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The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university students
| dc.contributor.author | Sequeira, Carlos | |
| dc.contributor.author | Araújo, Odete | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lourenço, Tânia | |
| dc.contributor.author | Freitas, Otília | |
| dc.contributor.author | Carvalho, José Carlos | |
| dc.contributor.author | Costa, Patrício | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-06-13T11:16:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-06-13T11:16:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive effect on daily routines, especially for university students. This study aimed to compare pre-pandemic domains of students’ mental health during the pandemic lockdown. One cross-sectional study was conducted in two waves with academic students from 20 Portuguese universities, in March 2020 before the COVID 19 pandemic (n = 3579) and 2 months after the first lockdown in May 2020 (n = 1228). The Positive Mental Health Questionnaire (PMHQ), the Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire, the Mental Health-promoting knowledge, and the Psychological Vulnerability Scale were used. Statistical analyses were performed by bivariate associations and multiple linear regression models. Students were mostly women (79%), with an average age of 23.2 years (SD = 6.6), displaced from their family environment (43%), out-of-home (43%), and scholarship holders (37%). Higher scores found in the PVS were associated with decreased PMHQ in both moments (P < 0.01). These cross sectional studies showed a slight variation in the mental health variables studied in the period before and during the COVID-19 outbreak. Being a woman, younger, out-of-home, and having a scholarship (P < 0.01) seem to increase susceptibility to mental health variation before and during the pandemic. Universities should develop strategies that promote students’ mental health. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sequeira, C., Araújo, O., Lourenço, T., Freitas, O., Carvalho, J. C., & Costa, P. (2022). The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university students. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 31(4), 920-932. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/inm.12999 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/5225 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | pt_PT |
| dc.relation | Center for Health Technology and Services Research | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Literacy | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Positive mental health | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | University students | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Vulnerability | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Portugal | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | . | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Escola Superior de Saúde | pt_PT |
| dc.title | The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the mental health of Portuguese university students | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.awardTitle | Center for Health Technology and Services Research | |
| oaire.awardURI | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04255%2F2020/PT | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 932 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.issue | 4 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 920 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | International Journal of Mental Health Nursing | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 31 | pt_PT |
| oaire.fundingStream | 6817 - DCRRNI ID | |
| person.familyName | Maria da Silva Freitas | |
| person.givenName | Otília | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | 241C-0CD2-0FE6 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0001-8393-8683 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 54410409700 | |
| project.funder.identifier | http://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871 | |
| project.funder.name | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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