Psychological State of Students of Health Sciences During COVID-19

NCT ID: NCT04769284

Last Updated: 2021-02-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 332 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-02-12
• Study Completion Date: 2021-02-21

Brief Summary

University students report high levels of stress, anxiety and depression every year, which, according to some research, responsible for university administration and popular media, constitutes a global crisis of mental health of students at these levels.

Exposure to academic stress directly compromises students' motivation and attitudes towards learning.

High levels of perceived distress in the face of inadequate resources to deal with the situation leaves people at risk of developing major psychiatric problems, especially when this distress is prolonged or severe.

Detailed Description

Main goal:Study the impact of socio-demographic, personal and health factors that determine the performance / perception of pandemic stress) in students of Bachelor's degrees in Health Sciences.

Secondary objectives:

• Analyze the relationship between socio-demographic and personal characteristics and the perception of stress related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Identify the relationship between the perception of stress related to the Covid-19 pandemic and the role of gender / physical activity and the academic performance of undergraduate students in Health Sciences.

Methodology All variables will be obtained only once by means of a survey through google form. The questionnaire will be disseminated to all students of the degrees, by institutional email, through direct contact with the delegates of each course. After the first two weeks, a reminder will be made following the same routes. There will be no follow-up.

Conditions

Stress, Psychological; Anxiety; Depression; Covid19

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

Mental health student

An ad-hoc questionnaire was designed that included sociodemographic variables related to the characteristics of the students. The variables sex, age, degree, employment situation, coexistence situation, economic situation, origin environment, country of origin, time of residence in the Spanish State were collected.

Personal variables:

• Gender stereotypes: Short version of the Bem Sex Rol Inventory (BRSI).
• International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)
• Abbreviated Goldberg Anxiety Scale EADG
• Modified version of EPP-10 related to COVID-19 (EPP-10-C)

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Students of the degree of nursing, occupational therapy and physiotherapy belonging to the Faculty of Health Sciences

Exclusion Criteria

• Not belonging to any degree in Health Sciences of the Faculty of Health Sciences

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universidad de Zaragoza

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Yolanda Marcen Roman

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Yolanda Marcen Roman

Principal investigador

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Beatriz F Rodríguez Roca

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Zaragoza´s University

Estela F Calatayud Sanz

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Zaragoza´s University

Isabel F Gómez Soria

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Zaragoza´s University

Ángel M Gasch Gallén

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Zaragoza´s University

Locations

Faculty of Health Sciences. Zaragoza's University

Zaragoza, , Spain

Countries

Spain

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Other Identifiers

Mental health student

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id