Prevalence and influencing factors of anxiety in medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused a traumatic impact on the whole world in all aspects including physical health, economic condition, and mental health. Psychological problems are commonly neglected for their inconspicuous symptoms. Little is known about the medical students' psychological status during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study aimed to investigate the prevalence and influencing factors of anxiety among medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

Two thousand and two medical students were investigated in this cross-sectional study. Zung's self-rating anxiety scale was used to evaluate their anxiety symptoms. A total of 1917 questionnaires were collected, and the response rate was 95.8%.

Results

The

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9444338 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature