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- - The study investigated the perceived stress levels among students in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 outbreak and the shift to online learning, revealing moderate to high stress among participants.
- - A survey of 367 students found that over half reported moderate stress (55%), and 30.2% experienced high stress, with females and university students showing a significant association with higher stress levels.
- - The research suggests implementing online counseling and stress management programs to help alleviate student stress during periods of distance learning.
Article Abstract
Objectives: COVID-19 is a newly discovered infectious Coronavirus that became pandemic. Since disease outbreaks can have mental health consequences, this study explored the perceived stress level among students during the Coronavirus Disease Outbreak and suspension of in-person teaching in Saudi Arabia.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey of a sample consisting of 367 students living in Saudi Arabia assessed socio-demographic characteristics, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and their emotions and concerns during the outbreak.
Results: Most participants were female (74.7%) and secondary school (79.8%) students. More than half of the participants showed moderate levels of stress (55%), while 30.2% registered high levels. Females and university students showed a significant association with stress level (-value = 0.003 and 0.049, respectively).
Conclusions: There was a moderate to high level of stress among students in KSA at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. This study found a significant correlation between a high level of stress and female university students. The integration of online counselling and stress management programs would help mitigate the stress of students during distance learning.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7395822 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2020.07.004 | DOI Listing |
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