Stress and associated factors with received and needed support in medical students during COVID-19 pandemic: a multicenter study

Puranachaikere, Tidarat; Hataiyusuk, Somboon; Anupansupsai, Rungarun; In-iw, Supinya; Saisavoey, Nattha; Techapanuwat, Tanawat; Arunrodpanya, Fasinee; Charonpongsuntorn, Chanchai; Wiwattanaworaset, Pakawat; Siripongpan, Areerat; Pruttithavorn, Wisarat; Wonglertwisawakorn, Chayut; Pojanapotha, Pichaya; Rueangrong, Butsayanart; Pattrakornkul, Nalinee; Piyawattanametha, Nontaphon; Piyawattanametha, Siriwan; Ratanapichayachai, D.

doi:10.3946/kjme.2021.200

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“…Several other studies have pointed to a significant difference between genders in terms of anxiety, pointing to higher levels of anxiety and stress in females just like in our sample [12,15,[17][18][19][20]23,24,[27][28][29]37]. However, we also found some studies that did not observe statistically significant differences between genders in terms of anxiety and stress in their samples [13,14,16].…”

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“…Gender, especially being female, was shown in several studies to be a risk factor for anxiety and stress [12,15,[17][18][19][20]23,24,[27][28][29] as well as depressive symptoms [17] during the COVID-19 pandemic. Females tend to be more predisposed to express their feelings and are more likely to experience different social expectations, pressures, and gender equalityrelated positions [23].…”

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Medical Students in Portugal

Campos¹,

Pinto²,

Alves³

et al. 2021

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(1) Background: The purpose of this article is to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of medical students in Portugal in the period after returning to face-to-face classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the 2020/2021 academic year. (2) Methods: We conducted an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study, between December 2020 and February 2021 with a representative sample of Portuguese medical students (n = 649), applying an anonymous questionnaire which was composed by a sociodemographic characterization, The Brief Symptoms Inventory–18, The Fear of COVID-19 Scale and the Negative Impact Assessment Scale. For statistical processing, Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS ©) was used. (3) Results: 65.3% of participants said that self-perceived relevant anxiety symptoms, and around 10% said that they had a physical or a mental illness diagnosis. Significant differences (p < 0.05) were found for Fear of COVID-19, Somatization, Anxiety and Overall Mental Health, indicating that women, students from the 1st and last years of training had higher scores. Age, year of training, Fear of COVID-19 and Negative Impact of COVID-19 were significant predictors of overall mental health. (4) Conclusion: In our sample of Portuguese medical students, age, year of training, but mostly fear of COVID-19 and the negative impact of COVID-19 contributed to mental health symptoms.

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Medical Students in Portugal

Campos¹,

Pinto²,

Alves³

et al. 2021

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“…Students who lived with their family were two and a half times (OR = 2.57) more likely to self-report severe stress in relation to their colleagues who lived alone and perceived their stress as moderate or mild. On the contrary, research conducted in Thailand [ 30 ] showed that stress reduction is more successful if students are provided with some form of social support and assistance. The transition of society, the lack of social support within some families, and the value system that has reigned in Serbia recently might be partly responsible for the ongoing situation, while in countries with a very expressed collectivist culture, such as Indochina, the value of social support has not declined.…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on students’ mental health: A cross-sectional study

2022

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic is currently one of the biggest public health threats for people’s mental health. A particularly endangered group were students, who became highly affected by measures of social distance due to their active lifestyle. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to assess the level of self-reported stress, anxiety and depression of the student population in Serbia, in relation to demographic characteristics, living and studying conditions, students’ activities during the epidemic, potential coronavirus infection and general, mental and physical health. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study of 580 undergraduate medical students from the University of Belgrade during the 2020/2021 school year. Mental health data were collected using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21). Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to examine the association between independent variables with the dependent variable mental health. Results Women made up the majority of the sample with 80.3%. A total of 64.5%, 66.8% and 66.7% of students between the ages of 21 and 30 had severe depressive symptoms, severe degree of anxiety, and a severe degree of stress, respectively. Women almost twice as often (OR = 1.89) assessed their anxiety as severe and almost two and a half times more (OR = 2.39) perceived stress as severe compared to men. Students who lived with their families during studies two and a half times (OR = 2.57) more often assessed their stress as severe, compared to students who lived alone. Fifth- and sixth-year students were less likely to rate depression and anxiety as serious than the first-year students. Conclusions Medical students reported their health as severely impaired in terms of depression, anxiety and stress reactions. The results indicate the need to launch a mental health program in the form of counseling and emotional support to students affected by the pandemic.

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“…In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic [ 2 ]. It is a global health crisis that has impacted on daily life, due to the policies created to contain the outbreak [ 3 ]. Strict rules to protect the population from the virus, including social and physical distancing, were introduced as the countermeasures.…”

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Stress Perception and Coping Strategies of Students on Both Sides of the EU’s Eastern Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Shpakou

Krajewska-Kułak

Cybulski

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The aim of the study was to compare the perception of stress and the characteristic coping-strategies among students in the context of the different anti-pandemic measures taken in Belarus, Poland, and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. A cross-sectional online survey using standardized questionnaires (Perceived Stress Scale—PSS-10 and Brief-COPE—Mini-COPE inventory) was conducted among 3113 students of seven universities in three neighboring regions on both sides of the eastern border of the EU. The groups that are the most prone to stress are the Polish and Russians students. Among the students from Belarus, 122 (13.7%) have high levels of stress symptoms. Among the respondents from Poland—238 (19.4%), and 191 (19.2%) from Kaliningrad have high levels of stress, respectively. The different approaches of the authorities to the COVID-19 pandemic diversified the choice of students’ stress coping strategies. The behavior of the students from Kaliningrad and Poland was similar. The Belarusian students used active coping strategies less often, while an avoidance-focused style, and denial were more frequent. The neglect of restrictive anti-pandemic measures by the Belarusian students was manifested by a higher incidence of disease and minimal use of vaccinations.

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Stress and associated factors with received and needed support in medical students during COVID-19 pandemic: a multicenter study

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Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Medical Students in Portugal

Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of Medical Students in Portugal

The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on students’ mental health: A cross-sectional study

Stress Perception and Coping Strategies of Students on Both Sides of the EU’s Eastern Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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