Psychological impact and coping mechanisms among sudanese medical students: a study on anxiety, depression, behavioral, and cognitive changes post COVID-19 lockdown and ongoing conflict.

Psychological impact and coping mechanisms among sudanese medical students: a study on anxiety, depression, behavioral, and cognitive changes post COVID-19 lockdown and ongoing conflict.

Publication date: Jan 14, 2025

Mental health is crucial for overcoming obstacles, completing tasks, and contributing to society. Mental, social, and cognitive healths are included. In demanding fields like medicine, academic pressure can cause exhaustion, poor performance, and behavioral changes. Mental health must be addressed to improve student success and well-being. Medical students’ coping strategies, anxiety, depression, and behavioral changes in uncontrollable situations will be studied. A cross-sectional study involved 393 medical students from various universities in Khartoum. Data was collected using an online questionnaire to assess mental health responses during both controllable and uncontrollable situations across all academic years. Data analysis using SPSS 27 indicated minimal missing data (0. 25%) among the 393 participants. PHQ-4 scores assessed psychological distress, anxiety, and depression. The study found that 74. 2% of participants experienced behavioral, cognitive, and emotional changes. Significant associations were observed between PHQ-4 scores and these changes (p 

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Concepts Keywords
Anxiety Adaptation, Psychological
Covid Adult
Medicine Anxiety
Universities Anxiety
Cognition
Coping
COVID-19
COVID-19
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
Depression
Female
Humans
Male
Medical students
Stress, Psychological
Students, Medical
Sudan
Sudan
Surveys and Questionnaires
War
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH anxiety
disease MESH depression
disease MESH COVID-19
drug DRUGBANK Spinosad
disease MESH psychological distress
pathway REACTOME Reproduction
drug DRUGBANK Nicotine
disease MESH aids
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
disease MESH suicide
drug DRUGBANK Ethanol
disease IDO site
disease MESH mental disorders
disease IDO country
drug DRUGBANK Pentaerythritol tetranitrate
drug DRUGBANK Trihexyphenidyl
disease MESH emergencies
disease MESH Stress Psychological

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