Psychologically and Physiologically Impact of COVID-19 on Students Who Studying in China and Stocked in Pakistan (A Cross-Sectional Study)

Wasi Ullah Khan; Saad Qayum; Hafiza Sehrish Kiani

doi:10.37871/jbres1359

ISSN: 2766-2276

General Science. 2021 November 23;2(11):1136-1136. doi: 10.37871/jbres1359.

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Community Health

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Observational Studies

Psychologically and Physiologically Impact of COVID-19 on Students Who Studying in China and Stocked in Pakistan (A Cross-Sectional Study)

Wasi Ullah Khan^1*, Saad Qayum² and Hafiza Sehrish Kiani³

¹Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China
²Department of Allied Health Sciences, The University of Lahore-Gujrat Campus, Pakistan
³Department of Microbiology Quaid E Azam University Islamabad

*Corresponding author: Wasi Ullah Khan, Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Tropical Bioresource, College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, China E-mail:

Received: 13 November 2021 | Accepted: 23 November 2021 | Published: 23 November 2021

How to cite this article: Khan WU, Qayum S, Kiani HS. Psychologically and Physiologically Impact of COVID-19 on Students Who Studying in China and Stocked in Pakistan (A Cross-Sectional Study). J Biomed Res Environ Sci. 2021 Nov 23; 2(11): 1136-1136. doi: 10.37871/jbres1359, Article ID: jbres1359

Keywords

COVID-19
Depression
Anxiety
Pandemic
China
Pakistani students

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Abstract

Background: The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has brought destructive consequences on the global political, economical, social, financial, and healthcare structures [1]. The pandemic has risen up the level of anxiety, depressive thoughts and psychological stress among students who were studying in china, but now stocked in home country. Approximately 30,000 Pakistani students are being enrolled in M.Phil and PhD in China. The aim of this study is to identify the psychological and physiological impact of COVID-19 on these students.

Method: The cross-sectional study has been adopted via web-based platform for students who are studying in different institutions of China but now stoked in Pakistan due to pandemic. Questionnaire has been developed via Google Survey form which were distributed through social media like WeChat, Facebook. The purpose of this study is to assess depression, anxiety and sources of distress [2].

Result: This survey was conducted in December 2020, in which 1300 students took part (700 Phd and M.phil related while 500 Medical and Engineering). Majority of students are male (84.1%) and few females (13.9%). The result shows that students who have moderate-severe anxiety and depression about their graduation (score ≥ 12) were 75% and 25%, respectively.

Conclusion: The severely affected students from this pandemic are from the Phd, M.phil research related students.

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