Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors
Objective: Investigate the factors related to the stress levels triggered during the COVID-19 pandemic and the quality of life (QOL) of university professors. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 318 professors from private and public higher education institutions in Maranhão, Brazil. Data...
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| author | Maria Neyrian de Fatima Fernandes Floriacy Stabnow Santos Ana Cristina Pereira de Jesus Costa Marcelino Santos Neto Roberta de Araújo e Silva Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos |
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Objective: Investigate the factors related to the stress levels triggered during the COVID-19 pandemic and the quality of life (QOL) of university professors. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 318 professors from private and public higher education institutions in Maranhão, Brazil. Data collection included a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Brazilian versions of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Abbreviated World Health Organization
QOL Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-bref). Statistical analyses were performed with Student’s T-test and Analysis of Variance with Duncan’s post-hoc. Results: according to the results of the professor score assessment, perceived stress levels were classified as normal (n = 166, 52.2%), moderate (n = 126, 39.6%), and high (n = 26, 8, 2%), with an average of 26.6 (± 10.5). QOL had an overall average of 56.4 (± 13.0). Among the QOL domains, the physical had the highest mean with 66.1 (± 17.7), while the lowest mean was in the social domain with 55.8 (± 14.8). Conclusion: The factors that influenced the stress levels were being female with age between 31 and 40
years old, those who had a child, and those who did not perform a frequent religious practice.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1dbc7be0ce634ed7a2e45e70a4b758bb2023-12-18T16:12:16ZporUniversidade de São PauloMedicina0076-60462176-72622023-12-01564Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professorsMaria Neyrian de Fatima Fernandes0Floriacy Stabnow Santos1Ana Cristina Pereira de Jesus Costa2Marcelino Santos Neto3Roberta de Araújo e Silva4Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos5Federal University of Maranhão, Nursing Department, Imperatriz, (MA), BrazilFederal University of Maranhão, Imperatriz, (MA), BrazilFederal University of Maranhão, Imperatriz, (MA), BrazilFederal University of Maranhão, Imperatriz, (MA), BrazilFederal University of Maranhão, Imperatriz, (MA), BrazilFederal University of Maranhão, Imperatriz, (MA), Brazil Objective: Investigate the factors related to the stress levels triggered during the COVID-19 pandemic and the quality of life (QOL) of university professors. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study with 318 professors from private and public higher education institutions in Maranhão, Brazil. Data collection included a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Brazilian versions of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Abbreviated World Health Organization QOL Assessment Instrument (WHOQOL-bref). Statistical analyses were performed with Student’s T-test and Analysis of Variance with Duncan’s post-hoc. Results: according to the results of the professor score assessment, perceived stress levels were classified as normal (n = 166, 52.2%), moderate (n = 126, 39.6%), and high (n = 26, 8, 2%), with an average of 26.6 (± 10.5). QOL had an overall average of 56.4 (± 13.0). Among the QOL domains, the physical had the highest mean with 66.1 (± 17.7), while the lowest mean was in the social domain with 55.8 (± 14.8). Conclusion: The factors that influenced the stress levels were being female with age between 31 and 40 years old, those who had a child, and those who did not perform a frequent religious practice. https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/208086Mental healthCOVID-19Stress, PsychologicalQuality of lifeFaculty |
| spellingShingle | Maria Neyrian de Fatima Fernandes Floriacy Stabnow Santos Ana Cristina Pereira de Jesus Costa Marcelino Santos Neto Roberta de Araújo e Silva Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors Medicina Mental health COVID-19 Stress, Psychological Quality of life Faculty |
| title | Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors |
| title_full | Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors |
| title_fullStr | Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors |
| title_short | Stress during the covid-19 pandemic: unusual challenges for university professors |
| title_sort | stress during the covid 19 pandemic unusual challenges for university professors |
| topic | Mental health COVID-19 Stress, Psychological Quality of life Faculty |
| url | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/208086 |
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