Features of life activity and the incidence rate of anxiety and depressive disorders among medical students studying remotely during the epidemic of a new coronavirus infection (Covid 19)
Cardiometry
; - (21):130-137, 2020.
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in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2324003
ABSTRACT
Aims. The aim is to study the features of life and the incidence rate of anxiety and depressive disorders among medical faculty students studying remotely during the epidemic of a new coronavirus infection (Covid 19) at the Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after H.M. Berbekov. Materials and methods. We examined 335 students (34% males, 66% females) at the Faculty of Medicine in November- December 2020. The average age of the students examined was 20.3+/-2.3 years. The study included an anonymous mail survey to examine educational conditions, lifestyle, levels of anxiety and depression. Results. 43.8% of the students had insufficient sleep duration, 58.5% had low physical activity, in 24.8% of them we recorded high levels of situational anxiety and in 82.1% of them personal anxiety, in 7.1% of the students we recorded clinically expressed anxiety and 1.8% had clinically expressed depression. During the transition to remote learning, students increased the time use to prepare for classes (51.2%) and the duration of sleep (61.5%), while their physical activity decreased (76.5%). Statistically significant linear correlations were identified between the level of anxiety and depression and the duration of sleep, low physical activity, preparation time for classes, academic performance, and academic debt. Conclusions. The results obtained by us can be used to optimize the educational process, as well as to preserve the mental health of students during the transition to distance learning.Copyright © 2020 Novyi Russkii Universitet. All rights reserved.
Depression; Distance learning; Lifestyle; New coronavirus infection (Covid 19); Personal anxiety; Situational anxiety; Students; academic achievement; adult; anxiety disorder; article; coronavirus disease 2019; daily life activity; e-learning; education; employment status; epidemic; female; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Depression; human; human experiment; incidence; international physical activity questionnaire; learning environment; male; medical student; physical activity; sex difference; sleep deprivation; sleep time; time; young adult; academic debt; preparation time
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Language:
English
Journal:
Cardiometry
Year:
2020
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Article
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