outpatient caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a mixed-methods study, 15 problem-centred interviews and a web-based cross-sectional survey (N = 171) were conducted with outpatient caregivers working in Northern Germany. Interviewees reported partially poorer eating behaviour, higher coffee consumption, lower physical activity, skipping breaks more often and less sleep duration and quality during the pandemic. Some quantitative findings indicate the same tendencies. A majority of participants were smokers and reported higher stress perception due to the pandemic. Preventive behaviour, such as wearing PPE or hand hygiene, was increased among interviewees compared to the pre-pandemic period. Our findings indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic could negatively affect outpatient caregivers’ health behaviour, e.g., eating/drinking behaviour and physical activity. Therefore, employers in outpatient care should develop workplace health promotion measures to support their employees in conducting more health-promoting behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Section: Personal Health-promoting Behavioursupporting

confidence: 56%

The Health Behaviour of German Outpatient Caregivers in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study

Mojtahedzadeh

Neumann

Rohwer

et al. 2021

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“…This is inconsistent with related research. For instance, some scholars discover that the lower attainment/education level is related to the lower risk perception ( 28 ). This may be caused by inconsistent measuring methods.…”

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Risk Perception Measurement and Influencing Factors of COVID-19 in Medical College Students

Qin

Zhou

Ding

2021

Front. Public Health

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Purpose: In China, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been under control and entered the normal prevention and control stage. For medical college students, many studies have analyzed their knowledge, risk perception, and prevention behaviors of COVID-19, but only a few pieces of research explore the content structure of COVID-19 risk perception and the influencing factors. This study measured the students' risk perception of COVID-19 and its dimensions and analyzed the influencing factors of risk perception among them.Methods: The online questionnaire survey was conducted at Hangzhou Medical College in Zhejiang Province among undergraduates and junior college students. A scale was formulated to precisely measure and analyze the COVID-19 risk perception among medical college students. The factors affecting the COVID-19 risk perception in medical college students were analyzed using the multivariate linear regression model.Results: A total of 810 medical students participated in the survey. Results show that COVID-19 risk perception among medical college students was divided into four dimensions: perceived health threat, perceived severity, perceived controllability, and perceived infection possibility. The results showed that income, education, major, and COVID-19 knowledge were the important factors affecting the COVID-19 risk perception of medical college students. Related factors have different influences on the various dimensions of COVID-19 risk perception. COVID-19 knowledge was significantly related to all dimensions of risk perception.Conclusion: This study evaluates the content structure of medical college students' risk perception of COVID-19 precisely and related influencing factors. It is necessary to grasp the risk perception, prevention, and control behaviors of medical college students of different backgrounds, education levels, and majors. Further knowledge training should be conducted for students majoring in clinical medicine, especially the pandemic prevention and control measure training to enhance their sense of security at work.

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“…A mayor año de estudios hubo más conocimiento de la enfermedad. Estos resultados también se han visto en varios estudios, donde el nivel de conocimiento de los estudiantes de los últimos años fue significativamente superior en comparación con aquellos estudiantes que recién iniciaban la carrera (Alsoghair et al, 2021;Careaga Valido et al, 2020;Olum et al, 2020). Esto podría deberse al hecho de que los estudiantes van adquiriendo más habilidades de recolección de información conforme aumentan de grado académico; además, se ha reportado que aquellos estudiantes que se encuentran en sus últimos años de la carrera muestran mayor interés a informarse acerca de la clínica, prevención hospitalaria y tratamiento de pacientes con COVID-19 (Nan-Ze et al, 2020).…”

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Conocimiento básico asociado al fatalismo generado por el COVID-19 en estudiantes de medicina de Bolivia

Cossio-Andia¹,

Villazon-Pardo²,

Campero-Argote³

et al. 2021

BMSA

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El fatalismo impide a la persona responder de forma adecuada a las diferentes situaciones estresantes de la vida, pero esto no se ha evaluado en una población informada del COVID-19, como son los estudiantes de medicina. El objetivo fue determinar si el conocimiento básico está asociado al fatalismo que fue generado por el COVID-19 en estudiantes de medicina de Bolivia. Estudio transversal analítico, generado a través de una encuesta virtual, con escalas validadas para medir el conocimiento y el fatalismo ante la posibilidad de enfermarse por COVID-19, esto en 4 facultades de medicina de Bolivia. Se obtuvo resultados descriptivos y analíticos de dicha asociación, ajustado por otras variables. En el análisis multivariado se encontró que hubo un mayor nivel de conocimiento conforme aumentaba el año académico (3er año p=0,012, 4to año p=0,031, 5to año p=0,001 y el internado p=0,013; todos a comparación del 1er año), en cambio, hubo más conocimiento entre los estudiantes que fueron menos fatalistas (RPa: 0,76; IC95%: 0,68-0,85%; valor p<0,001) y entre los que estudiaban en algunas universidades (UNIFRANZ p<0,001 y UNITEPC p<0,001, ambas a comparación de la UMSS); ajustados por el sexo y la edad de los encuestados. En conclusión, el que los estudiantes hayan tenido percepciones fatalistas se asoció de forma inversa al conocimiento que tuvieron respecto a la enfermedad; además, hubo asociación según el año de estudios y la universidad donde estudiaban.

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Medical Students and COVID-19: Knowledge, Preventive Behaviors, and Risk Perception

Cited by 48 publications

References 15 publications

The Health Behaviour of German Outpatient Caregivers in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study

The Health Behaviour of German Outpatient Caregivers in Relation to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study

Risk Perception Measurement and Influencing Factors of COVID-19 in Medical College Students

Conocimiento básico asociado al fatalismo generado por el COVID-19 en estudiantes de medicina de Bolivia

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