Psychological distress among healthcare students in Poland from COVID-19 to war on Ukraine: a cross-sectional exploratory study.

Objectives: Healthcare students went through a rough time in March 2022 due to extreme changes in the educational system (moving from online to stationary learning) and Ukrainian-Russian war circumstances. Our study aims to update knowledge about psychological distress and its impact on healthcare students in Poland after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by intense and political instability in Europe.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on healthcare students from Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland, from March to April 2022.