The impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on students' mental health: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic is currently one of the biggest public health threats for people's mental health. A particularly endangered group were students, who became highly affected by measures of social distance due to their active lifestyle. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to assess the level of self-reported stress, anxiety and depression of the student population in Serbia, in relation to demographic characteristics, living and studying conditions, students' activities during the epidemic, potential coronavirus infection and general, mental and physical health.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study of 580 undergraduate medical students from the University of Belgrade during the 2020/2021 school year. Mental health data were collected using the Depressio

SUBMITTER: Mirilovic N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9499216 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature