Psychological impact of the fourth pandemic wave on health sciences students

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Keywords:

mental health, health students, COVID-19.

Abstract

Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic, in successive waves, can induce prolonged emotional disorders of stress, anxiety and depression, with greater psychological impact on health science students.
Objective: To determine the psychological impact and levels of depression, anxiety and stress in the fourth pandemic wave in health sciences students.
Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted in Peru, from June to November 2022. It included 418 randomly selected university students. A virtual survey was used to collect socio-educational and religious-spiritual variables; psychological impact was considered when the student presented at least one of the disorders reported in the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21). A descriptive analysis was performed and differences were evaluated with chi-square.
Results: Of the participants, 82.5% had psychological impact; higher proportions were revealed by female students (82.6%), = 20 years old (86.7%), studying and working (83.7%), cohabiting marital status (96.0%), obstetrics faculty (88.1%), atheist (91.7%), does not participate in religious activities (85.3%), does not consider herself a religious person (83.5%), does not consider herself a spiritual person (84.6%), practices weekly prayer (87.2%). The prevalence of depression was 63.2%; anxiety 78.5% and stress 48.6%.
Conclusions: The fourth wave of the pandemic had a psychological impact on 8 out of 10 Peruvian health science students.

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Author Biographies

Edgar Martìn Hernández Huaripaucar, Universidad Nacional San LuIs Gonzaga

Doctor en Salud Publica, Magister en estomatologia, Especialista en Radiologia Bucomaxilofacial, Docente universitario de pregrado y posgrado.

Bladimir Becerra-Canales, Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga

Doctor en salud Publica

Domizbeth Becerra-Huamán, Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga

Estudiante de medicina humana

Carmen Chauca, Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga

Doctor en Salud Pública

Cecilia Giuliana Solano-García, Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga

Doctor en Salud Pública

Rosario Huamán-Espinoza, Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga

Doctor en Salud Pública

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Published

2023-11-04

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Hernández Huaripaucar EM, Becerra-Canales B, Becerra-Huamán D, Chauca C, Solano-García CG, Huamán-Espinoza R. Psychological impact of the fourth pandemic wave on health sciences students. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2023 Nov. 4 [cited 2025 Apr. 3];52(4):e02309350. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/9350

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Vol. 52 No. 4 (2023): October - december

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