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Awareness of COVID-19 influences on the wellness of Thai health professional students: An ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy

The COVID-19 global pandemic has had a socioeconomic effect, including many people suffering from stress and mental disorders. Health professional students are at risk of health issues as well when compared to their age-matched counterpart in the population. The present study aimed to find out the i...

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Autores principales: Tiaprapong, Krueakaew, Sirikul, Achiraporn, Krajangmek, Chamawee, Duangthongkul, Namfon, Pandam, Nichaya, Piya-amornphan, Nitita
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8202936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34125868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252681
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author Tiaprapong, Krueakaew
Sirikul, Achiraporn
Krajangmek, Chamawee
Duangthongkul, Namfon
Pandam, Nichaya
Piya-amornphan, Nitita
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Sirikul, Achiraporn
Krajangmek, Chamawee
Duangthongkul, Namfon
Pandam, Nichaya
Piya-amornphan, Nitita
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description The COVID-19 global pandemic has had a socioeconomic effect, including many people suffering from stress and mental disorders. Health professional students are at risk of health issues as well when compared to their age-matched counterpart in the population. The present study aimed to find out the impact of COVID-19 awareness on the wellness of Thai health professional students. The awareness of COVID-19 and wellness among Thai health professional students, such as medical, physical therapy, nursing, pharmacy, and medical technology students were surveyed during the early “new normal” informing policy. The participants included 1,001 students, aged 17 to 25 years old, who responded to a Google form questionnaire set by request. The results showed that the prominent health risks among the Thai health professional students included sedentary behavior, obesity, and mental symptoms. A positive rating in attitude towards the COVID-19 epidemic was mostly observed. There was a negative influence on anxiety symptoms (standardized coefficient beta = -0.079, p-value = 0.012), but a positive impact on social well-being (standardized coefficient beta = 0.158, p-value < 0.001) and quality of life (standardized coefficient beta = 0.136, p-value < 0.001) among the students even when the situation was improving. To relieve the domino effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ wellness, an updated policy for enhancing awareness and providing updated information is continuously required. Improvements on self and situational awareness may help prevent health risk behaviors and promote health among Thai health professional students.
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spelling pubmed-82029362021-06-29 Awareness of COVID-19 influences on the wellness of Thai health professional students: An ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy Tiaprapong, Krueakaew Sirikul, Achiraporn Krajangmek, Chamawee Duangthongkul, Namfon Pandam, Nichaya Piya-amornphan, Nitita PLoS One Research Article The COVID-19 global pandemic has had a socioeconomic effect, including many people suffering from stress and mental disorders. Health professional students are at risk of health issues as well when compared to their age-matched counterpart in the population. The present study aimed to find out the impact of COVID-19 awareness on the wellness of Thai health professional students. The awareness of COVID-19 and wellness among Thai health professional students, such as medical, physical therapy, nursing, pharmacy, and medical technology students were surveyed during the early “new normal” informing policy. The participants included 1,001 students, aged 17 to 25 years old, who responded to a Google form questionnaire set by request. The results showed that the prominent health risks among the Thai health professional students included sedentary behavior, obesity, and mental symptoms. A positive rating in attitude towards the COVID-19 epidemic was mostly observed. There was a negative influence on anxiety symptoms (standardized coefficient beta = -0.079, p-value = 0.012), but a positive impact on social well-being (standardized coefficient beta = 0.158, p-value < 0.001) and quality of life (standardized coefficient beta = 0.136, p-value < 0.001) among the students even when the situation was improving. To relieve the domino effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on students’ wellness, an updated policy for enhancing awareness and providing updated information is continuously required. Improvements on self and situational awareness may help prevent health risk behaviors and promote health among Thai health professional students. Public Library of Science 2021-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8202936/ /pubmed/34125868 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252681 Text en © 2021 Tiaprapong et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Sirikul, Achiraporn
Krajangmek, Chamawee
Duangthongkul, Namfon
Pandam, Nichaya
Piya-amornphan, Nitita
Awareness of COVID-19 influences on the wellness of Thai health professional students: An ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy
title Awareness of COVID-19 influences on the wellness of Thai health professional students: An ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy
title_full Awareness of COVID-19 influences on the wellness of Thai health professional students: An ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy
title_fullStr Awareness of COVID-19 influences on the wellness of Thai health professional students: An ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy
title_full_unstemmed Awareness of COVID-19 influences on the wellness of Thai health professional students: An ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy
title_short Awareness of COVID-19 influences on the wellness of Thai health professional students: An ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy
title_sort awareness of covid-19 influences on the wellness of thai health professional students: an ambulatory assessment during the early “new normal” informing policy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8202936/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34125868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252681
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