The Association between COVID-19 Pandemic and the Quality of Life of Medical Students in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Since the COVID-19 pandemic spread rapidly in 2020, medical universities have been affected by a particular crisis. Due to the increased risk of SARS CoV-2 transmission, the authorities of medical faculties all over the world, including Poland, started to minimize direct contact between students. The objective of the paper is to identify and assess determinants of the quality of life among medical students in Poland before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Methods: We analyzed data obtained in a cross-sectional study performed among three groups of students tested in three consecutive research periods: period before the COVID-19 pandemic, the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period and the COVID-19 pandemic period following lockdown. (3) Results: The total number of participa

SUBMITTER: Szemik S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9565595 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature