Results of perceived stress in students and teachers of medical universities in the era of the covid-19 pandemic
Abstract
Abstract: a relevant area of psychology is the study of the state of stress in individuals studying and teaching at medical universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The purpose of the study: analysis of perceived stress in students and employees of scientific and educational institutions of higher medical education with an assessment of the impact of COVID-19.
Materials and methods: the study was conducted using the Internet (the questionnaire was posted on the ancetolog.ru platform) from January to March 2022 (the period of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Perceived stress was assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)-10. The results were assessed based on the analysis of 1930 questionnaires (including 706 respondents who had recovered from the infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 and 1224 who had not).
Results: low stress levels were detected in 20.1% of students and 21.5% of teachers, moderate stress in 68.2% and 72.2%, and high stress levels in 11.7% and 6.3%, respectively. It was noted that high stress levels were statistically significantly more often (p≤0.05) detected in students. Among those who had recovered from the new coronavirus infection, high stress levels were (11.8% (n = 84) was higher compared to those who did not have the disease 6.2% (n = 78), p <0.001. Those who had COVID-19 had a higher chance of developing severe stress OR 2.038 (95% CI 1.147-2.811, χ2 = 19.43; p <0.001)
Conclusion: the conducted analysis confirmed the impact of the transferred infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 on the deterioration of psychological well-being in the context of an increase in perceived stress among students and teachers of medical universities in Russia. An important task of the management of medical educational institutions of higher education should be the development of measures aimed at correcting the identified violations and finding indicators, the impact on which will ensure the greatest effectiveness of positive changes.
About the Authors
E. A. Medvedeva
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Russian University of Medicine”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
assistant of the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology
M. V. Chernogorova
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Yaroslavl State Medical University" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Professor of the Department of Public Health and Healthcare
K. Yu. Belova
ФГБУО ВО "Ярославский государственный медицинский университет" минздрава России
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
I. R. Bakhareva
Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization of Higher Education "Humanitarian and Technical Institute "Knowledge"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Rector, PhD
T. E. Tomenko
State Budgetary Institution of the Moscow Region "Podolsk Regional Clinical Hospital"
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Gastroenterologist of the separate structural unit No. 3
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