IMPACT OF COVID 19 ON ACADEMICS, MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL LIFE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33279/jkcd.v12i03.44Keywords:
covid-19, education, medical student, mental health, social wellbeingAbstract
Objectives:
To identify the Impact of Covid 19 on academics, mental health and social life of
medical Students
Methods and materials:
A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted from January 13, 2021 to February 15, 2021. A validated self administered questionnaire was implemented among 297 undergraduate medical students of Bacha Khan Medical College (BKMC) and Nowshera
Medical College (NMC). Results were assessed by using SPSS version-28.0.
Results:
More that 70% of students agreed to the fact that COVID-19 has affected their academics, mental health and social life. The lockdown has reduced the interest in studies of 73.7% students from BKMC and 77.9% students from NMC while 5-8% students from both colleges disagreed. The results obtained from the research study has shown that 57.6% medical students from BKMC and 64.1% students from NMC when alone during the pandemic felt a pronounced change in their mental status with 41.4% from BKMC and 35.9% from NMC noticing no change. About 23.2% BKMCites and 34.4% NMCites noticed an extensive change in their daily life while 19.2% students from BKMC and 9.9% students from NMC did not notice any change.
Conclusion:
The present study outlined the impact of COVID-19 on education, mental state and social life of medical students. Our results call for urgent attention for setting up of psychological assistance in both government and private medical and dental colleges as an eff ective intervention to cope with disruption created by COVID-19.
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