Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Fayoum, Egypt.
BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 13;23(1):510. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04730-y.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is a public health emergency. During the outbreak, a broad range of psychological disorders affected people at the individual, community, and international levels. This study aimed to assess the role of stress-coping strategies in relieving perceived stress among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This interventional study was nested on a cross-sectional design and involved students at Faiyum University in 2022.
Out of a sample of 2640 students, 2176 (82.4%) experienced moderate perceived stress, while 56 (2.1%) had more severe levels. Being female, nonmedical students, and rural inhabitants having a low socioeconomic status were associated with scores for severe and moderate levels of perceived stress. Among the interventional group, Modified Perceived Stress Scale scores significantly decreased after the implementation of the stress-coping program, with a p value < 0.001. Improvements in perceived stress levels were observed among male, medical, and high-socioeconomic-status students.
Perceived stress levels were associated with being female, engaging in nonmedical study, and having low socioeconomic status and decreased after a stress-coping program was implemented. These findings assert the need to develop regular campaigns to provide psychological support and stress-coping strategies that may help students overcome different stressors.
冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行是一场公共卫生紧急事件。在疫情期间，广泛的心理障碍影响了个人、社区和国际层面的人们。本研究旨在评估在 COVID-19 大流行期间，压力应对策略在缓解大学生感知压力中的作用。
这是一项嵌套在横断面设计中的干预性研究，涉及 2022 年法尤姆大学的学生。
在 2640 名学生中，2176 名（82.4%）经历了中度感知压力，而 56 名（2.1%）则经历了更严重的压力水平。女性、非医学专业学生和农村地区社会经济地位较低与严重和中度感知压力得分相关。在干预组中，实施压力应对计划后，修正后的感知压力量表评分显著下降，p 值<0.001。男性、医学专业和高社会经济地位的学生的感知压力水平也有所改善。
感知压力水平与女性、从事非医学研究以及社会经济地位较低有关，在实施压力应对计划后，感知压力水平降低。这些发现表明，需要定期开展活动，提供心理支持和压力应对策略，帮助学生克服不同的压力源。
