Polish medical students facing the pandemic—Assessment of resilience, well-being and burnout in the COVID-19 era

Forycka, Joanna; Pawłowicz, Ewa; Burczyńska, Anna; Cegielska, Natalia; Harendarz, Karolina; Nowicki, Michał

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0261652

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“…Thirdly, the types of psychiatric diseases the cohort of psychiatrically ill students suffered from have not been examined. However, based on sociodemographic patterns of the participants, general epidemiological data [ 58 , 59 ], and reported mental health symptoms ( Table 1 ), it may be assumed that “psychiatrically ill” largely refers to depressive and anxiety disorders. The group, therefore, may not be very heterogeneous as it comprises socially active medical students, whose sociodemographic characteristics, health-related behaviors, and academic achievements are comparable to those of healthy students.…”

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Who Benefits from Fermented Food Consumption? A Comparative Analysis between Psychiatrically Ill and Psychiatrically Healthy Medical Students

Karbownik

Mokros

Kowalczyk

2022

IJERPH

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Probiotic therapies and fermented food diets hold promise for improving mental health. Although in this regard psychiatric patients appear to benefit more than healthy individuals, no research has been performed to directly evaluate this hypothesis. The present study examined a cohort of medical students facing a stressful event, and some of the students reported suffering from chronic psychiatric diseases. The amount of fermented food consumption was calculated with the use of seven-day dietary records, while depressive and anxiety symptoms were assessed with the use of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, respectively. In psychiatrically healthy medical students under psychological stress (n = 372), higher fermented food consumption was associated with more depressive and anxiety symptoms. In contrast, psychiatrically ill medical students (n = 25, 6.3% of all the participants) were found to present a negative association between the amount of fermented food consumed and the severity of depressive symptoms (adjusted β −0.52, 95% CI −0.85 to −0.19, p = 0.0042); however, this relationship was insignificant for anxiety symptoms (adjusted β −0.22, 95% CI −0.59 to 0.15, p = 0.22). A significant interaction was found between the consumption of fermented food and psychiatric diagnosis in predicting depressive symptoms (p = 0.0001), and a borderline significant interaction for anxiety symptoms (p = 0.053). In conclusion, psychiatrically ill people, but not healthy ones, may benefit from fermented food consumption in terms of alleviation of depressive symptoms. Our findings require cautious interpretation and further investigation.

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Who Benefits from Fermented Food Consumption? A Comparative Analysis between Psychiatrically Ill and Psychiatrically Healthy Medical Students

Karbownik

Mokros

Kowalczyk

2022

IJERPH

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“…Through a emotions, improve self-efficacy, and build up confidence and courage to cope with the crisis (81). Therefore, providing the necessary and proper social support services for medical students who experience high levels of burnout and low levels of resilience (82) during the online learning of the COVID-19 pandemic is crucial, as it might maximize the resilience level of medical students to some extent. For example, schools can offer online psychological counseling services or online courses on mental preparation for public health events for medical students (11).…”

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“…Pharasi and Patra (83) concluded that resilience is a protective mechanism against burnout. Through the investigation of medical students, Forycka et al (82) reported that students with a higher level of resilience presented a better attitude toward online courses and showed lower levels of academic burnout.…”

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The impact of social support and stress on academic burnout among medical students in online learning: The mediating role of resilience

Liu

Cao

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundAs the COVID-19 pandemic continues, online learning and long-term isolation from social and clinical settings has exacerbated mental health problems and symptoms of academic burnout among medical students. However, few studies have discussed symptoms of academic burnout as a result of reduced social support, and increased stress among medical students during the process of online learning. To fill this gap, this study investigated the influencing factors and mechanism of academic burnout in medical students' online learning process. Both the positive inhibition effect of positive factors such as social support, and the negative aggravation effect of negative factors such as stress were explored, while the mediating and protecting role of resilience is also discussed.MethodWe collected survey data from a total of 817 medical students from a medical school in China who participated in online learning during the fall 2021 semester. An online questionnaire was sent to the students in January, 2022. Items adapted from the DASS Scale developed by Lovibond and Lovibond were used to measure medical students' stress levels. The perceived social support of medical students was assessed by the Gregory MSPSS. Resilience was evaluated by the 10-Item Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC). Items from the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Survey (MBI-SS) were used to calculate students' academic burnout. Descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, hierarchical linear regression analysis and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the collected data.ResultsThe results identified that in the context of online learning there was a positive correlation between medical students' stress and academic burnout, and their resilience played a partial mediating role. However, social support did not directly affect academic burnout, but inhibited the prevalence of academic burnout through resilience. In addition, stress was negatively related to resilience, while social support was positively related to resilience. Resilience was found to be negatively related to medical students' academic burnout in online learning.ConclusionThe results of this study can provide a reference for the future development of appropriate educational strategies and coping measures to ameliorate the academic burnout of medical students.

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“…According to S. Avijit and co-authors, the level of distress among students while studying using online technologies ranges from its absence (16.67%), mild (40%) to moderate (30.56%), and severe (12.78%) [41]. Students with a higher level of emotional stability demonstrated better attitudes toward online and hybrid classes [42]. Students' preference for online examinations is associated with academic specialization, efforts and time required for preparation, and correspondence of questions with educational material.…”

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Subjective Assessments of the Pandemic Situation and Academic Adaptation of University Students

Shamionov¹,

Grigoryeva²,

Grínina³

et al. 2023

OBM Neurobiol

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Students’ academic adaptation during the pandemic is the key problem for the educational system. Even though certain success has been achieved in the organization of education with distance learning technologies and additional learning tools, there are still plenty of other difficulties that affect students’ adaptation. The purpose of the study is to conduct a comparative analysis of academic adaptation’s structure during and before the pandemic and to study the role of subjective assessments of the pandemic situation in university students’ academic adaptation. Nine hundred nineteen university students took part in the study. М = 19.54; SD = 2.47 (17.5% male). The following methods were used within the framework of the study: the method for assessing academic adaptation components developed by the authors, the direct scaling method via a questionnaire used to analyze subjective assessments of the pandemic situation, social frustration [1] assessment method and a differential 1uestionnaire used to assess the experience of loneliness [2]. The study established certain differences in the level of manifestation for emotional, motivational, and psychophysiological components of students' academic adaptation before and during the pandemic. The hypotheses were tested regarding the role of subjective assessment of the pandemic situation, social frustration, and experience of loneliness under academic adaptation-related changes. Structural modeling allowed testing of the hypothesis concerning the direction of relations between variables. The pandemic situation is an important factor in reducing psycho-emotional and motivational components of academic adaptation. Interpersonal relations among students are the most important predictors of their academic adaptation. Assessment of the pandemic situation (29% variation), social frustration (49%), and loneliness (22%) are significant predictors of academic adaptation. The presence of diseases and attitudes regarding health risks, and satisfaction with relations with other educational process participants largely determines students' academic adaptation during the pandemic. At the same time, the direct effect of academic adaptation and the indirect one through the positive perception of distance learning is a more positive perception of Covid-19consequences.

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Polish medical students facing the pandemic—Assessment of resilience, well-being and burnout in the COVID-19 era

Cited by 46 publications

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Who Benefits from Fermented Food Consumption? A Comparative Analysis between Psychiatrically Ill and Psychiatrically Healthy Medical Students

Who Benefits from Fermented Food Consumption? A Comparative Analysis between Psychiatrically Ill and Psychiatrically Healthy Medical Students

The impact of social support and stress on academic burnout among medical students in online learning: The mediating role of resilience

Subjective Assessments of the Pandemic Situation and Academic Adaptation of University Students

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