The relationship between COVID‐19 knowledge levels and anxiety states of midwifery students during the outbreak: A cross‐sectional web‐based survey

Söğüt, Seda; Dolu, İlknur; Cangöl, Eda

doi:10.1111/ppc.12555

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“…Students from MBBS and BDS stream were aware of facts like the causative factors for the COVID-19 disease (95.6%) and the type of virus causing this infection (92.7%). This was in accordance with a recent study from Turkey and Pakistan [17,21], where majority of students, (97.4%) were aware about the causes and the viral nature of the disease and also with another study from India, which showed 92.7% of the participants' had good knowledge. [22] Our study showed that only 71% of students were aware about the mode of transmission of this virus, which is lesser compared to a similar study from India among students, where 91% knew about the transmission modes and the signs and symptoms of the disease.…”

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“…Another study from Jordan showed a high knowledge of more than 80% and a Turkish study revealed a higher knowledge levels in female midwifery students compared to the present one. [17,18] The areas where the participants were having lesser knowledge were on PPE and facilities for proper management of COVID-19 at health facilities. In today's circumstances when there is high demand of PPEs, health science students must have correct knowledge on types of PPEs recommended at various work stations at health facilities.…”

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“…Similar type of scoring was used in another study from Turkey done among nursing students. [17] The survey instrument developed was also similar to that used in studies from Jordan and India, which had 26 questions related to the demographics and about the quarantine period, the disease itself and also about the disease transmission routes, clinical features, recovery rates and the use of medicines etc. [18,19] The questionnaire has been attached as a supplementary le.…”

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Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

Jha

Singh

Bajracharya

et al. 2020

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Background The number of cases of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is still increasing especially in South Asia. There is an urgent need to measure the knowledge of the disease among health science students who may be required to play an active role in pandemic control. The research was conducted to answer how does Nepalese medical students' knowledge about coronavirus compare to medical students in other countries and what are the educational needs of medical students who may be called in to support the treatment of COVID-19 in Nepal. Methods A cross sectional study was performed during the third week of June among first to final year medical and dental students. As the country was in lockdown, a structured online questionnaire was used to obtain data. The responses obtained were cleaned, coded, entered in IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows and the normality of the data checked using one-sample Kolmogorov Smirnov test (p<0.05). The demographic parameters were tabulated and total score compared among different subgroups of participants. The frequency of different measures mentioned by respondents to control the pandemic were also noted. Results Out of the 565 participants, 336 (59.6%) were females followed by 229 (40.4%) males. Nearly half of the participants, 282 (49.8%) were belonging to age group 21-23 years. Majority 415 (73.5%) were undergraduate medical and 150 (26.5%) were undergraduate dental students. The largest number of respondents, 140 (24.9%) were from second year of study and 344 (60.9%) were from urban areas. The median total score was 21 and the interquartile range 4. The maximum possible score was 30. The scores among students belonging to different years of study were significantly different (p=0.033). Total scores were not significantly different among other subgroups of respondents. Conclusions The knowledge of the participants was good. Deficiencies in knowledge were noted in certain areas and these should be addressed through an educational intervention. In countries where epidemic is on the rise, strategies to keep health science students updated with proper information related to COVID-19 is important. Similar studies can be undertaken in other medical colleges in the country and in nursing and pharmacy colleges also.

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Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

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Bajracharya

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“…This has already been shown in medical staff facing previous health crises, where perceived sufficiency of information about the A/H1N1 influenza prognosis was independently associated with reduced degree of worry [ 42 ]. While the correlation of COVID-19 knowledge and anxiety did not reach statistical significance in another study conducted on midwifery students [ 43 ], it showed contribution to lowering perceived levels of stress, which do correlate with anxiety [ 26 ]. This reinforces how timely and transparent information, which is critical for healthy psychological self-adaptation regarding fast onset emergencies [ 3 ], might not have been accurately delivered to the general population, who could have been more exposed to sensational misinforming news reports in unofficial channels, whereas medicine students could have been prematurely aware of a belated official information disclosure [ 3 , 44 ].…”

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Prevalence of Anxiety in Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

Lasheras

Gracia-García

Lipnicki

et al. 2020

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The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has brought a great deal of pressure for medical students, who typically show elevated anxiety rates. Our aim is to investigate the prevalence of anxiety in medical students during this pandemic. This systematic review and mini meta-analysis has been conducted following the PRISMA guidelines. Two researchers independently searched PubMed on 26 August 2020 for cross-sectional studies on medical students during the COVID-19 outbreak, with no language restrictions applied. We then performed a manual search to detect other potentially eligible investigations. To the 1361 records retrieved in the initial search, 4 more were added by manual search on medRxiv. Finally, eight studies were finally included for qualitative and quantitative analysis, which yielded an estimated prevalence of anxiety of 28% (95% CI: 22–34%), with significant heterogeneity between studies. The prevalence of anxiety in medical students is similar to that prior to the pandemic but correlates with several specific COVID-related stressors. While some preventive and risk factors have been previously identified in a non-pandemic context, knowledge and cognitions on COVID-19 transmission, treatment, prognosis and prevention negatively correlate with anxiety, emerging as a key preventive factor that may provide a rationale for why the levels of anxiety have remained stable in medical students during the pandemic while increasing in their non-medical peers and the general population. Other reasons for the invariability of anxiety rates in this population are discussed. A major limitation of our review is that Chinese students comprised 89% the total sample, which could compromise the external validity of our work

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“…There are several studies on mental health during the pandemic among Turkish [43], medical [54], nursing [55,56], and midwifery [57] students, although less attention is given to non-medical students' mental health.…”

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Exploring Perceived Stress among Students in Turkey during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Aslan

Ochnik

Çınar

2020

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Students have been highly vulnerable to mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, and researchers have shown that perceived stress and mental health problems have increased during the pandemic. The aim of this study was to reveal the prevalence of perceived stress and mental health among students during the pandemic and to explore predictors of stress levels. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 358 undergraduates from 14 universities in Turkey, including 200 female students (56%). The measurements used in the study were the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS), Perception of COVID Impact on Student Well-Being (CI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), Physical Activity Scale (PA), and a sociodemographic survey. Students reported high perceived stress, mild generalized anxiety, and low satisfaction with life. More than half of the students met the diagnostic criteria of GAD (52%) and depression (63%). Female and physically inactive students had higher PSS-10 levels. A hierarchical linear regression model showed that after controlling for gender and negative CI, anxiety and physical inactivity significantly predicted high perceived stress. The study shows that students’ mental health during the pandemic is at high risk.

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The relationship between COVID‐19 knowledge levels and anxiety states of midwifery students during the outbreak: A cross‐sectional web‐based survey

Cited by 88 publications

References 33 publications

Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

Prevalence of Anxiety in Medical Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rapid Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

Exploring Perceived Stress among Students in Turkey during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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