Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Italy was the first European country to implement a national lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, this pandemic had a huge impact on the mental health of people in many countries causing similar reaction in terms of emotions and concerns at the population level. Our study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being in a cohort of Italian university students.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey in the period immediately after the first lockdown through the administration of a questionnaire on the personal websites of students attending their undergraduate courses at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. We used the Patient-Health-Engagement-Scale, Self-Rating-Anxiety-Scale, and Self-Rating-Depression-S

SUBMITTER: Villani L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022300 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature