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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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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 |
author_facet | Tiaprapong, Krueakaew 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. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Tiaprapong, Krueakaew 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 |
topic | Research Article |
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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