1. Anxiety level of first-year medical students from a private university in Peru in times of Covid-19
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María M. Saravia-Bartra, Patrick Cazorla-Saravia, and Lucy Cedillo-Ramirez
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Pandemia ,Infección por coronavirus ,lcsh:R5-920 ,pandemic ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,education ,lcsh:R ,patient health questionnaire ,Salud mental ,lcsh:Medicine ,Female sex ,medical students ,General Medicine ,anxiety ,Ansiedad ,Health personnel ,coronavirus infections ,Generalized anxiety ,Cuestionario de salud del paciente ,Estudiantes de medicina ,lcsh:Medicine (General) ,Psychology ,Humanities ,mental health - Abstract
RESUMEN Introduccion: La actual pandemia por un nuevo coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) ha cobrado la salud y la vida de muchas personas mundialmente Esto genera un impacto negativo en la salud mental del personal de salud, lo cual incluye a estudiantes de medicina Objetivo: Determinar el grado de ansiedad presente en estudiantes de medicina del primer ano de una universidad privada, Lima-Peru Metodos: La muestra estuvo conformada por 57 estudiantes de una universidad privada en Lima-Peru Se aplico la escala para medir el Desorden de Ansiedad Generalizada-7 (GAD-7) Los datos fueron analizados mediante tablas de frecuencias y de contingencia, ademas se realizo el analisis bivariado aplicando las pruebas estadisticas X2 y T de Student Resultados: El 75,4% de los estudiantes de medicina manifestaron algun grado de ansiedad Se encontro asociacion estadisticamente significativa entre el sexo femenino y ansiedad (p = 0,045) Asi mismo, no hubo asociacion entre las variables edad y ansiedad (p = 0,058) Conclusion: Los estudiantes de medicina de primer ano evidenciaron niveles altos de ansiedad durante la actual pandemia, siendo las mujeres entre quienes la ansiedad se presenta con mayor frecuencia Se hace oportuno el desarrollo de estrategias de intervencion en los centros universitarios para el cuidado de la salud mental de los estudiantes de ciencias de la salud ABSTRACT Introduction: The current pandemic due to a new coronavirus (SARS-Cov-2) has claimed the health and lives of many people worldwide This has a negative impact on the mental health of health personnel, which includes medical students Objective: To determine the degree of anxiety present in first-year medical students from a private university, Lima-Peru Methods: The sample consisted of 57 students from private university in Lima Peru The scale was applied to measure Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) The data were analyzed using frequency and contingency tables, in addition bivariate analysis was performed applying the statistical tests X2 and Student's t Results: 75 4% of the medical students manifested some degree of anxiety A statistically significant association was found between female sex and anxiety (p = 0 045) Likewise, there was no association between the variables age and anxiety (p = 0 058) Conclusion: First-year medical students showed high levels of anxiety during the current pandemic, with women being among those who anxiety occurs more frequently The development of intervention strategies in university centers for the care of mental health of health sciences students is timely
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- 2020
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