Self-reported mental health symptoms,quality of life and coping strategies in French health sciences students during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: An online survey |
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Institution: | 1. Centre Hospitalier Le Vinatier, 69500 Bron, France;2. INSERM, U1028; CNRS, UMR5292; Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Psychiatric Disorders: from Resistance to Response–PSYR2 Team, 69000 Lyon, France;3. Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, 69000 Villeurbanne, France;4. Lumière Lyon 2 University, 69500 Bron, France;5. Wake Forrest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, États-Unis;6. EA 7425, HESPER Health Services and Performance Research—Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France;7. Department of Emergency Psychiatry, University Hospital Edouard Herriot, Hospices civils de Lyon, 69000 Lyon, France |
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Abstract: | IntroductionHealth sciences students usually report high rates of mental health problems. The COVID-19 pandemic context may have serious psychological impacts in this at-risk population. We aimed to assess the self-reported mental health status, health-related quality of life and coping strategies of health sciences students during the early stage of the pandemic.MethodAn online 128-item questionnaire sent to 17,673 health sciences students from the Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in April 2020 assessed: a) sociodemographic characteristics, b) conditions of lockdown, c) depressive (Beck Depression Inventory- Short Form, BDI-SF), anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-A, STAI-A) and traumatic symptoms (Impact of Event Scale -Revised, IES-R), d) health-related quality of life (SF12) and e) coping strategies (Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced, Brief COPE).ResultsThe participation rate was 9.9% (n = 1,765). A total of 19.5% of participants reported an IES-R > 33, 11.6% depressive symptoms, 58.1% anxiety symptoms, and 4.4% suicidal ideation. Their mental health-related quality of life was significantly poorer than for physical health. Female gender, COVID-like symptoms, social isolation due to the lockdown, pandemic-related financial restraint and exams-related stress were significantly associated with poorer self-reported mental health conditions. Volunteering in the healthcare system was significantly associated with lower mental health scores. Coping strategies were mostly oriented toward avoidance and positive appraisal.ConclusionFrench health sciences students exhibited high levels of self-reported mental health problems and a poor mental health-related quality of life during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific risk factors related to the pandemic partly explain the observed prevalence. |
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Keywords: | Mental health Health sciences students COVID-19 Coping strategies Quality of life Pandemic Santé mentale Étudiants en santé Covid-19 Stratégies de coping Qualité de vie Pandémie |
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