The Association between Covid-19 Pandemic and the Quality of Life of Medical Students in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15512625 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Szymon Szemik (0000-0001-5819-8927, Medical University of Silesia, corresponding author), Maksymilian Gajda (0000-0003-2240-3575, Medical University of Silesia), Aleksandra Gładyś (0000-0002-5626-9960, Medical University of Silesia), Małgorzata Kowalska (0000-0002-4336-1549, Medical University of Silesia) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 19 |
| Pages | 11888-11888 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191911888 |
| PMID | 36231191 |
| OpenAlex | W4296745840 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 44 |
(1) Background: Since the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly in 2020, medical universities have been affected by a particular crisis. Due to the increased risk of SARS CoV-2 transmission, the authorities of medical faculties all over the world, including Poland, started to minimize direct contact between students. The objective of the paper is to identify and assess determinants of the quality of life among medical students in Poland before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Methods: We analyzed data obtained in a cross-sectional study performed among three groups of students tested in three consecutive research periods: period before the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period and the COVID-19 pandemic period following lockdown. (3) Results: The total number of participants was 1098. We identified that the research period before the COVID-19 pandemic was the risk factor for lower quality of life in terms of the somatic and environmental domains. It was also confirmed that determinants such as poor financial situation, low frequency of physical activity and bad self-declared health status harmed the QoL scores in all domains. (4) Conclusions: The obtained results confirmed that better financial situation, higher physical activity and better self-declared health status were statistically significant factors improving the quality of life of first-year medical students in Poland. The findings of our study also showed that the declared somatic and environmental domains of QoL among medical students were better during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Our observations confirmed that the immediate implementation of e-learning could protect against the deterioration of mental health and quality of life in first-year medical students during possible future epidemic crises
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Cross-sectional study · Disease · Environmental health · Pandemic · Quality (philosophy · Quality of life (healthcare · Sociology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Demography · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Medicine · Nursing · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 1.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |