Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a global need to explore the potential and challenges of online education. Objective To evaluate the presence of depression and anxiety in university students and their level of satisfaction with online learning during the period of social isolati...
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| description | Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a global need to explore the potential and challenges of online education. Objective To evaluate the presence of depression and anxiety in university students and their level of satisfaction with online learning during the period of social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Method A cross-sectional design was used to evaluate 152 online learning students from six different university courses: Medicine, Psychology, Law, Engineering, Physiotherapy, and Business. The evaluation of the participants was carried out through an online survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to assess participants mental health. Results Most of the participants reported emotional impact, followed by learning impact, financial impact, social impact, and technological impact, with a significant difference in the presence of depressive symptoms, but no significant difference in anxiety. The participants presented moderate anxiety levels, with no significant differences between genders, and mild levels of depressive symptoms with significant differences between genders. Also, younger students were more anxious than older students. In addition, female students with less social contact presented more depressive symtoms. Conclusion From a clinical perspective, the findings provide insights into mental health among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings may help in the development of effective screening strategies and in the formulation of interventions that improve the mental health of students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-448f154c8be249cda0e6a04adfc1e2822022-12-22T04:01:50ZengBMCBMC Psychology2050-72832022-08-011011810.1186/s40359-022-00897-3Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilLuísa Pelucio0Pedro Simões1Marcia Cristina Nascimento Dourado2Laiana A. Quagliato3Antonio Egidio Nardi4Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)Departament of Sociology and Political Science, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)Institute of Psychiatry, Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic introduced a global need to explore the potential and challenges of online education. Objective To evaluate the presence of depression and anxiety in university students and their level of satisfaction with online learning during the period of social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Method A cross-sectional design was used to evaluate 152 online learning students from six different university courses: Medicine, Psychology, Law, Engineering, Physiotherapy, and Business. The evaluation of the participants was carried out through an online survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Also, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to assess participants mental health. Results Most of the participants reported emotional impact, followed by learning impact, financial impact, social impact, and technological impact, with a significant difference in the presence of depressive symptoms, but no significant difference in anxiety. The participants presented moderate anxiety levels, with no significant differences between genders, and mild levels of depressive symptoms with significant differences between genders. Also, younger students were more anxious than older students. In addition, female students with less social contact presented more depressive symtoms. Conclusion From a clinical perspective, the findings provide insights into mental health among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings may help in the development of effective screening strategies and in the formulation of interventions that improve the mental health of students.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00897-3AnxietyDepressionStudentsPandemicOnline learningMental health |
| spellingShingle | Luísa Pelucio Pedro Simões Marcia Cristina Nascimento Dourado Laiana A. Quagliato Antonio Egidio Nardi Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil BMC Psychology Anxiety Depression Students Pandemic Online learning Mental health |
| title | Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| title_full | Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| title_fullStr | Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| title_short | Depression and anxiety among online learning students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| title_sort | depression and anxiety among online learning students during the covid 19 pandemic a cross sectional survey in rio de janeiro brazil |
| topic | Anxiety Depression Students Pandemic Online learning Mental health |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00897-3 |
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