ArticlePsychiatry research2022
Psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students in the United States of America.
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- From positive psychology to practical empowerment: theoretical construction and pathway innovation in graduate student mental health education.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
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- Beyond the Stethoscope: A Systematic Review of Mental Health Disparities among Medical Students of Color during Medical Training.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Associations between adverse childhood experiences and medical students' interest in careers: a single-setting study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on physician-scientist trainees to faculty one year into the pandemic.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Association between mild depressive states in polycystic ovary syndrome and an unhealthy lifestyle.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physician-Scientist Trainees to Faculty One Year into the Pandemic.Research square · 2023Article
- Risk perceptions of COVID-19, vocational identity, and employment aspirations of Chinese aviation students: a structural equation modeling approach.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Toxic Habits and Well-Being Measures in Spanish Healthcare University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to assess the early psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on United States medical students when compared to graduate students in fields unrelated to healthcare using the perceived stress scale (PSS-10) and the perceived COVID-19-related risk scale (PCRS). This was a cross-sectional study between May and June 2020. We created an anonymous, online questionnaire that was administered to medical students nationwide and local graduate students. We used Student's t-test, Chi-square test, and regression models. We received 425 completed responses. Contrary to similar stress levels in graduate students, medical students on average experienced significantly more stress after coursework suspension than before (20.6 vs 14.7). Female gender and a mental illness diagnosis were associated with statistically significantly elevated PSS-10 scores before and after suspension in medical students. Medical students reported a low PCRS score. Most medical students were confident in their department's infection control measures and willing to report to work. Female gender and a mental illness diagnosis remain two important risk factors for medical students' stress levels during the pandemic. This study highlights the need to foster students' public health competency and safely involve students as non-frontline workers in public health emergency responses for their mental wellbeing.
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