1. Anxiety and Depression Among Health Sciences Students in Home Quarantine During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Selected Provinces of Nepal
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Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Sushila Baral, Elina Khatri, Sony Pandey, Pawan Pandeya, Roshan Neupane, Dipendra Kumar Yadav, Sujan Babu Marahatta, Hari Prasad Kaphle, Jiwan Kumar Poudyal, and Chiranjivi Adhikari
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Adult ,Male ,Students, Health Occupations ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Universities ,Cross-sectional study ,education ,health science students ,COVID-19 pandemic ,Anxiety ,Education, Distance ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Nepal ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,0502 economics and business ,Pandemic ,medicine ,Humans ,Social media ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Curriculum ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Original Research ,Internet ,Depression ,lcsh:Public aspects of medicine ,05 social sciences ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,COVID-19 ,lcsh:RA1-1270 ,anxiety ,Mental health ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Family medicine ,Quarantine ,depression ,Female ,050211 marketing ,Public Health ,medicine.symptom ,Health science students ,Psychology ,Biomedical sciences - Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to assess anxiety and depression among health sciences students at home quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected provinces of Nepal.Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 409 health science students enrolled at graduate and post-graduate levels in selected universities and their affiliated colleges. Students from selected colleges were asked to fill out a survey, that was made available through email and social media outlets such as Facebook and Viber. The data were downloaded in Excel and imported to SPSS version 16 for analysis.Results : The prevalence of anxiety and depression was 15.7 and 10.7%, respectively. The study showed significant associations between (i) place of province and anxiety; (ii) sleep per day and depression; (iii) hours spent on the internet per day for education and depression; (iv) postponement of final exams and depression. There were no significant associations with the socio-demographic variables.Conclusion: Anxiety and depression in health science students showed correlation with the province, internet use for education, and postponement of exams. These correlations could be common among students in other fields as well. A large-scale study covering a wider geographical area and various fields of education is necessary to further evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on (health sciences) students. The integration of mental health programs both as an intervention and a curriculum level among students is critical to ensure the health of the students.
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- 2021