COVID-19 Fear Association with Ukrainian “Help Profession” Student Mental Health, Substance Use, and Resilience

Pavlenko, Valentyna; Kurapov, Anton; Drozdov, Alexander; Корчакова, Наталія; Reznik, Alexander; Isralowitz, Richard

doi:10.1080/15325024.2021.1961408

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“…In studies conducted with American and Brazilian undergraduate students, the authors found a prevalence of depression of 72.0% (Son et al, 2020) and 60.5% (Lopes & Nihei, 2021), respectively. Studies conducted with Ukrainian and Chinese students found a prevalence of depression of 34.8% (Pavlenko et al, 2022) and 21.1% (Daly and Robinson, 2022), respectively. For anxiety, we found a prevalence of 76.1%, which was higher than that found in Indian (Faisal et al, 2021) States university in order to understand the effects of the pandemic on mental health and well-being.…”

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Prevalence of fear of COVID-19, depression, and anxiety among undergraduate students during remote classes

Silva

Santos

Costa

et al. 2023

Acta Neuropsychiatr.

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Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, undergraduate students were exposed to symptoms of psychological suffering during remote classes. Therefore, it is important to investigate the factors that may be generated and be related to such outcomes. Objective: To investigate the association between fear of COVID-19, depression, anxiety, and related factors in undergraduate students during remote classes. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 218 undergraduate students (60.6% women and 39.4% men). Students answered a self-administered online questionnaire designed to gather personal information, pandemic exposure, physical activity level, fear of COVID-19 using the “Fear of COVID-19 Scale,” symptoms of depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and anxiety using General Anxiety Disorder-7. Results: Undergraduate students had a high prevalence of depression and anxiety (83.0% and 76.1%, respectively) but a low prevalence of fear of COVID-19 (28.9%) during remote classes. Multivariate analysis revealed that women who reported health status as neither good nor bad and who had lost a family member from COVID-19 had the highest levels of fear. For depression and anxiety, the main related factors found were female gender, bad health status, insufficiently active, and complete adherence to the restriction measures. Conclusion: These findings may be used to develop actions to manage symptoms of anxiety and depression among students, with interventions through physical activity programs to improve mental health.

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Prevalence of fear of COVID-19, depression, and anxiety among undergraduate students during remote classes

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Costa

et al. 2023

Acta Neuropsychiatr.

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“…In most cases, no significant differences were found based on gender status. Based on earlier research of native-born Eastern Europe medical students (Gritsenko et al 2021;Pavlenko et al 2021), Indian student COVID-19 fear levels and deterioration in psycho-emotional well-being due to COVID-19, including depression, exhaustion, loneliness, nervousness and anger, tend to be higher than their native-born counterparts. These results may be attributed to the lack of support available to them when being in a foreign country during a disaster condition.…”

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“…These results may be attributed to the lack of support available to them when being in a foreign country during a disaster condition. (Pavlenko et al 2021).…”

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“…Among native-born medical students, it has been found that 58.2% use alcohol on a monthly basis (Gritsenko et al 2021). It appears that tobacco and alcohol use is more common among native-born Eastern Europe students who use such substances to cope with fears and stress (Pavlenko et al 2021). In addition to substance use, another common way to cope with the fear and stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is eating behavior, particularly the unhealthy consumption of foods with salt and sugar (Mattioli et al 2020).…”

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Well-Being: Foreign Medical Students in Eastern Europe

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Approximately 350,000 foreign students, mostly from India, study medicine in Eastern Europe (EE). However, there is a dearth of information about the COVID-19 impact on this population who study at universities in Eastern Europe (e.g., Russia, Ukraine and Belarus). The aim of this study was to examine the pandemic impact on such students and to generate useful information that may be applied to their health, well-being and learning experience. A cross-sectional survey of Indian students at a Russian medical university was conducted. The data collection instrument included questions about background characteristics, fear of COVID-19, burnout, mental distress, eating behavior, substance use, resilience and adherence to World Health Organization prevention recommendations. Male and female students were compared to determine the COVID-19 impact based on gender status. A total of 497 students participated in this study. Among the survey participants, 92.3% reported being vaccinated. No significant difference was found among male and female respondents regarding fear and burnout associated with COVID-19. Approximately 40% of the students reported a deterioration in psycho-emotional well-being due to COVID-19, and such students had higher levels of COVID-19-related fear, burnout, substance use and lower resilience. Nearly half of the respondents reported unhealthy eating behavior (49.7%) and weight gain (46.3%) associated with COVID-19. In addition, students who adhered to prevention measures of mask wearing and social distancing had less COVID-19 fear and burnout, as well as more resilience. This study promotes an understanding of the impact of COVID-19 on the psycho-emotional conditions of male and female medical students from India studying abroad.

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A path model of associations between war-related exposure to trauma, nightmares, fear, insomnia, and posttraumatic stress among Ukrainian students during the Russian invasion

Rogowska,

Pavlova

2023

Psychiatry Research

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COVID-19 Fear Association with Ukrainian “Help Profession” Student Mental Health, Substance Use, and Resilience

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Prevalence of fear of COVID-19, depression, and anxiety among undergraduate students during remote classes

Prevalence of fear of COVID-19, depression, and anxiety among undergraduate students during remote classes

The Impact of COVID-19 on Health and Well-Being: Foreign Medical Students in Eastern Europe

A path model of associations between war-related exposure to trauma, nightmares, fear, insomnia, and posttraumatic stress among Ukrainian students during the Russian invasion

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