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The Impact of COVID-19 on Behavior and Physical and Mental Health of Romanian College Students
Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 significantly marked people’s lives with respect to their behavior, and their physical and mental health. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2021 for a period of 5 months. The study sample...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8876025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208571 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58020246 |
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author | Silișteanu, Sînziana Călina Totan, Maria Antonescu, Oana Raluca Duică, Lavinia Antonescu, Elisabeta Silișteanu, Andrei Emanuel |
author_facet | Silișteanu, Sînziana Călina Totan, Maria Antonescu, Oana Raluca Duică, Lavinia Antonescu, Elisabeta Silișteanu, Andrei Emanuel |
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description | Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 significantly marked people’s lives with respect to their behavior, and their physical and mental health. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2021 for a period of 5 months. The study sample included 218 students from the College of Physical Education and Sports of the University of Suceava who filled in a questionnaire on mental, physical and behavioral symptoms caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Anxiety Assessment Questionnaire (STAI). Results: The responses indicated increased anxiety, physical symptoms, altered behavior, and increased perception of social restrictions. Regression analyses indicated that the levels of anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak were strongly correlated with cognitive, physical and behavioral symptoms of the students. These were influenced by the living arrangements, location (urban vs. rural), age group and study year. Conclusions: The results show that first-year students did not exhibit significant physical and cognitive symptoms despite reporting anxiety, probably due to their enthusiasm as beginners. The 3rd year students were prone to anxiety and reported cognitive symptoms, possibly due to the prospects of an uncertain future. |
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spelling | pubmed-88760252022-02-26 The Impact of COVID-19 on Behavior and Physical and Mental Health of Romanian College Students Silișteanu, Sînziana Călina Totan, Maria Antonescu, Oana Raluca Duică, Lavinia Antonescu, Elisabeta Silișteanu, Andrei Emanuel Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 significantly marked people’s lives with respect to their behavior, and their physical and mental health. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in 2021 for a period of 5 months. The study sample included 218 students from the College of Physical Education and Sports of the University of Suceava who filled in a questionnaire on mental, physical and behavioral symptoms caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the Anxiety Assessment Questionnaire (STAI). Results: The responses indicated increased anxiety, physical symptoms, altered behavior, and increased perception of social restrictions. Regression analyses indicated that the levels of anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak were strongly correlated with cognitive, physical and behavioral symptoms of the students. These were influenced by the living arrangements, location (urban vs. rural), age group and study year. Conclusions: The results show that first-year students did not exhibit significant physical and cognitive symptoms despite reporting anxiety, probably due to their enthusiasm as beginners. The 3rd year students were prone to anxiety and reported cognitive symptoms, possibly due to the prospects of an uncertain future. MDPI 2022-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8876025/ /pubmed/35208571 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58020246 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Silișteanu, Sînziana Călina Totan, Maria Antonescu, Oana Raluca Duică, Lavinia Antonescu, Elisabeta Silișteanu, Andrei Emanuel The Impact of COVID-19 on Behavior and Physical and Mental Health of Romanian College Students |
title | The Impact of COVID-19 on Behavior and Physical and Mental Health of Romanian College Students |
title_full | The Impact of COVID-19 on Behavior and Physical and Mental Health of Romanian College Students |
title_fullStr | The Impact of COVID-19 on Behavior and Physical and Mental Health of Romanian College Students |
title_full_unstemmed | The Impact of COVID-19 on Behavior and Physical and Mental Health of Romanian College Students |
title_short | The Impact of COVID-19 on Behavior and Physical and Mental Health of Romanian College Students |
title_sort | impact of covid-19 on behavior and physical and mental health of romanian college students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8876025/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35208571 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58020246 |
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