Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33205748›Full record

ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2021

Predictive Factors for Impaired Mental Health among Medical Students during the Early Stage of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Morocco.

Hajar Essangri, Maria Sabir, Amine Benkabbou, Mohammed Anass Majbar, Laila Amrani, Abdelilah Ghannam, Brahim Lekehal, Raouf Mohsine, Amine Souadka

Open access · bronzeAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. Pooled it
  7. Pooled it
  8. Pooled it
  9. Pooled it
  10. Mental Health during the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
    Pooled it
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. ORIGINAL RESEARCH.Discover mental health · 2026
    Article
  14. Article
  15. Review
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hajar Essangri1Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Maria Sabir2Arrazi University Psychiatric Hospital, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Amine Benkabbou1Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Mohammed Anass Majbar1Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Laila Amrani1Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Abdelilah Ghannam4Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Brahim Lekehal5Department of Academic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Raouf Mohsine1Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Amine Souadka1Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, University Mohammed V in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Mohammed V University · MA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has great consequences on mental health. We aimed to assess medical students' psychological condition and influencing factors as a baseline evidence for interventions promoting their mental wellbeing. We conducted an online survey from April 8 to April 18, 2020 to examine the mental health of medical students by the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire, seven-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, seven-item Insomnia Severity Index, and six-item Kessler psychological distress scale. Factors associated with mental health outcomes were identified by multivariable logistic regression analysis. Five hundred forty-nine students completed the survey; 341 (62.3%), 410 (74.6%), 344 (62.6%), and 379 (69%) reported anxiety, depression, insomnia, and distress, respectively. Female students, living in high COVID-19 prevalence locations, more than 25 days confinement, psychiatric consult history, and being in a preclinical level of studies had higher median scores and severe symptom levels. Multivariable logistic regression showed female gender as a risk factor for severe symptoms of anxiety (odds ratio [OR]: 1.653; 95% CI: 1.020-2.679;

Indexed as

Mental HealthSARS-CoV-2COVID-19FemaleHumansMaleMoroccoStudents, MedicalYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID33205748
PMCPMC7790070
OpenAlexW3101366325

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.