A longitudinal study on psychological burden of medical students during COVID-19 outbreak and remission period in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Due to their professional characteristics and future career orientation, medical students have a deeper understanding of COVID-19 and enact disease prevention and control measures, which may cause psychological burden. We aimed to assess the psychological impact during the COVID-19 outbreak period(OP) and remission period(RP) among medical students.

Methods

We surveyed the medical students in Shantou University Medical College twice-during the OP and the RP, surveying psychological burden of COVID-19 lockdowns and its associated factors. 1069 respondents were recruited in OP and 1511 participants were recruited in RP. We constructed nomograms to predict the risk of psychological burden using risk factors that were screened through univariate analysi

SUBMITTER: Zhang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8214938 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature