Transfer of Mental Health Services for Medical Students to Cyberspace during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Service Use and Students’ Preferences for Psychological Self-Help Techniques
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Description of the Online Form of Individual Consultation
2.2. Description of the Newly Developed Online Mental Health Support Service
2.3. Participants
2.4. Data Collection
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Visitors and Activity
3.2. Preferences for Self-Help Resources
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hungarian Medical Students (n = 183) | International Medical Students (n = 275) | p-Value 1 | |
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Accessed any of the available materials N (%) | 85 (46.4) | 136 (49.5) | 0.528 |
Gender N (%) | |||
Male | 52 (28.4) | 113 (41.1) | 0.006 * |
Female | 131 (71.6) | 162 (58.9) | |
Year N (%) | |||
1st | 34 (18.6) | 67 (24.4) | 0.050 |
2nd | 20 (10.9) | 36 (13.1) | |
3rd | 28 (15.3) | 57 (20.7) | |
4th | 28 (15.3) | 42 (15.3) | |
5th | 50 (27.3) | 44 (16.0) | |
6th | 23 (12.6) | 29 (10.5) | |
Following individual study plan due to not completed exams N (%) | 32 (17.5) | 53 (19.3) | 0.630 |
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Oláh, B.; Kuritárné Szabó, I.; Kósa, K. Transfer of Mental Health Services for Medical Students to Cyberspace during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Service Use and Students’ Preferences for Psychological Self-Help Techniques. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 13338. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013338
Oláh B, Kuritárné Szabó I, Kósa K. Transfer of Mental Health Services for Medical Students to Cyberspace during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Service Use and Students’ Preferences for Psychological Self-Help Techniques. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(20):13338. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013338
Chicago/Turabian StyleOláh, Barnabás, Ildikó Kuritárné Szabó, and Karolina Kósa. 2022. "Transfer of Mental Health Services for Medical Students to Cyberspace during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Service Use and Students’ Preferences for Psychological Self-Help Techniques" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 20: 13338. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013338