Commentary on COVID-19 situation in Poland: Practical and empirical evaluation of current state.

Wytrychiewicz, Kinga; Pankowski, Daniel; Jasiński, Marek; Wandalsen, Gustavo Falbo

doi:10.1037/tra0000676

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“…This article is dedicated to the situation in higher education in Poland where, as of 30 April 2020, the notification rate for COVID-19 was 33.2 per 100,000 inhabitants [18]. As well for any other country, in Poland, the education segment is being rather strongly influenced by the pandemic [19]. The global health crisis has forced higher education institutions (HEIs) to replace face-to-face education by distance education [20].…”

Section: Polish Education Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Students’ Acceptance of the COVID-19 Impact on Shifting Higher Education to Distance Learning in Poland

Rizun

Strzelecki

2020

IJERPH

241

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This paper is dedicated to the higher education institutions shifting towards distance learning processes due to the global pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 in 2020. The paper covers the pandemic situation in Poland generally, analyzing governmental ordinances and tracking the gradual extension of restrictions for educational institutions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of Experience, Enjoyment, Computer Anxiety, and Self-Efficacy on students’ acceptance of shifting education to distance learning. The study tested and used the adapted General Extended Technology Acceptance Model for E-Learning (GETAMEL) in the context of coronavirus pandemic. The partial least squares method of structural equation modeling was employed to test the proposed research model. The study utilizes an online survey to obtain data from 1692 Polish undergraduate and graduate students in both full- and part-time study. The dataset was analyzed using SmartPLS 3 software. Results showed that the best predictor of student’s acceptance of shifting education to distance learning is Enjoyment, followed by Self-Efficacy. Both Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness predict student’s Attitude Towards Using and Intention to Use the distance learning. The findings improve understanding regarding the acceptance of distance learning and this work is therefore of particular interest to teachers and practitioners of education.

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Section: Polish Education Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Students’ Acceptance of the COVID-19 Impact on Shifting Higher Education to Distance Learning in Poland

Rizun

Strzelecki

2020

IJERPH

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174

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“…Despite a number of strengths, the present work also has limitations that need to be considered when interpreting the findings. First, although the pandemic in Poland as in other countries is likely to be a source of extreme stress [ 9 , 10 ], it is also probable that state of the pandemic vary across countries and as a consequence, the levels and experiences of stress and fears related to COVID-19 also may differ across countries.…”

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“…The first case of SARS-CoV-2 in Poland was confirmed on March 3, 2020, and since then 2, 904, 631 people have been infected, and 75, 601 have died from infections (as of September 2021; www.gov.pl ). In the face of the pandemic, the Polish government has introduced a number of restrictions in order to try and stop the spread of the virus [ 9 , 10 ]. Given the impact that COVID-19 has had on the people of Poland, it is important that there are well-vetted instruments available for measuring the psychological impact of the pandemic on this population.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Polish COVID Stress Scales: Considerations of psychometric functioning, measurement invariance, and validity

2021

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The COVID Stress Scales (CSS) were developed to measure stress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To further investigate the psychometric properties of the CSS, we used data collected in Poland across two waves of assessment (N = 556 at T1 and N = 264 at T2) to evaluate the factor structure, reliability (at the item and scale level), measurement invariance (across the Polish and Dutch translations of the CSS, and time), over time stability, and external associations of the Polish-language version of the CSS (CSS-PL). Overall, results suggest that the CSS-PL is psychometrically robust, largely invariant across the countries and time-lags considered. The CSS-PL was also positively related to other measures of COVID-19 fear, health anxiety, obsessive compulsive symptoms, anxiety, depression, and intent to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. This study thus provides considerable information about the CSS’s items and scales, and lays the foundation for future investigations into COVID stress across time and different populations.

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“…We identified a significant difference in the length of the hospital stay between the analyzed COVID-19 waves. Specifically, median [IQR[ length of the hospitalization during wave 1 reached 18 [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] days and was higher than during wave 2 (14 [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] days and wave 3 (11 [8-16] days.…”

Section: Clinical Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Comparison between COVID-19 outcomes in the first three waves of pandemic: a reference hospital report

Bociąga‐Jasik¹,

Wojciechowska²,

Terlecki³

et al. 2022

Polish Archives of Internal Medicine

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This study is the largest single-center retrospective report from Poland and one of the largest in Europe on hospitalized COVID-19 patients so far. The paper presents a comprehensive analysis of waves 1-3 of the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of the University Hospital in Krakow, a large regional coordinating center. The study identified substantial differences in patient's clinical characteristics and outcomes between consecutive COVID-19 waves. The potential medical and organizational causes of identified differences are proposed.The results reported in this article may be useful for developing strategies to fight similar health crises in the future.

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Commentary on COVID-19 situation in Poland: Practical and empirical evaluation of current state.

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Students’ Acceptance of the COVID-19 Impact on Shifting Higher Education to Distance Learning in Poland

Students’ Acceptance of the COVID-19 Impact on Shifting Higher Education to Distance Learning in Poland

The Polish COVID Stress Scales: Considerations of psychometric functioning, measurement invariance, and validity

Comparison between COVID-19 outcomes in the first three waves of pandemic: a reference hospital report

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