Quality of Life and Psychological Health during Covid-19 Pandemic among Medical Students of Suez Canal University | ||||
| The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal | ||||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 April 2024 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/efmj.2024.214675.1115 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Eman E Tosson   1; Omnia Youssif Ibrahem2; sally mohamed moawd3; Nadia Mabrouk Mansour4
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| 1faculty of medicine SCU | ||||
| 2family medicne dep,FOMSCU | ||||
| 31 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt | ||||
| 4family medicine dep ,FOMSCU | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: University students are a special social group with active life. The pandemic emergency changed their life drastically considering university restrictions. The call to stay at home during the COVID-19 pandemic is one of the causes of social isolation, anxiety, stress and depression. Objective: This study was conducted to assess the effect of covid-19 pandemic on quality of life and psychological health of medical students of Suez Canal university, Egypt. Material and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted that included 305 medical students through multistage sampling technique. Data was collected using the adapted version of the WHOQOL-BREF scale and the shorter version of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21). Results: Among 305 medical students who were enrolled in the study, (64.6%) were females, single (85.2%), with good to very good general health status (36.4% - 35.4%). Regarding WHOQOL-BREF scale, it was found that only environmental dimension of QoL had higher mean with mean ±SD (14.85±3.10). The percentage of participants rated abnormal regarding depression, anxiety and stress (26.2%, 29.2%, 8.2%) respectively. Conclusion: The study highlights that covid-19 pandemic had a little effect on quality of life and psychological health of medical students. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| anxiety; covid-19; depression; health; social | ||||
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