Evaluation of Students Knowledge about Corona Virus and its Relationship with Stress during COVID-19 Epidemy in Shahrood
Evaluation of Students Knowledge about Corona Virus and its Relationship with Stress during COVID-19 Epidemy in Shahrood
Morteza kermani,1Negin Salehi,2,*asma asadi,3narges koohi,4Kimiya rashidan,5Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf,6
1. Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran 2. Student Research Committee, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3. Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran 4. Student Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 5. Student Research Committee, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran 6. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 is a serious respiratory syndrome that the whole world is facing since two years ago and it seems it has turned into a real dead end! Covid-19 is not a usual virus and impacts various aspects. Until now, we have been focused on the biological and clinical features of this illness but it's time to accept there are way too many things that need to be investigated. We conducted this study to target the psychological effects of the covid-19 outbreak and the correlation of individual’s knowledge with their mental health. We mainly focused on university students to bring new insights on awareness and its correlation between stress level and protective manners during the covid-19 pandemic.
Methods: The online cross-sectional questionnaire was conducted from February 2020 to April 2020 of 300 students of Shahrood University of Medical Sciences and Technology (By random sampling) including background information and perceived stress questionnaire version 14 questions and awareness assessment questionnaire including virological information and clinical management, epidemics and ways to prevent. Parametric data were analyzed by two-way independent t-test and ANOVA, non-parametric data by Mann Withney, numerical variables by linear regression test, and nominal variables by Pearson chi-square.
Results: all 314 participants were divided into two groups based on their field of study: medical sciences (64%) and non-medical students (36%). results indicate that based on participant’s score in the awareness assessment questionnaire There was a significant difference with a mean of 8.83 in non-medical versus 10.24 mean in medical sciences in case of total awareness. notably, there was an inverse relationship between the level of awareness and stress and also the level of stress and preventive performance of individuals.
Conclusion: The Conclusion of these studies showed that increasing the level of awareness, can be effective in reducing stress levels and promoting mental health in students, and improving preventive behaviors to reduce the Covid 19 transmission chain. Therefore, one of the important tasks of the government and universities is to provide strategies to increase the level of awareness of students.