Psychological well-being and coping strategies of healthcare students during the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. 2022

Phoebe C F Chan, and Christopher T W Tsang, and Atalie C Y Tse, and Clement C H Wong, and Hei Nin Tang, and Wing Yan Law, and Chi Yan Lau, and Tsz Ching Lit, and Yuen Ching Ng, and Mandy Ho
LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

This study aimed to investigate the psychological well-being, and stress coping strategies, as well as their relationships, among healthcare students during prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. An online questionnaire was used to assess psychological well-being (the Ryff Scale) and coping strategies (the brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory [COPE] Scale). COPE scores were categorized to identify the primary coping strategies: "approach" indicates more active coping strategies; "avoidant" indicates more dysfunctional and maladaptive mechanisms. A total of 202 valid questionnaire were collected. Those with lower academic confidence and lower self-rated peer and family relationship scores during the COVID-19 pandemic had lower Ryff scores, indicating poorer psychological well-being. Nursing students reported the lowest psychological well-being and the highest levels of adopting avoidant coping strategies (26.4%). The study's findings may help educators identify the healthcare students most vulnerable to stress and develop interventions to empower students to adopt problem-focused stress coping strategies.

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