Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in France: a descriptive cross-sectional study with national online survey
Objective: To determine the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdowns on the mental health status, training, perceptions of the physiotherapy profession, and career plans of French physiotherapy students. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, representing the f...
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| author | Arnaud Delafontaine Gabriel Saiydoun Maxime Vallée Laurent Fabeck François-Régis Sarhan Thomas Rulleau Sylvain Gautier Nicolas Pinsault |
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| description | Objective: To determine the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdowns on the mental health status, training, perceptions of the physiotherapy profession, and career plans of French physiotherapy students.
Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, representing the first and only survey of its kind, using a national online survey.
Subjects: A total of 2678 French physiotherapy students participated in the study.
Methods: Mental health status was assessed using the validated French versions of established depression, anxiety, and insomnia scales.
Results: The survey revealed that female sex, age below 21 years, living alone, and having a psychiatric history or COVID-19 risk factors were associated with more severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia in the surveyed students. In addition, stress, anxiety, and depression induced by the COVID-19 crisis were linked to apprehension about continuing practical training in physiotherapy. These factors also affected students’ perceptions of the profession and the initially envisioned mode of practice, particularly among fifth-year students (odds ratio (OR) = 2.25, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = (1.69, 2.99), p < 0.001). Notably, the pandemic significantly reduced the desire of these students to pursue a career as physiotherapists (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.41 (1.06, 1.86)).
Conclusion: French physiotherapy students, especially those in their fifth year, have experienced significant impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting their mental health, education, perceptions of the physiotherapy profession, and career plans.
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| spelling | doaj.art-a33ae76e95e84ac5a5e4f1878384f5c62024-01-10T12:49:46ZengMedical Journals SwedenJournal of Rehabilitation Medicine1651-20812024-01-015610.2340/jrm.v56.18463Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in France: a descriptive cross-sectional study with national online surveyArnaud Delafontaine0Gabriel Saiydoun1Maxime Vallée 2Laurent Fabeck3François-Régis Sarhan 4Thomas Rulleau5Sylvain Gautier 6Nicolas Pinsault7Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Free of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; CIAMS, Univ. Paris-Sud., University Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France; Department of Research and International, ASSAS Rehabilitation School, Paris, FranceDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Pitié Salpetrière University Hospital, Sorbonne University, APHP, Paris, France; Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henri Mondor University Hospital, AP-HP, Créteil, France; Mondor Biomédical Research Institute, IMRB, Inserm U955, Creteil Faculty of Health, Créteil Cedex, FranceDepartment of Urology, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France; University of Poitiers, INSERM U1070, “Pharmacologie des Anti-Infectieux”, UFR Médecine-Pharmacie, Pôle Biologie Santé, Bâtiment B36 TSA 51106, Poitiers, FranceDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University Free of Brussels, Brussels, BelgiumPhysiotherapy School (IFMK), University Hospital Amiens – Picardie, Amiens, France; UR 7516 CHIMERE, University Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, FranceUniversity of Nantes, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, FranceUniversity of Paris-Saclay, UVSQ, Univ. Paris-Sud, Inserm U1018 CESP, «centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations, Equipe Soins primaires et prévention», Villejuif, France; Department of Epidemiology and Public health, AP-HP, GHU Paris Saclay, Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, FranceTIMC-IMAG UMR CNRS 5525, ThEMAS Team, University of Grenoble Alpes, Domaine de la Merci, La Tronche, France; French National Council of Physiotherapy (CNOMK), Paris, FranceObjective: To determine the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdowns on the mental health status, training, perceptions of the physiotherapy profession, and career plans of French physiotherapy students. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted, representing the first and only survey of its kind, using a national online survey. Subjects: A total of 2678 French physiotherapy students participated in the study. Methods: Mental health status was assessed using the validated French versions of established depression, anxiety, and insomnia scales. Results: The survey revealed that female sex, age below 21 years, living alone, and having a psychiatric history or COVID-19 risk factors were associated with more severe symptoms of depression, anxiety, and insomnia in the surveyed students. In addition, stress, anxiety, and depression induced by the COVID-19 crisis were linked to apprehension about continuing practical training in physiotherapy. These factors also affected students’ perceptions of the profession and the initially envisioned mode of practice, particularly among fifth-year students (odds ratio (OR) = 2.25, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) = (1.69, 2.99), p < 0.001). Notably, the pandemic significantly reduced the desire of these students to pursue a career as physiotherapists (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.41 (1.06, 1.86)). Conclusion: French physiotherapy students, especially those in their fifth year, have experienced significant impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting their mental health, education, perceptions of the physiotherapy profession, and career plans. https://medicaljournalssweden.se/jrm/article/view/18463COVID-19LockdownPhysiotherapy studentsMental HealthPhysiotherapy education |
| spellingShingle | Arnaud Delafontaine Gabriel Saiydoun Maxime Vallée Laurent Fabeck François-Régis Sarhan Thomas Rulleau Sylvain Gautier Nicolas Pinsault Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in France: a descriptive cross-sectional study with national online survey Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine COVID-19 Lockdown Physiotherapy students Mental Health Physiotherapy education |
| title | Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in France: a descriptive cross-sectional study with national online survey |
| title_full | Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in France: a descriptive cross-sectional study with national online survey |
| title_fullStr | Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in France: a descriptive cross-sectional study with national online survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in France: a descriptive cross-sectional study with national online survey |
| title_short | Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in France: a descriptive cross-sectional study with national online survey |
| title_sort | impact of the covid 19 pandemic and lockdowns on the education and mental health of physiotherapy students in france a descriptive cross sectional study with national online survey |
| topic | COVID-19 Lockdown Physiotherapy students Mental Health Physiotherapy education |
| url | https://medicaljournalssweden.se/jrm/article/view/18463 |
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