Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Khartoum, Khartoum P. O. Box, Sudan.
East Mediterr Health J. 2024 May 14;30(4):272-282. doi: 10.26719/2024.30.4.272.
The mental health of students plays a crucial role in their learning and performance. The COVID-19 pandemic, the political turmoil and a coup in Sudan has exacerbated stress and anxiety among university students in Sudan due to uncertainty about their academic activities.
To assess post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurrence and coping strategies adopted by university students in Sudan.
This cross-sectional survey was conducted from March to June 2022. It used the Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief-COPE) and Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R) questionnaires to assess the occurrence of PTSD and coping strategies among 596 university students in Sudan. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the frequency and percentage, Student's t test was used to compare the means of 2 groups and one-way analysis of variance to compare the means of ≥ 3 groups.
There was a high prevalence of PTSD among the students, with a score of 31.2 (SD 16.4). The total score of PTSD was higher among female students. Around 36% of the students had a PTSD score > 37, which is considered high enough to suppress immune function. The most widely adopted coping strategies were religion and acceptance of the situation, while substance use was the least. Students who had COVID-19 infection during the pandemic differed significantly from uninfected students in the application of coping strategies. In contrast, students whose family members or friends had COVID-19 were not significantly different from students with uninfected family members or friends in the application of the coping strategies, such as self-blame, denial, substance use, and behavioural disengagement.
We recommend the initiation and implementation of psychological counselling programmes for university students in Sudan onsite or remotely. Further research should be carried out to assess the long-term effects of the pandemic and the political conflicts so as to design and implement appropriate and efficient interventions.
学生的心理健康对他们的学习和表现起着至关重要的作用。由于对学术活动的不确定性，COVID-19 大流行、苏丹的政治动荡和政变使苏丹大学生的压力和焦虑加剧。
评估苏丹大学生创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）的发生情况和采用的应对策略。
本横断面调查于 2022 年 3 月至 6 月进行。采用应对方式量表（Brief-COPE）和事件影响量表修订版（IES-R）问卷评估苏丹 596 名大学生 PTSD 的发生情况和应对策略。采用描述性统计确定频率和百分比，采用 Student's t 检验比较两组均值，采用单因素方差分析比较≥3 组均值。
学生 PTSD 发生率较高，得分为 31.2（SD 16.4）。女学生 PTSD 总分较高。约 36%的学生 PTSD 得分>37，这被认为足以抑制免疫功能。最广泛采用的应对策略是宗教和接受现状，而使用物质是最少的。在大流行期间感染 COVID-19 的学生与未感染学生在应对策略的应用上有显著差异。相比之下，其家庭成员或朋友感染 COVID-19 的学生与未感染家庭成员或朋友的学生在自责、否认、使用物质和行为脱离等应对策略的应用上没有显著差异。
我们建议在苏丹为大学生启动并实施现场或远程心理咨询方案。应开展进一步研究，评估大流行和政治冲突的长期影响，以便设计和实施适当和有效的干预措施。
