The Psychological Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Psychological Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Turkish Intern Students

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05503589

Enrollment

Registered

2022-08-16

Start date

2021-03-01

Completion date

2021-04-30

Last updated

2025-03-06

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Conditions

Psychological Distress

Keywords

psychological distress, Covid-19, saliva cortisol

Brief summary

At the end of 2019, the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which emerged in China, has become a public health emergency of international concern. Disease outbreaks both affect the physical and psychological health of individuals. The aim of this study was to investigate the levels of stress, anxiety, depression, and Covid-19 fear in health sciences intern students during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

for students: * be over 18 years old * have taken the professional practice/internship lecture * be practicing in the hospital * not have any disease Inclusion Criteria for control: * over the age of 18 * without any disease * who routinely work during the pandemic

Exclusion criteria

* body mass index (BMI) \<17 kg/m2 * any chronic illness, psychological disorder, and perception problem * be dental operation or significant damage to the teeth or oral mucosa

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The Fear of Covid-19 Scale	5 minutes	The Fear of Covid-19 Scale (FCV-19S) is an assessment instrument developed to measure the fear levels of individuals due to Covid-19. The scale consists of seven items in a five-point Likert type. The total score is calculated by summing seven items score (ranging from 7-35). The high scale score indicates great fear of Covid-19.
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale	10 minutes	Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) is a self-report scale that evaluates depression, anxiety, and stress state over the past week. The scale consists of a total of 42 items, with 14 items in each of the depression, anxiety and stress dimensions. DASS items have a four-point Likert-type rating.The total scores each dimension of the scale range from 0 to 42. The high scores each of the depression, anxiety and stress dimensions indicate that the individual has a related problem.
Saliva cortisol level	15 minutes	The solid-phase sandwich ELISA (Enzyme Linked-Immuno-Sorbent Assay) method was used with immunoassay kits to measure the cortisol level.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results