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Horizonte sanitario
On-line version ISSN 2007-7459Print version ISSN 1665-3262
Abstract
BAUTISTA-JACOBO, Alejandrina; QUINTANA-ZAVALA, María Olga; VAZQUEZ-BAUTISTA, Manuel Alejandro and GONZALEZ-LOMELI, Daniel. Anxiety, stress and sleep quality associated to COVID-19 in university students in northwestern Mexico. Horiz. sanitario [online]. 2023, vol.22, n.2, pp.305-316. Epub Jan 29, 2024. ISSN 2007-7459. https://doi.org/10.19136/hs.a22n2.5322.
Abstract
Objective:
Identify the levels of anxiety, perceived stress, and sleep quality in university students in northwestern Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic and examine their association to sociodemographic variables and questions related to COVID-19.
Materials and methods:
Descriptive, correlational, cross-sectional study in a non-probabilistic sample of 1691 students. Online surveys were administered using Google Forms. The chi-square test (X2), Spearman's correlation and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used, with the approval of the ethics committee and informed consent of the participants.
Results:
38.4% of the students presented moderate anxiety and 36.5% severe anxiety. Moderate level of stress (50.1%) and poor sleep quality (65.8%) predominated. The sex variable was associated to anxiety (X2 = 88.87, p < .001), perceived stress (X2 = 72.34, p < .001) and poor sleep quality (X2 = 31.26, p < .001). Logistic regression determined that students whose family income decreased because of the pandemic were at higher risk of experiencing anxiety (OR = 1.67, p =.001), stress (OR= 1.57, p =.011), and poor sleep quality (OR = 1.46).
Conclusions:
More than half of the university students who participated in this study presented some level of anxiety, stress and poor sleep quality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the development of psychosocial mental health intervention programs aimed at university students is required.
Keywords : Anxiety; Stress, Psychological; Students.