Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Guraiger, Abha 6252, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 May 28;18(11):5792. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115792.
With the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are living within a milieu of stress, anxiety, and fear. Medical students are susceptible to these emotional injuries, but their psychological wellbeing and learning may further be assaulted by future uncertainties and altered teaching and training programs. Our objective was to find the extent of the psychological impact of the pandemic and the learning difficulties they are experiencing; Methodology: This cross-sectional study included 418 undergraduate and postgraduate medical students from all over the world. A questionnaire was uploaded in Google survey form. It included background characteristics, questions for psychiatric impact like PHQ-9, GAD-7, ZF-OCS, and questions for learning difficulties perceived in comparison to the pre-pandemic time.
Among participants, 34.9% of students were male and 65.1% female. Around 46.4% belonged to the WHO, Eastern Mediterranean region, 26.8% from South East Asia region, 17.5% from the region of America, 5.5% from the European region,2.2%from the Western Pacific region, and 1.7% from the African region. Symptoms due to psychiatric illness were noticed in 393 (93.1%); depression in 386 (92.3%), anxiety in 158 (37.8%), obsessive compulsion disorder in 225 (53.8%), and post-traumatic stress syndrome in 129 (39.9%). Female gender, geographical region, and history of previous psychiatric illness were significantly related to almost all the psychiatric illnesses. Regarding learning difficulty, 96% of students faced problems: trouble with memorizing in 54.0%, concentration problems in 67.0%, about 55.5% of students made more mistakes, while 44.5% noted an increase in reaction time for solving questions. In addition, 90% experienced greater difficulty in overall learning during the pandemic in comparison to the pre-pandemic time.
Assault on psychological wellbeing, struggling to memorize, inattention and difficulty in concentration on studies, along with perceived overall trouble with learning, have emerged as collateral damage from the COVID-19 pandemic with respect to medical students.
随着 COVID-19 大流行的出现，人们生活在压力、焦虑和恐惧的环境中。医学生容易受到这些情绪伤害，但他们的心理健康和学习可能会因未来的不确定性以及教学和培训计划的改变而受到进一步的冲击。我们的目的是了解大流行对他们造成的心理影响以及他们所经历的学习困难的程度。
这是一项横断面研究，包括来自世界各地的 418 名本科和研究生医学生。问卷上传到谷歌调查表单中。它包括背景特征、心理健康影响问题，如 PHQ-9、GAD-7、ZF-OCS，以及与大流行前相比学习困难的感知问题。
在参与者中，34.9%的学生为男性，65.1%为女性。约 46.4%的学生来自世卫组织东地中海区域，26.8%来自东南亚区域，17.5%来自美洲区域，5.5%来自欧洲区域，2.2%来自西太平洋区域，1.7%来自非洲区域。393 名（93.1%）学生出现了精神疾病症状；386 名（92.3%）出现抑郁，158 名（37.8%）出现焦虑，225 名（53.8%）出现强迫症，129 名（39.9%）出现创伤后应激综合征。女性、地理区域和既往精神疾病史与几乎所有精神疾病都有显著关系。关于学习困难，96%的学生面临问题：54.0%的学生记忆困难，67.0%的学生注意力集中问题，约 55.5%的学生犯更多错误，而 44.5%的学生注意到解决问题的反应时间延长。此外，90%的学生在大流行期间的整体学习比大流行前更困难。
就医学生而言，COVID-19 大流行对他们的心理健康造成了冲击，他们在记忆、注意力不集中和学习时难以集中注意力，以及整体学习困难等方面都出现了问题。
