From: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students: a multicenter quantitative study
Agreement with the following statements | Total n | My medical education has been significantly disrupted by the pandemic | To the extent possible, medical students should continue with normal clinical rotations during this pandemic | I accept the risk that I may be infected with COVID-19 if I return to the clinical setting in 2020 | How much has the COVID-19 pandemic affected your stress or anxiety levels? | ||||
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# agreeing/# of Respondents (%) | p | # agreeing/# of Respondents (%) | p | # agreeing/# of Respondents (%) | p | # agreeing/# of Respondents (%) | p | ||
All respondents | 741 | 520/696 (74.7) | 425/693 (61.3) | 579/694 (83.4) | 619/736 (84.1) | ||||
Gender | |||||||||
Female | 443 | 332/442 (75.1) | 0.78 | 273/440 (62.1) | 0.87 | 375/440 (85.2) | 0.25 | 394/439 (89.8) | < 0.001 |
Male | 243 | 184/242 (76.0) | 148/241 (61.4) | 198/242 (81.8) | 177/242 (73.1) | ||||
Graduation Class | |||||||||
2020 | 193 | 74/191 (38.7) | < 0.001 | 92/190 (48.4) | < 0.001 | 167/190 (87.9) | 0.049 | 146/191 (76.4) | 0.003 |
2021 | 372 | 332/371 (89.5) | 240/371 (64.7) | 299/371 (80.6) | 320/369 (86.7) | ||||
2022 | 130 | 111/130 (85.4) | 92/128 (71.9) | 112/129 (86.8) | 114/130 (87.7) | ||||
COVID-19 prevalence | |||||||||
High (NY,LA) | 288 | 196/286 (68.5) | < 0.001 | 169/285 (59.3) | 0.019 | 238/285 (83.5) | 0.82 | 239/288 (83.0) | 0.58 |
Medium (OH,IL) | 111 | 98/111 (88.3) | 58/110 (52.7) | 91/111 (82.0) | 96/110 (87.3) | ||||
Low (CA) | 292 | 220/292 (75.3) | 195/291 (67.0) | 246/291 (84.5) | 242 /288 (84.0) | ||||
Were on clinical rotations at time of study | |||||||||
Yes | 47 | 34/41 (82.9) | 0.21 | 31/41 (75.6) | 0.053 | 35/41 (85.4) | 0.73 | 39/47 (83.0) | 0.83 |
No | 694 | 486/655 (74.2) | 394/652 (60.4) | 544/653 (83.3) | 580/689 (84.2) |