Prevalence and associated factors of psychological impacts following covid19 pandemic among medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020

Jafri, Malissa Syahira and Balasingam, Thanesh and Sharizal, Aqilah (2020) Prevalence and associated factors of psychological impacts following covid19 pandemic among medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia 2020. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Background : Coronavirus Disease 2019 which is also known as COVID19 Disease, is one of the pandemic outbreaks that started in Wuhan, China in December. During this COVID19 crisis, any individual can be psychologically affected by the influence of different backgrounds. Medical students are more likely to be affected psychologically during this pandemic. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of psychological impacts following COVID19 pandemic among medical students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. Methods : A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students in Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Universal sampling method was used for participant’s recruitment in August 2020. DASS21 and WHOQOL-bref were used in this study. An online questionnaire through Google Form was used to obtain information on socio demographics. Ethical approval 1 was obtained prior to data collection. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 21) was used for data analysis. Results : A total of 311 medical students were recruited with a response rate of 63.5%. The prevalence of depression, anxiety and stress was 30.2%, 39.5% and 22.2% respectively. Most of the respondents were female (71.7%), malay (51.8%), 2nd year medical students (34.7%), those who were staying at home during the first week of Movement Control Order (92.6%) and with no underlying medical conditions (92.6%). Median of age was 21 (IQR = 3), family monthly income was RM5000 (IQR = RM7000) and quality of life was 72.25 (IQR = 13.75). Based on multiple logistic regression, quality of life is more likely to be associated with psychological impacts among medical students (odd ratio [OR] 0.881, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.852-0.911). Conclusions : Our study showed 30.2% of medical students have depression, 39.5% of medical students have anxiety, while 22.2% of medical students have stress. Those medical students who have poorer quality of life are at risk of having depression, anxiety and stress. Intervention is needed to be done urgently by medical school authorities to address this issue for future well-being of the medical students. Keywords : Prevalence, factors, depression, anxiety, stress, medical students, Malaysia

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 07:25
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 07:25
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1187

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