Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan.
Department of Special Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan.
Front Public Health. 2021 Nov 8;9:719668. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.719668. eCollection 2021.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its associated precautionary measures have substantial impacts not only on the medical, economic, and social context but also on psychological health. This study aimed to assess the obsession toward COVID-19 preventive measures among undergraduate medical students during the early phase of the pandemic in Jordan. Online questionnaires were distributed between March 16, 2020 and March 19, 2020. Socio-demographic characteristics were collected, and self-reported obsession toward COVID-19 preventive measures was assessed using a single question.COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception, and precautionary measures were evaluated using scales. Using the chi-square test, Student -test, and one-way ANOVA, we assessed the differences in the obsession of students with socio-demographic characteristics and scores of the scales. A total of 1,404 participants (60% were female participants) completed the survey with a participation rate of 15.6%. Obsession with preventive measures was reported by 6.8%. Obsession was significantly more common among women (9.2%) than men (3.3%) and students who attended COVID-19 lectures (9.5%) than those who did not attend such lectures (5.8%) ( < 0.001 and = 0.015, respectively). Obsessed participants reported significantly higher levels of COVID-19 knowledge ( = 0.012) and precautionary measures ( < 0.001). COVID-19 risk perception had a mild effect size difference but with no statistical significance ( = 0.075). There were no significant differences in the academic levels of participants ( = 0.791) and universities ( = 0.807) between students who were obsessed and those who were not. Obsession is one of the significant but unspoken psychological effects of COVID-19 precautionary measures among undergraduate medical students. Medical schools should be equipped with means to handle pandemic psychological effects.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行及其相关预防措施不仅对医疗、经济和社会环境产生了重大影响，而且对心理健康也产生了重大影响。本研究旨在评估 COVID-19 大流行期间约旦本科医学生对预防措施的关注程度。在线问卷于 2020 年 3 月 16 日至 2020 年 3 月 19 日之间分发。收集了社会人口统计学特征，并使用一个问题评估了对 COVID-19 预防措施的自我报告关注程度。使用量表评估了 COVID-19 知识、风险感知和预防措施。使用卡方检验、学生 t 检验和单向方差分析，我们评估了学生的社会人口统计学特征和量表分数的差异。共有 1404 名参与者（60％为女性参与者）完成了调查，参与率为 15.6％。报告有预防措施关注的占 6.8％。女性（9.2％）比男性（3.3％）更常见，参加 COVID-19 讲座的学生（9.5％）比未参加此类讲座的学生（5.8％）更常见（<0.001 和=0.015，分别）。关注的参与者报告 COVID-19 知识（=0.012）和预防措施（<0.001）水平明显更高。COVID-19 风险感知的差异具有中等效应量，但无统计学意义（=0.075）。关注的参与者和不关注的参与者之间的参与者学术水平（=0.791）和大学（=0.807）之间没有显著差异。痴迷是本科医学生对 COVID-19 预防措施的一种重要但未言明的心理影响之一。医学院应配备处理大流行心理影响的手段。
