The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia

The objective of this article is to examine the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon university students’ anxiety level and to find the factors associated with the anxiety level in Malaysia. We collected data from 958 students from 16 different universities using an originally designed...

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Autores principales:	Muhammad Irfan PhD, Faizah Shahudin PhD, Vincent J. Hooper PhD, Waqar Akram PhD, Rosmaiza B. Abdul Ghani PhD
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:af9a5a1eda83416daecf04d8d82be4562021-11-21T01:34:12ZThe Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia0046-95801945-724310.1177/00469580211056217https://doaj.org/article/af9a5a1eda83416daecf04d8d82be4562021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/00469580211056217https://doaj.org/toc/0046-9580https://doaj.org/toc/1945-7243The objective of this article is to examine the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon university students’ anxiety level and to find the factors associated with the anxiety level in Malaysia. We collected data from 958 students from 16 different universities using an originally designed questionnaire. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale 7-item (GAD-7) was used to estimate the anxiety. Then we applied the ordered logit model to calculate the odds ratios (OR) and factors associated with the anxiety level. We find that 12.3% of students were normal, whereas 30.5% were experiencing mild anxiety, 31.1% moderate anxiety, and 26.1% severe anxiety. Surprisingly, only 37.2% of students were aware of mental health support that was provided by their universities. However, age above 20 years (OR = 1.30), ethnicity Chinese (OR = 1.72), having any other disease (OR = 2.0), decreased family income (OR = 1.71), more time spent on watching COVID-19-related news (OR = 1.52), and infected relative or friends (OR = 1.62) were risk factors for anxiety among students. We conclude that the government of Malaysia should monitor the mental health of the universities’ students more closely and universities should open online mental health support clinics to avoid the adverse impacts of anxiety.Muhammad Irfan PhDFaizah Shahudin PhDVincent J. Hooper PhDWaqar Akram PhDRosmaiza B. Abdul Ghani PhDSAGE PublishingarticlePublic aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENInquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, Vol 58 (2021)
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description	The objective of this article is to examine the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon university students’ anxiety level and to find the factors associated with the anxiety level in Malaysia. We collected data from 958 students from 16 different universities using an originally designed questionnaire. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale 7-item (GAD-7) was used to estimate the anxiety. Then we applied the ordered logit model to calculate the odds ratios (OR) and factors associated with the anxiety level. We find that 12.3% of students were normal, whereas 30.5% were experiencing mild anxiety, 31.1% moderate anxiety, and 26.1% severe anxiety. Surprisingly, only 37.2% of students were aware of mental health support that was provided by their universities. However, age above 20 years (OR = 1.30), ethnicity Chinese (OR = 1.72), having any other disease (OR = 2.0), decreased family income (OR = 1.71), more time spent on watching COVID-19-related news (OR = 1.52), and infected relative or friends (OR = 1.62) were risk factors for anxiety among students. We conclude that the government of Malaysia should monitor the mental health of the universities’ students more closely and universities should open online mental health support clinics to avoid the adverse impacts of anxiety.
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author	Muhammad Irfan PhD Faizah Shahudin PhD Vincent J. Hooper PhD Waqar Akram PhD Rosmaiza B. Abdul Ghani PhD
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title	The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia
title_short	The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia
title_full	The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia
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The Psychological Impact of Coronavirus on University Students and its Socio-Economic Determinants in Malaysia

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