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NCT Number: NCT04924634

Stress Levels and Mental Well-Being Among Slovak Students During e-Learning

Introducing restrictions on human contact has been effective in preventing the uncontrolled spread of COVID-19, however, it appears to have negatively impacted mental health. Psychological problems in different age groups occur with different intensity and duration of the pandemic. This study was aimed to assess the impact of introducing distance learning (e-Learning) on the stress levels and mental well-being among Slovak Students.

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Key information

Conditions

Anxiety State Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavioral Symptoms COVID-19 Coronaviridae Infections Coronavirus Infections Depression Infections Lung Diseases Mental Disorders Nidovirales Infections Pneumonia Pneumonia, Viral RNA Virus Infections Respiratory Tract Diseases Respiratory Tract Infections Virus Diseases

Age range

18 year–26 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy, Opole University of Technology

Opole, 45-758, Poland

About this study

Socially isolated young people, condemned to constant contact with the Internet, find themselves in sorrowful situations where their basic need were impossible. Previous studies report that university students report high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression, which affects student motivation and attitudes toward learning; however, to date, no such studies have been conducted on a population of Slovakian Students. This study considered 4 Slovak universities. Using standardized questionnaires, students' mental status during e-Learning was assessed at the beginning of the summer semester (February, March 2021).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Students attending the course cycle

Exclusion criteria

  • Inability to self-complete the research questionnaires;
  • Psychiatric or psychological treatment, likewise taking medications that affect the psyche during the research project;

Treatment and study plan

Stress Levels and Mental Well-Being assessment

Diagnostic Test

At the beginning of the summer semester of the 2020/2021 academic year, stress levels as well as symptoms of anxiety and depression were assessed in students at four universities.

Primary outcomes

  1. Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)

    Time frame: 20 minutes

    The PSS-10 is widely used for measuring psychological distress. It contains 10 questions on a five-point scale from 0 to 4. The higher the score, the greater the feeling of stress.

  2. BDI

    Time frame: 20 minutes

    The BDI-II is a tool used to determine the degree of intensity of depressive symp-toms. The 21-item questionnaire consists of two parts: emotional and somatic. Depending on the number of points obtained, the severity of depression can be assessed. A range of 0-10 points indicates no depression, 11-27 indicates moderate mood disorder, and 28 indicates major depressive disorder. The cutoff for dividing patients into depressive and non-depressive subgroups was a score of 10, following the guidelines given by Beck et al.

  3. Authors survey

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    The survey contains five sections on the impact of e-learning on various aspects of life. The survey responses were structured on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 to 5, where 1 refers to "strongly disagree" statement and 5 to "definitely agree". Questions were grouped into areas: Social life (3 questions), Education skills (4 questions), Eco-nomic field (2 questions), Nutrition habits and drugs (2 questions). The questionnaire showed satisfactory reliability with a Cronbach alpha of 0.82.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Opole University of Technology

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Stress Levels and Mental Well-Being Among Slovak Students During e-Learning in The COVID-19 Pandemic

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jun 14, 2021
Registry last updated
Jul 12, 2021

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