University Health Students’ Challenges and Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review

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10.2991/978-94-6463-248-4_7How to use a DOI?

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“university health student*”; “COVID-19”; “cop”; “challenge”; “experience”

Abstract

Background: This integrative review is aimed to explore the COVID-19-related challenges among university health students, explore the strategies that students developed to cope with the pandemic-associated challenges and explore the support and benefits gained from the universities to their students during the pandemic period. Whittemore’s and Knafl’s five-step integrative review method was used to critically analyze and synthesize the literature regarding university health students’ challenges and coping strategies during the Coronavirus-19 pandemic.

Methods: A systematic search of seven electronic databases (Medline, CINAHL, EBSCO, PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, Cochrane) and Google scholar were conducted in October 2021. Nineteen articles were included in the final sample.

Results: The results revealed three main themes and six subthemes. The first main theme was the COVID-19-related challenges among university health students. This theme included two subthemes: psychological impact and educational impact. The second main theme is coping strategies which include three subthemes: developing a daily routine and distraction strategies, social support, and negative coping strategies. The third main theme is the support gained from universities. This theme included one subtheme of support and benefits gained from universities during the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Conclusion: University health students faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. A health awareness campaign could be initiated to tackle the coping strategies and health habits needed to overcome the existing challenges.

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AU  - Lina Almadadha
AU  - Leila Gholizadeh
AU  - Suzanne Sheppard-Law
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/10/03
TI  - University Health Students’ Challenges and Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrative Literature Review
BT  - Proceedings of the Second International Nursing Conference "Nursing Profession in the Current Era" (INC 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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