Cross-sectional case-control study on medical students' psychosocial stress during COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong.
COVID-19
Medical education
Psychosocial
Journal
Heliyon
ISSN: 2405-8440
Titre abrégé: Heliyon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101672560
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2021
Nov 2021
Historique:
received:
06
09
2021
revised:
13
10
2021
accepted:
23
11
2021
entrez:
3
12
2021
pubmed:
4
12
2021
medline:
4
12
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes in pedagogy for undergraduate medical curriculum. Many physical clinical teachings have been replaced by online pedagogy. This study aims to evaluate the relation between medical students' stress during COVID-19 pandemic and their academic performance at the final examination. This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. Student's stress level were evaluated by the COVID-19 Student Stress Questionnaire (CSSQ). Correlation of stress level and students' performance at the final examination was performed. 110 out of 221 (49.8%) final-year medical students responded to the questionnaire, 13 students failed in the final examination (case) while 97 students passed in the final MBBS examination (control).Baseline demographic data between case and control were comparable. The median age for both cases and controls were 24 years.Compared to controls, cases reported higher levels of stress in all domains, namely in relation to risk of contagion, social isolation, interpersonal relationships with relatives, university colleagues and professors, academic life, and sexual life. Notably, a significantly higher proportion of cases reported academic-related stress compared to controls (p < 0.01), with 100% of cases perceiving their academic studying experience during the COVID-19 pandemic to be "very" or "extremely" stressful, compared to 35.1% of controls. Increased stress to academic and study during COVID-19 was associated with worse examination outcome at the final examination. Extra academic support will be needed to cater students' need during the pandemic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34859157
doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08486
pii: S2405-8440(21)02589-5
pmc: PMC8619884
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e08486Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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