Medical education and mental health during COVID-19: a survey across 9 countries
Journal
International Journal of Medical Education
ISSN
2042-6372
Date Issued
2022
Author(s)
Michaeli, Daniel
Keough, Gregory
Pérez-Domínguez, Francisco
Polanco-Ilabaca, Francisca
Pinto-Toledo, Fernanda
Michaeli, Julia
Albers, Sebastian
Achiardi, Jadi
Santana, Valeria
Urnelli, Chiara
Sawaguchi, Yoshihiro
Mayo Maldonado, Jonathan
Maldonado, Mónica
Raffeeq, Zaheer
Araujo Madeiros, Otavio de
Michaeli, Thomas
Type
text::journal::journal article
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate students' experience with medical education alongside their mental and physical health since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic across nine countries.
Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was distributed by local collaborators to 2,280 medical students across 148 medical schools in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela using non-probability convenience sampling from June 22 to July 24, 2020. Students answered questions regarding teaching, internet use, COVID-19, physical and mental well-being. A multivariate logistic regression examined factors associated with depressed mood, insomnia, and headache.
Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was distributed by local collaborators to 2,280 medical students across 148 medical schools in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela using non-probability convenience sampling from June 22 to July 24, 2020. Students answered questions regarding teaching, internet use, COVID-19, physical and mental well-being. A multivariate logistic regression examined factors associated with depressed mood, insomnia, and headache.