Volume 26, Issue 129, November 2022

Common mental disorders among high school students during COVID-19 pandemic with online education satisfaction level in Pakistan

Noreen Maqbool Bokhari¹, Mubashir Zafar², Muhammad Maaz Arif^3♦, Ayma Azhar⁴, Samina Kanwal⁵, Khawaja Ghulam Mouinuddin⁶

¹Department of Community Medicine, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, Pakistan
²Department of Community and Health Sciences, Ziauddin University, Karachi, Pakistan
³Department of Medical Education, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
⁴Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan
⁵Department of Forensic Medicine, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, Pakistan
⁶National Guard Health Affairs, Hail, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Department of Medical Education, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

ABSTRACT

Objective: The objective of the study is to determine the prevalence of common mental disorders among high school students and their online education satisfaction levels in Pakistan. Study Design: It was an observational, cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: The study took place among students registered across various high schools at different cities in Pakistan. The duration of the study was about six months from January 2021 to June 2021. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted across different high schools in Pakistan. For a total of 275 selected study participants, structured and validated questionnaires were used to determine the common mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, and Psychosis. Chi square was used to determine the association between the satisfaction levels of online learning with mental disorders. Results: Among students 28% and 34. 7% and 32%, suffered from severe anxiety, depression and Psychotic disorder respectively. The relationship of severe depression (r=0.7 (p=0.001)), severe anxiety (r=0.6 (p=0.036)) and severe psychotic (r=0.8 (p=0.002)) disorder had significant strong relationship with student’s satisfaction with online classes. Conclusion: High levels of mental disorders among students during the pandemic and low satisfaction with online learning were common among students due to stress. It is recommended that the mental level of students should be monitored, and counseling services should be provided.

Keywords: Anxiety, Depression, Psychosis, Satisfaction, Student

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms443e2475

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i129/ms443e24757

Published: 05 November 2022