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PubMed: 36901480 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20054470
COVID-19 Pandemic Control Measures and Their Impact on University Students and Family Members in a Central Region of Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health 20(5)
Authors: Lucía Pérez-Pérez, Inés Cárdaba-García, Miguel A Madrigal-Fernández, Federico Montero-Cuadrado, E M Sobas, Raúl Soto-Cámara
Affiliations
- Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, University of Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain.
- Health Service of Castilla y León (Sacyl), 47007 Valladolid, Spain.
- East-Valladolid Primary Care Management (Sacyl), 47010 Valladolid, Spain.
- Health Service of Castilla y León (Sacyl), 47007 Valladolid, Spain. East-Valladolid Primary Care Management (Sacyl), 47010 Valladolid, Spain. Unit for Active Coping Strategies for Pain in Primary Care, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
- Institute of Applied Ophthalmobiology (IOBA), University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain.
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
- Emergency Medical Service of Castilla y León (Sacyl), 47007 Valladolid, Spain.
Abstract
The first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic were times of great change in the lives of university students and their families in Spain. The aim of this study was to explore the psychosocial aspects and preventive measures carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic by students and family members of the nursing degree students of the University of Valladolid (Spain). The number of people surveyed was 877, by means of an ad hoc questionnaire. Relationships between variables were established by means of the Chi-square test and Student's -test. In addition, multivariate logistic regression was generated. The significance level used was 0.05. Students and family members maintained preventive measures= such as hand washing, correct use of masks =in closed places, avoiding crowds and maintaining social distance, but at low rates (close to 20% in all cases). Regarding psychosocial aspects, 41.07% of the participants suffered from anxiety and loneliness, while 5.2% needed to take drugs to reduce anxiety or sleep and 66.07% were dependent on technology. Suicidal behavior is related to stress, anxiety, loneliness, poor family relationships, psychotropic drug use and technology abuse. The pandemic has caused life changes in university students and their families at the psychosocial level, generating high figures of suicidal ideation regardless of age. Preventive measures adopted to control the pandemic have not been followed for the most part.
MeSH
Family Relations, Suicide, Environmental Exposure, Universities, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Technology, Loneliness, Pandemics, Covid-19, Sars-Cov-2