Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study
Introduction: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress following the COVID-19 pandemic among medical students at one of the public universities in Malaysia. Method: From August to October 2020, a web-based cross-sectional study was conducted amo...
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Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia
2023
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| author | Ching, Siew Mooi Salim, Hani Lee, Kai Wei Mohamad, Fadzilah Ismail, Irmi Zarina Jafri, Malissa Syahira Balasingam, Thanesh Sharizal, Aqilah Ng, Jun Ying Tan, Ngiap Chuan |
| author_facet | Ching, Siew Mooi Salim, Hani Lee, Kai Wei Mohamad, Fadzilah Ismail, Irmi Zarina Jafri, Malissa Syahira Balasingam, Thanesh Sharizal, Aqilah Ng, Jun Ying Tan, Ngiap Chuan |
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| description | Introduction: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress following the COVID-19 pandemic among medical students at one of the public universities in Malaysia. Method: From August to October 2020, a web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students at a public university. DASS-21, Brief Resilience Scale and WHOQOL-Bref questionnaires were used in this study. Results: The prevalence of depression was 40.5%, anxiety 46.0% and stress 30.9%. Based on multivariate logistic regression, a higher quality of life score is associated with a lower likelihood of depression (AOR=0.583, p<0.001), anxiety (AOR=0.726, p<0.001), and stress, (AOR=0.702, p<0.001) respectively. Likewise, a higher resilience score is less likely to be associated with depression (AOR=0.880, p=0.002), anxiety (AOR=0.880, p=0.002), and stress (AOR=0.850, p<0.001). Older age (OR=0.700, p=0.020) was associated with less stress and being on campus (OR=3.436, p=0.021) was at risk of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: Our results suggest that medical students with higher quality of life and resilience scores had less depression, anxiety and stress. Older age was associated with less stress, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, being on campus was at risk of stress. Various stakeholders need to keep these findings in mind and identify those who are at risk for developing depression, anxiety, and stress in order to take further action to improve their quality of life and resilience. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1055812024-01-29T02:50:21Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105581/ Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study Ching, Siew Mooi Salim, Hani Lee, Kai Wei Mohamad, Fadzilah Ismail, Irmi Zarina Jafri, Malissa Syahira Balasingam, Thanesh Sharizal, Aqilah Ng, Jun Ying Tan, Ngiap Chuan Introduction: This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress following the COVID-19 pandemic among medical students at one of the public universities in Malaysia. Method: From August to October 2020, a web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students at a public university. DASS-21, Brief Resilience Scale and WHOQOL-Bref questionnaires were used in this study. Results: The prevalence of depression was 40.5%, anxiety 46.0% and stress 30.9%. Based on multivariate logistic regression, a higher quality of life score is associated with a lower likelihood of depression (AOR=0.583, p<0.001), anxiety (AOR=0.726, p<0.001), and stress, (AOR=0.702, p<0.001) respectively. Likewise, a higher resilience score is less likely to be associated with depression (AOR=0.880, p=0.002), anxiety (AOR=0.880, p=0.002), and stress (AOR=0.850, p<0.001). Older age (OR=0.700, p=0.020) was associated with less stress and being on campus (OR=3.436, p=0.021) was at risk of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: Our results suggest that medical students with higher quality of life and resilience scores had less depression, anxiety and stress. Older age was associated with less stress, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, being on campus was at risk of stress. Various stakeholders need to keep these findings in mind and identify those who are at risk for developing depression, anxiety, and stress in order to take further action to improve their quality of life and resilience. Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2023-01 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105581/1/2023011613111005_MJMHS_1613.pdf Ching, Siew Mooi and Salim, Hani and Lee, Kai Wei and Mohamad, Fadzilah and Ismail, Irmi Zarina and Jafri, Malissa Syahira and Balasingam, Thanesh and Sharizal, Aqilah and Ng, Jun Ying and Tan, Ngiap Chuan (2023) Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 19 (1). pp. 31-39. ISSN 2636-9346 https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_19_2023/mjmhs_vol19_no_1_january_2023-70882 10.47836/mjmhs19.1.6 |
| spellingShingle | Ching, Siew Mooi Salim, Hani Lee, Kai Wei Mohamad, Fadzilah Ismail, Irmi Zarina Jafri, Malissa Syahira Balasingam, Thanesh Sharizal, Aqilah Ng, Jun Ying Tan, Ngiap Chuan Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study |
| title | Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Anxiety, depression and stress among medical students in Malaysia during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | anxiety depression and stress among medical students in malaysia during covid 19 a cross sectional study |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/105581/1/2023011613111005_MJMHS_1613.pdf |
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