Psychological distress among healthcare students in Poland from COVID-19 to war on Ukraine: a cross-sectional exploratory study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Healthcare students went through a rough time in March 2022 due to extreme changes in the educational system (moving from online to stationary learning) and Ukrainian-Russian war circumstances. Our study aims to update knowledge about psychological distress and its impact on healthcare students in Poland after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by intense and political instability in Europe.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study on healthcare students from Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, from March to April 2022. The questionnaire included subjective retrospective 5-point Likert-scales ratings of anxiety, stress, and depression and self-reported information on various psychological distress predictors.

Results

The anxiety lev

SUBMITTER: Hisato T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10315478 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature