The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13775331 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Muhammad Irfan (0000-0003-1446-583X, Xiamen University Malaysia, corresponding author), Faizah Shahudin (0000-0002-1852-6102, Xiamen University Malaysia), Vincent J Hooper (0000-0001-6473-700X, Xiamen University Malaysia), Waqar Akram (0000-0002-3003-0062, Sukkur IBA University), Rosmaiza Binti Abdul Ghani (0000-0002-6181-357X, Universiti Teknologi MARA) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Pages | 469580211056217-469580211056217 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and Financing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0046-9580 • E-ISSN: 1945-7243 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00469580211056217 |
| PMID | 34802264 |
| OpenAlex | W3121918409 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 24 |
The objective of this article is to examine the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon university students' anxiety level and to find the factors associated with the anxiety level in Malaysia. We collected data from 958 students from 16 different universities using an originally designed questionnaire. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale 7-item (GAD-7) was used to estimate the anxiety. Then we applied the ordered logit model to calculate the odds ratios (OR) and factors associated with the anxiety level. We find that 12.3% of students were normal, whereas 30.5% were experiencing mild anxiety, 31.1% moderate anxiety, and 26.1% severe anxiety. Surprisingly, only 37.2% of students were aware of mental health support that was provided by their universities. However, age above 20 years (OR = 1.30), ethnicity Chinese (OR = 1.72), having any other disease (OR = 2.0), decreased family income (OR = 1.71), more time spent on watching COVID-19-related news (OR = 1.52), and infected relative or friends (OR = 1.62) were risk factors for anxiety among students. We conclude that the government of Malaysia should monitor the mental health of the universities' students more closely and universities should open online mental health support clinics to avoid the adverse impacts of anxiety
Anxiety · Confidence interval · Ethnic group · Government (linguistics · Mental health · Odds ratio · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Demography · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |