Perception towards E-learning and COVID-19 on the mental health status of university students in Malaysia.
Sci Prog
; 104(3): 368504211029812, 2021.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1309880
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives of all including university students. With the preventive measures to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, all face-to-face teaching and learning are converted to e-learning. The COVID-19 pandemic and the implementation of e-learning may influence these students' mental conditions. This study aimed to determine the association of factors with mental health status (depression, anxiety and stress) among university students in Malaysia. Study participants were tertiary education students from both the private and public universities in Malaysia. Participants were recruited via university emails and social media. The survey was administered via the online REDCap platform, from April to June 2020, during the movement control order period in the country. The questionnaire captured data on socio-demographic characteristics, academic information, implementation of e-learning, perception towards e-learning and COVID-19; as well as DASS 21 to screen for depression, anxiety and stress. The levels of stress, anxiety and depression were 56.5% (95% CI 50.7%, 62.1%), 51.3% (95% CI 45.6%, 57.0%) and 29.4% (95% CI 24.3%, 34.8%) respectively. Most participants had good perception towards e-learning but negative perception on COVID-19. From the multivariate analysis, participants with positive perception on COVID-19 were protective towards stress (aOR 0.96; 95% CI 0.92, 0.99), anxiety (aOR 0.94, 95% CI 0.90, 0.98) and depression (aOR 0.95; 95% CI 0.91, 0.99). Older students were 14% (aOR 0.86, 95% CI 0.79, 0.94) and 11% (aOR 0.89 95% CI 0.80, 0.99) less likely for anxiety and depression, respectively. Students originated from the Malay ethnicity had higher odds (aOR 1.93; 95% CI 1.05, 3.56) for depression. These findings demonstrated that the mental status of university students was greatly affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Timely and credible information should be disseminated to alleviate their negative perception towards COVID-19.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Social Isolation
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Stress, Psychological
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Depression
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Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Sci Prog
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
00368504211029812
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