Resilience related to novel coronavirus among doctors and undergraduate medical students-A study from India

BACKGROUND: There are no studies pertaining to resilience related to novel coronavirus focusing primarily on doctors and undergraduate medical students in India. The objectives of this survey were to assess the resilience and its various domains that are needed for dealing with novel coronavirus amo...

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Main Authors: Anant Kumar Verma, Arshad Ayub, Ganesh Prasad Singh, Amardeep Kumar
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Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Education and Health Promotion
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Online Access:http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2022;volume=11;issue=1;spage=350;epage=350;aulast=Verma
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Arshad Ayub
Ganesh Prasad Singh
Amardeep Kumar
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Amardeep Kumar
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description BACKGROUND: There are no studies pertaining to resilience related to novel coronavirus focusing primarily on doctors and undergraduate medical students in India. The objectives of this survey were to assess the resilience and its various domains that are needed for dealing with novel coronavirus among doctors, interns, and undergraduate students and to see its correlation with various sociodemographic factors. MATERIALS AND METHOD: An online cross-sectional survey was done among doctors and undergraduate medical students during the first COVID-19 wave from May 19, 2020 to June 8, 2020. A total of 434 responses were recorded during the study period. All the recorded full responses were considered for data analysis. Snowball sampling was used for this study. Resilience was assessed using three items, which were taken from the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). RESULT: Out of 434 responses, 51.7% (224/433) of the respondents were non-resilient. The presence of the elderly at home was significantly associated with poor resilience (P = 0.02). Resilience was not significantly associated with other socio-demographic factors. Younger respondents (P = 0.019) and females (P =0.0004) were of the opinion that they recovered late from stressful events. Elderly respondents (P = 0.003) and those with chronic illness (P = 0.008) reported that it is hard for them to snap back if something bad happens (P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: More than half of the doctors and undergraduate medical students were found to be non-resilient, underscoring the urgent need to take steps to improve the resilience of this group of frontline workers.
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spelling doaj.art-a0e2a5deb63441e98137a5482d4103522022-12-22T02:49:32ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Education and Health Promotion2277-95312022-01-0111135035010.4103/jehp.jehp_60_22Resilience related to novel coronavirus among doctors and undergraduate medical students-A study from IndiaAnant Kumar VermaArshad AyubGanesh Prasad SinghAmardeep KumarBACKGROUND: There are no studies pertaining to resilience related to novel coronavirus focusing primarily on doctors and undergraduate medical students in India. The objectives of this survey were to assess the resilience and its various domains that are needed for dealing with novel coronavirus among doctors, interns, and undergraduate students and to see its correlation with various sociodemographic factors. MATERIALS AND METHOD: An online cross-sectional survey was done among doctors and undergraduate medical students during the first COVID-19 wave from May 19, 2020 to June 8, 2020. A total of 434 responses were recorded during the study period. All the recorded full responses were considered for data analysis. Snowball sampling was used for this study. Resilience was assessed using three items, which were taken from the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS). RESULT: Out of 434 responses, 51.7% (224/433) of the respondents were non-resilient. The presence of the elderly at home was significantly associated with poor resilience (P = 0.02). Resilience was not significantly associated with other socio-demographic factors. Younger respondents (P = 0.019) and females (P =0.0004) were of the opinion that they recovered late from stressful events. Elderly respondents (P = 0.003) and those with chronic illness (P = 0.008) reported that it is hard for them to snap back if something bad happens (P = 0.003). CONCLUSIONS: More than half of the doctors and undergraduate medical students were found to be non-resilient, underscoring the urgent need to take steps to improve the resilience of this group of frontline workers.http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2022;volume=11;issue=1;spage=350;epage=350;aulast=Vermadoctorsnovel coronavirusresilience
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novel coronavirus
resilience
title Resilience related to novel coronavirus among doctors and undergraduate medical students-A study from India
title_full Resilience related to novel coronavirus among doctors and undergraduate medical students-A study from India
title_fullStr Resilience related to novel coronavirus among doctors and undergraduate medical students-A study from India
title_full_unstemmed Resilience related to novel coronavirus among doctors and undergraduate medical students-A study from India
title_short Resilience related to novel coronavirus among doctors and undergraduate medical students-A study from India
title_sort resilience related to novel coronavirus among doctors and undergraduate medical students a study from india
topic doctors
novel coronavirus
resilience
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