Undergraduate health sciences students' response regarding COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia: an observational study.

IF 2.6 4区医学 Q1 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL Postgraduate Medicine Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1080/00325481.2021.2017184

Ayman Geddawy, Mansour Alajmi, Abdulaziz M Alaskar, Salman T Alwadani, Abdulaziz F Alanezi, Abdullah Abdurahman Alhomaidhi, Sameer Al-Ghamdi

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Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents a major health problem, and its influences may persist with emerging viral variants. The current work was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and learning satisfaction of health sciences students (HSS) regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 20 February 2021 to 20 March 2021. Participants were undergraduate HSS at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire has been generated and distributed via online form. The questionnaire used was based on previous studies and included demographic information and knowledge, attitudes, perception, and learning satisfaction related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Results: Out of the 400 questionnaires distributed to eligible students, the current study included a total of 330 HSS (82.5% response rate) from colleges of medicine (25.5%), dentistry (11.8%), pharmacy (33.6%), and Applied Medical Sciences (29.1%) of participants. The mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and learning satisfaction attained by students were 5.63 ± 0.65 out of 6, 4.22 ± 1.01 out of 5, and 11.28 ± 2.9 out of 19, respectively. Results show an association between the knowledge score of students and their age-group and specialty-college. Students with chronic diseases reported lower attitude scores and rate of COVID-19 vaccine-willingness. Younger HSS had a higher learning satisfaction score than the older participants.

Conclusion: Overall, participants show high knowledge level and positive attitude toward COVID-19 but fair learning satisfaction during the pandemic. Further studies are needed to improve the learning satisfaction and attitude of HSS in the future.

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背景:2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行是一个重大的健康问题，其影响可能会随着新出现的病毒变体而持续存在。本研究旨在评估健康科学专业学生(HSS)对COVID-19大流行的知识、态度和学习满意度。方法:从2021年2月20日至2021年3月20日进行了一项基于问卷的横断面研究。参与者是沙特阿拉伯阿勒哈里王子萨塔姆·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹大学的本科HSS。该问卷已通过在线表格生成和分发。所使用的问卷基于以往的研究，包括与COVID-19大流行相关的人口统计信息和知识、态度、感知和学习满意度。结果:本研究共向符合条件的学生发放400份问卷，共纳入330名HSS(回复率82.5%)，分别来自医学院校(25.5%)、牙科院校(11.8%)、药学院校(33.6%)和应用医学院校(29.1%)。学生的知识、态度和学习满意度平均得分分别为5.63±0.65分(6分)、4.22±1.01分(5分)和11.28±2.9分(19分)。结果表明，学生的知识得分与其年龄、专业院校存在一定的相关性。患有慢性疾病的学生态度得分和COVID-19疫苗意愿率较低。年轻HSS的学习满意度得分高于年长HSS。结论:总体而言，参与者在疫情期间对新冠肺炎的知识水平和态度较高，但学习满意度一般。未来需要进一步的研究来提高高专学生的学习满意度和态度。

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Postgraduate Medicine 医学-医学：内科

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6.10

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2.40%

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110

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Postgraduate Medicine is a rapid peer-reviewed medical journal published for physicians. Tracing its roots back to 1916, Postgraduate Medicine was established by Charles Mayo, MD, as a peer-to-peer method of communicating the latest research to aid physicians when making treatment decisions, and it maintains that aim to this day. In addition to its core subscriber base, Postgraduate Medicine is distributed to hundreds of US-based physicians within internal medicine and family practice.