Mental Health and Wellbeing in Lithuanian Medical Students and Resident Doctors During COVID-19 Pandemic
BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a negative effect on mental health and subjective psychological wellbeing. One of the most affected population is medical students, reporting higher levels of depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, and overall poorer wellbeing. How...
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| author | Agne Stanyte Aurelija Podlipskyte Egle Milasauskiene Orsolya Király Zsolt Demetrovics Zsolt Demetrovics Laurynas Ambrasas Julius Burkauskas Vesta Steibliene Vesta Steibliene |
| author_facet | Agne Stanyte Aurelija Podlipskyte Egle Milasauskiene Orsolya Király Zsolt Demetrovics Zsolt Demetrovics Laurynas Ambrasas Julius Burkauskas Vesta Steibliene Vesta Steibliene |
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| description | BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a negative effect on mental health and subjective psychological wellbeing. One of the most affected population is medical students, reporting higher levels of depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, and overall poorer wellbeing. However, the relationship between depression, anxiety, and sleep difficulties, and subjective psychological wellbeing has not been extensively researched in medical students in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between depression, anxiety, and sleep quality, and subjective psychological wellbeing.MethodsIn total, 524 medical students and resident doctors (78.6% female, mean age 24 ± 3 years old) participated in an online survey between December 2020 and February 2021. Participants completed the WHO—Five Wellbeing Index Questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment-7.ResultsMultivariable logistic regression analysis showed that female participants’ worse subjective psychological wellbeing was associated with sleep difficulties [odds ratio (OR) = 2.39, 95% CI = 1.37–4.18, p = 0.002], higher depression (OR = 6.13, 95% CI = 3.46–10.88, p < 0.001), and anxiety symptoms (OR = 2.95, 95% CI = 1.66–5.22, p < 0.001). In male participants, analysis revealed an association between worse subjective psychological wellbeing and higher depression scores (OR = 9.94, 95% CI = 3.29–30.03, p < 0.001).ConclusionSex differences are an important factor to consider when evaluating subjective psychological wellbeing. Clinicians should be aware of significant contributors, such as sleep patterns anxiety, and depression, to subjective psychological wellbeing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24776932233d40b1b65ea7a851ed5d662022-12-22T02:09:22ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-04-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.871137871137Mental Health and Wellbeing in Lithuanian Medical Students and Resident Doctors During COVID-19 PandemicAgne Stanyte0Aurelija Podlipskyte1Egle Milasauskiene2Orsolya Király3Zsolt Demetrovics4Zsolt Demetrovics5Laurynas Ambrasas6Julius Burkauskas7Vesta Steibliene8Vesta Steibliene9Laboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, LithuaniaLaboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, LithuaniaClinic of Psychiatry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LithuaniaInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryInstitute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HungaryCentre of Excellence in Responsible Gaming, University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar, GibraltarClinic of Psychiatry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LithuaniaLaboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, LithuaniaLaboratory of Behavioral Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Palanga, LithuaniaClinic of Psychiatry, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, LithuaniaBackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a negative effect on mental health and subjective psychological wellbeing. One of the most affected population is medical students, reporting higher levels of depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, and overall poorer wellbeing. However, the relationship between depression, anxiety, and sleep difficulties, and subjective psychological wellbeing has not been extensively researched in medical students in the context of COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between depression, anxiety, and sleep quality, and subjective psychological wellbeing.MethodsIn total, 524 medical students and resident doctors (78.6% female, mean age 24 ± 3 years old) participated in an online survey between December 2020 and February 2021. Participants completed the WHO—Five Wellbeing Index Questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index questionnaire, the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment-7.ResultsMultivariable logistic regression analysis showed that female participants’ worse subjective psychological wellbeing was associated with sleep difficulties [odds ratio (OR) = 2.39, 95% CI = 1.37–4.18, p = 0.002], higher depression (OR = 6.13, 95% CI = 3.46–10.88, p < 0.001), and anxiety symptoms (OR = 2.95, 95% CI = 1.66–5.22, p < 0.001). In male participants, analysis revealed an association between worse subjective psychological wellbeing and higher depression scores (OR = 9.94, 95% CI = 3.29–30.03, p < 0.001).ConclusionSex differences are an important factor to consider when evaluating subjective psychological wellbeing. Clinicians should be aware of significant contributors, such as sleep patterns anxiety, and depression, to subjective psychological wellbeing.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.871137/fullsleepanxietydepressionwellbeingCOVID-19medical students |
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| title | Mental Health and Wellbeing in Lithuanian Medical Students and Resident Doctors During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Mental Health and Wellbeing in Lithuanian Medical Students and Resident Doctors During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Mental Health and Wellbeing in Lithuanian Medical Students and Resident Doctors During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental Health and Wellbeing in Lithuanian Medical Students and Resident Doctors During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Mental Health and Wellbeing in Lithuanian Medical Students and Resident Doctors During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | mental health and wellbeing in lithuanian medical students and resident doctors during covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | sleep anxiety depression wellbeing COVID-19 medical students |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.871137/full |
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