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ArticlePublic health in practice (Oxford, England)2021

Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education.

Atle Fretheim, Arnfinn Helleve, Borghild Løyland, Ida Hellum Sandbekken, Martin Flatø, Kjetil Telle, Sara Viksmoen Watle, Alexander Schjøll, Sølvi Helseth, Gro Jamtvedt and 1 more

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Article in Public health in practice (Oxford, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04529421 (Relationship Between In-person Instruction and COVID-19 Incidence Among University Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04529421 completednot on this map

Relationship Between In-person Instruction and COVID-19 Incidence Among University Students: A Prospective Cohort Study

TypeobservationalSponsorOslo Metropolitan UniversityRan2020 to 2021Enrolled26,754ConditionsInfection, Infection ControlArmsOnline instruction, In-person instruction
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Atle FretheimFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway.
Arnfinn HelleveCentre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway.
Borghild LøylandFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway.
Ida Hellum SandbekkenFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway.
Martin FlatøCentre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway.
Kjetil TelleHealth Services Division, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway.
Sara Viksmoen WatleInfection Control and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway.
Alexander SchjøllCentre for Welfare and Labour Research, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway.
Sølvi HelsethFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway.
Gro JamtvedtFaculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, PO Box 4 St. Olavs Plass, N-0130, Oslo, Norway.
Rannveig Kaldager HartCentre for Evaluation of Public Health Measures, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, PO Box 222 Skøyen, N-0213, Oslo, Norway.
Norwegian Institute of Public Health · NOOsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NONorwegian Labour and Welfare Administration · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesHigher education institutions all over the world struggled to balance the need for infection control and educational requirements, as they prepared to reopen after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A particularly difficult choice was whether to offer for in-person or online teaching. Norwegian universities and university colleges opted for a hybrid model when they reopened for the autumn semester, with some students being offered more in-person teaching than others. We seized this opportunity to study the association between different teaching modalities and COVID-19 risk, quality of life (subjective well-being), and teaching satisfaction. STUDY

designProspective, observational cohort study.

methodsWe recruited students in higher education institutions in Norway who we surveyed biweekly from September to December in 2020.

results26 754 students from 14 higher education institutions provided data to our analyses. We found that two weeks of in-person teaching was negatively associated with COVID-19 risk compared to online teaching, but the difference was very uncertain (-22% relative difference; 95% CI -77%-33%). Quality of life was positively associated with in-person teaching (3%; 95% CI 2%-4%), as was teaching satisfaction (10%; 95% CI 8%-11%).

conclusionThe association between COVID-19 infection and teaching modality was highly uncertain. Shifting from in-person to online teaching seems to have a negative impact on the well-being of students in higher education.

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COVID-19Infection controlIn-personPublic healthStudent healthWell-being

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PMID34467258
PMCPMC8390097
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