Mental health, self-efficacy and university adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This mixed study evaluated changes and stability in health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, alcohol consumption and amount of hours of sleep) and the belief in academic self-efficacy of Brazilian university students, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first step, quantitative and longitudinal, investigated 20 students (average age=20.8;SD=3.4) in the period of 2019 and 2020, suggesting the maintenance of mental health indicators and the reduction of alcohol consumption and self-efficacy. In the second, qualitative stage, interviews during the quarantine revealed processes of personal and academic adaptation, in addition to concerns about mental health in the face of the pandemic. Institutional responses by universities to these ongoing challenges are recommended, as opposed to an individual analytical perspective.Copyright © 2023 Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. All rights reserved.

Mental health, self-efficacy and university adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic

This mixed study evaluated changes and stability in health indicators (depression, anxiety, stress, alcohol consumption and amount of hours of sleep) and the belief in academic self -efficacy of Brazilian university students, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first step, quantitative and longitudinal, investigated 20 students (average age=20.8;SD=3.4) in the period of 2019 and 2020, suggesting the maintenance of mental health indi-cators and the reduction of alcohol consumption and self-efficacy. In the second, qualitative stage, interviews during the quarantine revealed processes of personal and academic adapta-tion, in addition to concerns about mental health in the face of the pandemic. Institutional responses by universities to these ongoing challenges are recommended, as opposed to an individual analytical perspective.

Being a professor in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections on mental health

The main purpose of this study is to reflect on the work of professors in the pandemic of COVID-19 and on the effects on their mental health.This discussion was based on reflections provided by the scientific literature on COVID-19 so far and its possible repercussions for the health of professors at the different levels of training available. Professors are highly exposed to the risks of occupational illness during the COVID-19 pandemic, a fact that should be monitored by conducting research developed directly with these professionals, also taking into account the effects of the different phases of isolation and social distance experienced, as well as the different levels of training and performance of these professors.The current scenario can be a trigger for this problem, which must be followed in a direct and critical way by the literature in the field of the worker's mental health. © 2020, Fundacion Index. All rights reserved.

Distance learning in nursing training: Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic

Objective: to reflect on the use of distance learning in nursing graduate programs in Brazil in the scenario of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: critical essay through reflections anchored in the literature about the use of distance learning in the training of nurses and circumscriptors resulting from the pandemic. Results: discussions on the use of distance learning in nursing education in Brazil respond to different educational, professional, political and economic interests. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, since 2020, such debates have been intensified due to the use of distance learning methodologies in the continuity of many training courses, once exclusively in person. Conclusion: although the methodologies of distance learning allow, at first, the continuity of the training processes in nursing, it is reaffirmed that teaching-learning for health care demands proximity and contact. © 2020 Universidade Federal da Bahia. All rights reserved.