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Subjective Wellbeing and Its Associated Factors among University Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Malaysia

Lockdown implementation during COVID-19 pandemic has caused many negative impacts in various aspect of life, including in the academic world. Routine disruption to teaching and learning environment has raised concerns to the wellbeing of university staff and students. This study aimed to examine the...

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Autores principales: Dinsuhaimi, Syaheedatul Iman, Ab Razak, Asrenee, Liza-Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin, Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin, Yaakub, Azhany, Othman, Azizah, Daud, Aziah, Musa, Kamarul Imran, Draman, Nani, Besari, Alwi
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9222925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742134
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061083
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author Dinsuhaimi, Syaheedatul Iman
Ab Razak, Asrenee
Liza-Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin
Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin
Yaakub, Azhany
Othman, Azizah
Daud, Aziah
Musa, Kamarul Imran
Draman, Nani
Besari, Alwi
author_facet Dinsuhaimi, Syaheedatul Iman
Ab Razak, Asrenee
Liza-Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin
Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin
Yaakub, Azhany
Othman, Azizah
Daud, Aziah
Musa, Kamarul Imran
Draman, Nani
Besari, Alwi
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description Lockdown implementation during COVID-19 pandemic has caused many negative impacts in various aspect of life, including in the academic world. Routine disruption to teaching and learning environment has raised concerns to the wellbeing of university staff and students. This study aimed to examine the subjective wellbeing of the university community in Northern Malaysia during lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic and the factors affecting it. An online cross-sectional survey involving 1148 university staff and students was conducted between March and April 2020. The research tools include the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) to assess subjective wellbeing and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress 21 (DASS-21) scale for psychological distress. While we found the subjective wellbeing score in our study population was stable at 7.67 (1.38), there was high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and stress with 27.4%, 18.4%, and 11.5%, respectively. The students reported higher levels of psychological distress compared to staff. The PWI score was seen to be inversely affected by the depression and stress score with a reduction in the PWI score by 0.022 (95% CI −0.037 to −0.007) and 0.046 (95% CI −0.062 to −0.030) with every one-unit increment for each subscale, respectively. Those who perceived to have more difficulty due to the lockdown also reported low subjective wellbeing. Thus, it is crucial to ensure policies and preventative measures are in place to provide conducive teaching and learning environment. Additionally, the detrimental psychological effects especially among students should be addressed proactively.
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spelling pubmed-92229252022-06-24 Subjective Wellbeing and Its Associated Factors among University Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Malaysia Dinsuhaimi, Syaheedatul Iman Ab Razak, Asrenee Liza-Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin Yaakub, Azhany Othman, Azizah Daud, Aziah Musa, Kamarul Imran Draman, Nani Besari, Alwi Healthcare (Basel) Article Lockdown implementation during COVID-19 pandemic has caused many negative impacts in various aspect of life, including in the academic world. Routine disruption to teaching and learning environment has raised concerns to the wellbeing of university staff and students. This study aimed to examine the subjective wellbeing of the university community in Northern Malaysia during lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic and the factors affecting it. An online cross-sectional survey involving 1148 university staff and students was conducted between March and April 2020. The research tools include the Personal Wellbeing Index (PWI) to assess subjective wellbeing and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress 21 (DASS-21) scale for psychological distress. While we found the subjective wellbeing score in our study population was stable at 7.67 (1.38), there was high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and stress with 27.4%, 18.4%, and 11.5%, respectively. The students reported higher levels of psychological distress compared to staff. The PWI score was seen to be inversely affected by the depression and stress score with a reduction in the PWI score by 0.022 (95% CI −0.037 to −0.007) and 0.046 (95% CI −0.062 to −0.030) with every one-unit increment for each subscale, respectively. Those who perceived to have more difficulty due to the lockdown also reported low subjective wellbeing. Thus, it is crucial to ensure policies and preventative measures are in place to provide conducive teaching and learning environment. Additionally, the detrimental psychological effects especially among students should be addressed proactively. MDPI 2022-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9222925/ /pubmed/35742134 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061083 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/).
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Dinsuhaimi, Syaheedatul Iman
Ab Razak, Asrenee
Liza-Sharmini, Ahmad Tajudin
Wan Mohammad, Wan Mohd Zahiruddin
Yaakub, Azhany
Othman, Azizah
Daud, Aziah
Musa, Kamarul Imran
Draman, Nani
Besari, Alwi
Subjective Wellbeing and Its Associated Factors among University Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Malaysia
title Subjective Wellbeing and Its Associated Factors among University Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Malaysia
title_full Subjective Wellbeing and Its Associated Factors among University Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Malaysia
title_fullStr Subjective Wellbeing and Its Associated Factors among University Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Subjective Wellbeing and Its Associated Factors among University Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Malaysia
title_short Subjective Wellbeing and Its Associated Factors among University Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Malaysia
title_sort subjective wellbeing and its associated factors among university community during the covid-19 pandemic in northern malaysia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9222925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35742134
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10061083
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