Levels of fear and uncertainty regarding the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) among university students

Elsharkawy, Nadia B; Abdelaziz, Enas Mahrous

doi:10.1111/ppc.12698

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“…Similar results are reported in a study among college students in USA ( Qiao et al, 2020a , Qiao et al, 2020b ) and general population ( Detoc et al, 2020 ). Level of fear has been reported high in different studies among University students ( Elsharkawy and Abdelaziz, 2020 ). In general, mental health status of nursing students has deteriorated during the pandemic.…”

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Factors influencing nursing students' intention to accept COVID-19 vaccination: A pooled analysis of seven European countries

Patelarou

Galanis

Mechili

et al. 2021

Nurse Education Today

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Background Experiencing the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, high vaccination coverage by a safe and effective vaccine globally would be a great achievement. Acceptance of vaccination by nursing students is an important issue as they play a decisive role as future professionals in educating patients, counselling, and guiding them to the right clinical decision. Objectives To explore the intention of nursing students to get vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2 infection and the factors acting either as motivators or as barriers towards vaccination. Design A multicenter cross-sectional design. Participants In total 2249 undergraduate nursing students participated. Methods The study was conducted in 7 universities in participating countries (Greece, Albania, Cyprus, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, and Kosovo) through a web survey. Data was collected during December 2020–January 2021 in all countries. Results Forty three point 8% of students agreed to accept a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine, while the acceptance was higher among Italian students. The factors for intention to get vaccinated were male gender (p = 0.008), no working experience in healthcare facilities during the pandemic (p = 0.001), vaccination for influenza in 2019 and 2020 (p < 0.001), trust in doctors (p < 0.001), governments and experts (p = 0.012), high level of knowledge (p < 0.001) and fear of COVID-19 (p < 0.001). Conclusions Understanding of factors that influence students' decision to accept COVID-19 vaccination could increase the acceptance rate contributing to a management of the pandemic.

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Factors influencing nursing students' intention to accept COVID-19 vaccination: A pooled analysis of seven European countries

Patelarou

Galanis

Mechili

et al. 2021

Nurse Education Today

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“…Moreover, a significant proportion of the domestic students were living away from their parents in different governorates. There should be strategies to respond positively to students' worries and fears to help them solve these problems in the future [ 16 ].…”

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Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on medical students in Jordanian universities: A multi-center cross-sectional study

Al-Husban

Alkhayat

Aljweesri

et al. 2021

Annals of Medicine &Amp; Surgery

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Background There are serious concerns regarding the effectiveness of medical education in its current format during serious crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To explore academic, financial, psychological, & hygienic impact on medical students. Methods A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study of students at different medical schools in Jordan. It included both basic and clinical years. Results There were 415 responses. Females constituted 51.8%. Around 50% of the participants were from the 6th year (n = 194, 46.7%). University of Jordan students represented around 40% of the responders. 60% of the students have GPA (Grade Point Average) of less than 3 points. Nearly half of the students indicated that their academic grades were affected during the pandemic. Clinical years’ students (51.0%) were more likely to be negatively affected than students in basic years (36.1%), P value 0.026. Sixty three percent reported that they sanitize their hands before touching eyes, nose, or mouth. More than two thirds (70.4%) of students indicated that their mental health was affected in the pandemic. Financial influence was a major aspect in around 53% of students and 34% of students were not able to pay the university fees due to the pandemic. The pandemic affected the elective training course location of 70.9% of respondents. Mental health was affected in 70.9% of students and 65.1% became more anxious or depressed with no significant difference among gender and academic years (P values 0.256 and 0.516, respectively). Students in the clinical years were more afraid of getting the infection than students in the basic years, however this difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.084). Conclusions Covid-19 Pandemic negatively affected the academic course of the medical students especially at the clinical training years’ level across Jordanian universities. COVID-19 pandemic left a negative impact on psychological & mental health of the students, too, rendering them more anxious, depressed, and afraid of coming to the hospital and handling patients.

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“…It might be that students' continued uncertainty about the course of the pandemic cumulated with uncertainty about continuing and completing their studies, leading to increased anxiety symptoms. In addition, students may have been more isolated and challenged by the rapid change to online distance learning than adults in the general population who performed their normal work in the home office [48,49]. Furthermore, previous findings indicated that symptoms of anxiety increased in students who were more concerned about their own health [23].…”

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Generalized Anxiety among Swiss Health Professions and Non-Health Professions Students: An Open Cohort Study over 14 Months in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Volken¹,

Zysset²,

Amendola³

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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To date, little is known about the long-term trajectory of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms in health professions (HP) students over the course of the pandemic. Like health professionals in general, HP students may have a significantly greater susceptibility to GAD symptoms due to their involvement in the health care system and the associated specific stressors and risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The HEalth in Students during the Corona pandemic study (HES-C) provided the opportunity to investigate the long-term course of GAD symptoms with eight measurement points over 14 months in 9380 HP and non-HP students in Switzerland between March 2020 and June 2021. We employed logistic regression models with clustered sandwich standard errors to estimate unadjusted and adjusted prevalence of GAD symptoms. In the full model, we adjusted for age, gender, nationality, social status, social support, self-efficacy, and COVID-19 symptoms in the past 4 weeks. At baseline, the estimated adjusted GAD symptom prevalence was 17.6% (95% CI = 14.4–20.7) in HP students and 24.4% (95% CI = 22.3–26.5) in their peers. With the peak of the second SARS-CoV-2 infection wave in October/November 2020, GAD symptom prevalence substantially increased and then remained stable over time, despite changes in the epidemiological situation and its associated containment measures. At the last follow-up in June 2021, GAD symptom prevalence in HP and non-HP students was 22.9% (95% CI = 16.3–29.5) and 36.9% (95% CI = 32.9–40.9), respectively. Absolute differences in GAD symptom prevalence between student groups over all eight measurement points ranged from 6.2% to 14.9% (all p < 0.05). Non-HP students are identified as a specifically vulnerable group. Accordingly, target group-specific public health campaigns and interventions should be developed with the aim to strengthen their resources, reducing GAD symptoms, and preventing chronification.

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Levels of fear and uncertainty regarding the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID‐19) among university students

Cited by 70 publications

References 38 publications

Factors influencing nursing students' intention to accept COVID-19 vaccination: A pooled analysis of seven European countries

Factors influencing nursing students' intention to accept COVID-19 vaccination: A pooled analysis of seven European countries

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on medical students in Jordanian universities: A multi-center cross-sectional study

Generalized Anxiety among Swiss Health Professions and Non-Health Professions Students: An Open Cohort Study over 14 Months in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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