Anxiety, Depression and Stress Among Medical Students in Malaysia During COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study
https://doi.org/10.47836/mjmhs.19.1.6
- Author:
Siew Mooi Ching
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
;
Hani Salim
1
;
Kai Wei Lee
5
;
Fadzilah Mohamad1 ,
1
;
Irmi Zarina Ismail
1
;
Malissa Syahira Jafri
6
;
Thanesh Balasingam
6
;
Aqilah Sharizal
6
;
Jun Ying Ng
6
;
Ngiap Chuan Tan
7
,
8
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia&
2. Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia&
3. Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medical and Life Sciences, Sunway University, Bandar Sunway, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia&
4. Centre for Research, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Selaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600126, India
5. Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
6. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
7. SingHealth Polyclinics, 01-792, 80 Marine Parade Central, 440080, Singapore&
8. SingHealth-Duke NUS Family Medicine Academic Clinical Programme, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road Singapore 119077, Singapore
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depression, Anxiety, Stress, Medical student, COVID-19
- From:Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences
2023;19(No.1):31-39
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
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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