Coping with challenges of the first months of COVID-19 pandemic among medical university community: a mixed-method study from Poland.

IF 1.4 4区 医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Jarosław Rakoczy, Magdalena Kostyła, Katarzyna Weronika Binder-Olibrowska, Magdalena Agnieszka Wrzesińska
{"title":"Coping with challenges of the first months of COVID-19 pandemic among medical university community: a mixed-method study from Poland.","authors":"Jarosław Rakoczy, Magdalena Kostyła, Katarzyna Weronika Binder-Olibrowska, Magdalena Agnieszka Wrzesińska","doi":"10.13075/ijomeh.1896.02122","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Universities played a significant role in meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both students and staff having to identify and use available coping resources. The main aim of the study was to describe the academic community's experiences of the pandemic and their impact on health and wellbeing. Related variables were also explored, such as sense of coherence (SOC), gratitude, and subjective health assessment (SHA).</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>During the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, an online questionnaire was sent to the community of the Medical University of Lodz. It included 4 open-ended questions on ways to remain healthy during the pandemic. The responses (N = 144) were analyzed using a general inductive approach. For the purpose of this study, the resource utilization rate (RUR) was defined and calculated based on the number of categories with responses indicating resource usage. Additionally, a Polish adaptation of the 29-item<i> Sense of Coherence</i> scale (SOC-29), the <i>Gratitude Questionnaire</i> (GQ-6), and subjective health assessment were measured. Correlations between variables were calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The main areas of resource identification and utilization were interpersonal relationships, views of reality, physical activity, pleasure activities, social contacts, and healthy diet. Physical activity has been found to be the most commonly-reported strategy of taking care of both health and emotional state more frequently among students than employees (p < 0.01). The RUR was strongly associated with SOC in male employees (ρ = 0.7, p < 0.05) and with GQ-6 in both male and female student groups (ρ = 0.56, p < 0.05 and ρ = 0.28, p < 0.05, respectively).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Relationships between RUR and SOC seem to be gender- and age-related. The relationships between health and resource utilization are worth exploring in the university setting. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2023;36(3):365-78.</p>","PeriodicalId":14173,"journal":{"name":"International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10663997/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.13075/ijomeh.1896.02122","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/8/28 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0

Abstract

Objectives: Universities played a significant role in meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, with both students and staff having to identify and use available coping resources. The main aim of the study was to describe the academic community's experiences of the pandemic and their impact on health and wellbeing. Related variables were also explored, such as sense of coherence (SOC), gratitude, and subjective health assessment (SHA).

Material and methods: During the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic, an online questionnaire was sent to the community of the Medical University of Lodz. It included 4 open-ended questions on ways to remain healthy during the pandemic. The responses (N = 144) were analyzed using a general inductive approach. For the purpose of this study, the resource utilization rate (RUR) was defined and calculated based on the number of categories with responses indicating resource usage. Additionally, a Polish adaptation of the 29-item Sense of Coherence scale (SOC-29), the Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), and subjective health assessment were measured. Correlations between variables were calculated.

Results: The main areas of resource identification and utilization were interpersonal relationships, views of reality, physical activity, pleasure activities, social contacts, and healthy diet. Physical activity has been found to be the most commonly-reported strategy of taking care of both health and emotional state more frequently among students than employees (p < 0.01). The RUR was strongly associated with SOC in male employees (ρ = 0.7, p < 0.05) and with GQ-6 in both male and female student groups (ρ = 0.56, p < 0.05 and ρ = 0.28, p < 0.05, respectively).

Conclusions: Relationships between RUR and SOC seem to be gender- and age-related. The relationships between health and resource utilization are worth exploring in the university setting. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 2023;36(3):365-78.

应对COVID-19大流行在医科大学社区的头几个月的挑战:来自波兰的一项混合方法研究
目标:大学在应对COVID-19大流行挑战方面发挥了重要作用,学生和教职员工都必须确定并利用可用的应对资源。这项研究的主要目的是描述学术界对大流行的经历及其对健康和福祉的影响。研究还探讨了相关变量,如连贯感(SOC)、感恩和主观健康评估(SHA)。材料与方法:在第一波COVID-19大流行期间,向罗兹医科大学社区发送了一份在线问卷。它包括4个关于如何在大流行期间保持健康的开放式问题。采用一般归纳法对144份调查结果进行分析。为了本研究的目的,资源利用率(resource utilization rate, RUR)是根据类别的数量来定义和计算的,这些类别的响应表明了资源的使用情况。此外,测试了波兰版的29项连贯性量表(SOC-29)、感恩问卷(GQ-6)和主观健康评估。计算变量之间的相关性。结果:资源识别和利用的主要领域是人际关系、现实观、体育活动、娱乐活动、社会交往和健康饮食。体育活动被发现是最常见的兼顾健康和情绪状态的策略,在学生中比在员工中更常见(p < 0.01)。RUR与男性员工的SOC (ρ = 0.7, p < 0.05)和男女学生组的GQ-6 (ρ = 0.56, p < 0.05)呈显著正相关(ρ = 0.28, p < 0.05)。结论:RUR与SOC之间的关系似乎与性别和年龄有关。健康与资源利用的关系值得探讨。中华医学杂志,2009;36(3):368 - 368。
本文章由计算机程序翻译,如有差异,请以英文原文为准。
求助全文
约1分钟内获得全文 求助全文
来源期刊
CiteScore
3.40
自引率
5.00%
发文量
52
审稿时长
7.5 months
期刊介绍: The Journal is dedicated to present the contemporary research in occupational and environmental health from all over the world. It publishes works concerning: occupational and environmental: medicine, epidemiology, hygiene and toxicology; work physiology and ergonomics, musculoskeletal problems; psychosocial factors at work, work-related mental problems, aging, work ability and return to work; working hours, shift work; reproductive factors and endocrine disruptors; radiation, ionizing and non-ionizing health effects; agricultural hazards; work safety and injury and occupational health service; climate change and its effects on health; omics, genetics and epigenetics in occupational and environmental health; health effects of exposure to nanoparticles and nanotechnology products; human biomarkers in occupational and environmental health, intervention studies, clinical sciences’ achievements with potential to improve occupational and environmental health.
×
引用
GB/T 7714-2015
复制
MLA
复制
APA
复制
导出至
BibTeX EndNote RefMan NoteFirst NoteExpress
×
提示
您的信息不完整,为了账户安全,请先补充。
现在去补充
×
提示
您因"违规操作"
具体请查看互助需知
我知道了
×
提示
确定
请完成安全验证×
copy
已复制链接
快去分享给好友吧!
我知道了
右上角分享
点击右上角分享
0
联系我们:info@booksci.cn Book学术提供免费学术资源搜索服务,方便国内外学者检索中英文文献。致力于提供最便捷和优质的服务体验。 Copyright © 2023 布克学术 All rights reserved.
京ICP备2023020795号-1
ghs 京公网安备 11010802042870号
Book学术文献互助
Book学术文献互助群
群 号:481959085
Book学术官方微信