ArticleInternational emergency nursing2021
Impact of COVID-19 on paramedicine students: A mixed methods study.
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- Prevalence of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder among paramedic students: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Pooled it
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- Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among first responders for medical emergencies during COVID-19 pandemic: A meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2022Pooled it
- Post-secondary Student Mental Health During COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- 'Worth … the Nightmares'? A Qualitative Study of Early-Career Healthcare Workers' Wellbeing and Career Decisions After Starting Work During Covid-19.The clinical teacher · 2025Article
- Relationship between social support, coping strategy against COVID-19, and anxiety among home-quarantined Chinese university students: A path analysis modeling approach.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2023Article
- COVID-19: A literature review of the impact on diagnostic radiography students.Radiography (London, England : 1995) · 2022Review
- Mental health, learning behaviour and perceived fatigue among university students during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional multicentric study in the UAE.BMC psychology · 2022Article
- A retrospective survey study of paramedic students' exposure to SARS-CoV-2, participation in the COVID-19 pandemic response, and health-related quality of life.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundViral epidemics have negative and sometimes extreme impacts on psychological well-being, particularly in health care workers. Studies have reported higher levels of depression, anxiety, insomnia, stress, distress, fear, burnout, and post-traumatic symptoms.
objectiveThis research aimed to explore the psychological impacts of COVID 19 on paramedicine students.
methodsA convergent mixed method design study was undertaken using self-reporting instruments and qualitative interviews.
resultsResponses were received from 151 students (38.3% responses rate). Most students experienced some level of anxiety (62%), although severe levels were only reported by 6% of respondents. Students had significantly greater odds (OR = 2.05, p = 0.045, 95% CI: 1.02, 4.12) of higher anxiety levels if they were female. Thematic analysis of the interviews largely supported these results, with themes focused on changing approaches to study, financial situation, social support, University adaptation, acceptance and career pathway choice.
conclusionsThis study identified and explored the anxiety and coping strategies in an undergraduate paramedicine cohort when faced with a viral epidemic. Although most of the responding paramedic students reported above normal levels of anxiety in the initial stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, many students, with the help of learning, financial and social support, and a range of positive coping strategies, have adapted well to the impact of the pandemic and associated lockdown period.
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