*3.4. Description of the Study Group*

The final sample consisted of 2172 students of whom 73% (*n* = 1585) were women and 27% (*n* = 587) were men. The mean age of the sample was 22.1 ± 2.2. The majority of the respondents (60.5%) were medical students; other fields of study included students studying social sciences (19.2%), engineering (10%), arts and humanities (5%), and sciences (4.4%). The majority of students were in the first year of university (23.5%), and the least (4.9%), during the sixth year of university. The most prevalent place of residence of the students was the village (22.9%). In the studied group, most of the students were single (65.6%) or in an informal relationship (30.7%), whereas only 2.5% of the studied group was married. Regarding the place of residence during the COVID-19 pandemic, 48.3% of the respondents have answered that they are currently living with their parents. The smallest number of students answered that they lived with a partner and a child 1% (*n* = 21). The sociodemographic data of the respondents is presented in Table 2.

### *3.5. Characteristic of the Respondents' Health Status*

The majority of the respondents (*n* = 2112; 97.2%) and their relatives and friends (*n* = 1943; 89.5%) did not suffer from COVID-19. Only 1.3% of the students, as well as 2.4% and 7.4% of students, either a family member or friend respectively, had gotten COVID-19. In this group, 0.6% of students suffered from a loss of a family member or friend due to COVID-19. Some students (20.2%) took part in an active fight against the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by sewing protective masks, helping elderly people with shopping, collecting money for hospital equipment, providing telephone consultations, and volunteering in hospitals. The majority of respondents (82.9%) did not get any psychological or psychiatric support before the outbreak of the pandemic, which led to the conclusion that 17.1% of the respondents had experienced some kind of mental disorder before. This data is consistent with the global data on the prevalence of mental disorders—about 17.6% of the population meets the criteria for common mental disorders [47]. With regards to the students who used such support, the psychological ones were most frequently chosen by the students (*n* = 162; 7.5%). The majority of the respondents (*n* = 1506; 69.3%) did not take any supplements or medicines to improve their immunity. From those who took supplements (*n* = 665; 30.6%), in most of the cases it was vitamin D (*n* = 157; 7.2%), vitamin C (*n* = 140; 6.5%), or a vitamin complex (*n* = 134; 6.2%), and the rest used other medications (*n* = 234; 10.8%), including magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids, herbs, and homeopathic remedies. Regarding the difficulties that were faced by the students during the pandemic, most of the students (*n* = 728; 33.5%) were afraid of infecting their relatives. Interestingly, the fear of being infected by oneself was the least prevalent fear amongst students (*n* = 66; 3.0%). In the case of chronic diseases, the majority of students denied the existence of any (*n* = 1837; 84.6%). However, 4.1% (*n* = 88) suffered from thyroid diseases, 2.5% (*n* = 54) from asthma, 1.9% (*n* = 41) from a mental disorder, 1.5% (*n* = 32) from an allergy, 0.7 (*n* = 15) from diabetes, and 4.8% (*n* = 105) from other diseases. The data of respondents' health status is provided in Table 3.


**Table 2.** Sociodemographic characteristics of the respondents included in the study.


**Table 3.** Factors associated with the health status of respondents.

*3.6. Employment Status and Economic Situation of the Respondents*

We asked the students if they were working before the pandemic broke out. Most of the respondents (*n* = 1469; 67.6%), answered that they did not work, whereas the smallest group of students (*n* = 30; 1.2%) answered that they ran their own business. During the pandemic, 15.2% of the students lost their job, which caused to rise in the unemployment group of students to 82.8% (*n* = 1799). We also asked how the students assessed their economic situation during the pandemic. Most of the respondents (*n* = 1278; 58.8%) answered that they have a stable family income, and nothing has changed for them. The smallest number of students (*n* = 21; 1%) answered that they had to start borrowing money from family or friends during the outbreak of the pandemic because they were not able


**Table 4.** The economic situation of the respondents.

to support themselves. The data related to respondents' economic situation is provided
