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Emotional responses and coping strategies of medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sayyada Ifrah Naaz, Rana M. Hussein, Hiba B. Khan, Mohamed M. Hussein and Shoukat A. Arain
Saudi Medical Journal January 2022, 43 (1) 61-66; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.1.20210698
Sayyada Ifrah Naaz
From the College of Medicine (Naaz, R. Hussein, Khan, M. Hussein); and from the Department of Pathology (Arain), College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Roles: Medical student
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Rana M. Hussein
From the College of Medicine (Naaz, R. Hussein, Khan, M. Hussein); and from the Department of Pathology (Arain), College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Roles: Medical student
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Hiba B. Khan
From the College of Medicine (Naaz, R. Hussein, Khan, M. Hussein); and from the Department of Pathology (Arain), College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Roles: Medical student
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Mohamed M. Hussein
From the College of Medicine (Naaz, R. Hussein, Khan, M. Hussein); and from the Department of Pathology (Arain), College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Roles: Medical student
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Shoukat A. Arain
From the College of Medicine (Naaz, R. Hussein, Khan, M. Hussein); and from the Department of Pathology (Arain), College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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    - Year-wise mean avoidant and approach coping scores. COPE: coping orientation to problems experienced, SD: standard deviation

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    - Year-wise mean emotional response scores. SD: standard deviation

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    Table 1

    - Baseline characteristics of the study sample (N=261).

    Variablesn (%)
    Gender
     Female141 (54.0)
     Male120 (46.0)
    Year of study
     First year60 (23.0)
     Second year39 (14.9)
     Third year41 (15.7)
     Fourth year65 (24.9)
     Fifth year56 (21.5)
    Overall scores, mean±SD
     Avoidant coping20.65±1.80
     Approach coping19.62±1.58
     Anxiety3.45±1.00
     Fear2.46±1.07
     Anger3.14±1.37
     Sadness2.15±1.11
    • SD: standard deviation

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    Table 2

    - Comparison of coping strategies and emotional response scores for gender and phase of study (N=261).

    ResponseGenderPhase of study
     MaleFemaleP-valuePreclinical†Clinical‡P-value
     mean±SD mean±SD 
    Avoidant coping20.38±2.0320.88±1.560.030*21.16±1.5920.06±1.86<0.001*
    Approach coping19.84±1.4419.43±1.670.035*19.65±1.4719.59±1.710.748
    Anxiety3.44±1.043.46±0.970.8763.29±1.103.64±0.840.005*
    Fear2.34±0.992.56±1.120.0962.49±1.082.43±1.060.674
    Anger3.16±1.103.12±1.130.7863.33±1.242.92±0.900.002*
    Sadness2.07±1.362.22±1.380.371.97±1.132.36±1.590.027*
    • SD: standard deviation, †year 1-3, ‡year 4 and 5, *p-value indicates that there is a significant difference

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    Table 3

    - Regression analysis of emotional responses during COVID-19 as a function of coping strategies.

    Independent variableDependent variables
     AnxietyFearAngerSadness
     BetaTP-valueBetaTP-valueBetaTP-valueBetaTP-value
    Avoidant coping0.11.10.30.11.50.20.230.003*0.22.90.005*
    Approach coping-0.1-1.10.3-0.1-1.60.10-0.40.717-0.1-1.40.178
    • *p-value indicates that there is a significant difference

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Sayyada Ifrah Naaz, Rana M. Hussein, Hiba B. Khan, Mohamed M. Hussein, Shoukat A. Arain
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Sayyada Ifrah Naaz, Rana M. Hussein, Hiba B. Khan, Mohamed M. Hussein, Shoukat A. Arain
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