Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors
Background: Pharmacy students will assume future roles as frontline healthcare providers. Therefore, evaluating their current state of mental wellbeing and its associated factors is essential for better planning students' support initiatives. This study aimed to assess mental wellbeing and its...
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| author | Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Mubarak, Naeem Mohammed Salim, K. T. Barakat, Muna M. Abdelaziz, Doaa H. Mansour, Noha O. Thabit, Abrar K. Ramatillah, Diana Laila Al-Jumaili, Ali Azeez Syed, Nabeel Kashan Adam, Mohammed Fathelrahman Hossain, Md Sanower Baraka, Mohamed A. Jose, Jimmy Elkalmi, Ramadan M. Chandran, Sarath Singh Dehele, Inderpal Elrggal, Mahmoud E. Fathelrahman, Ahmed Ibrahim |
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| description | Background: Pharmacy students will assume future roles as frontline healthcare providers. Therefore, evaluating their current state of mental wellbeing and its associated factors is essential for better planning students' support initiatives. This study aimed to assess mental wellbeing and its associated factors among undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries during the pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate pharmacy students in 14 countries in Asia and the Middle East. The validated Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (the 14-item WEMWBS) was adopted to assess mental wellbeing. Data collection was performed online between February and April 2022. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used as appropriate. Results: A total of 2,665 responses were received, mainly from females (68.7%) with a higher presence of private universities (59.1%). About 34.9% had low mental wellbeing levels, while 57 and 8.1% had medium, and high levels, respectively. Binary logistic regression showed that males (AOR: 1.34; CI 95%: 1.11–1.61; p < 0.01) and students with no chronic illnesses (AOR: 2.01; CI 95%: 1.45–2.80; p < 0.001) were more likely to have higher mental wellbeing. Also, participants who did not engage in any exercise (AOR: 0.71; CI 95%: 0.52–0.98; p = 0.04) and those in public universities (AOR: 0.82; CI 95%: 0.69–0.97; p = 0.02) were less likely to have higher mental wellbeing. Additionally, students who had interest/passion for pharmacy (AOR: 1.69; CI 95%: 1.07–2.68; p = 0.02), and those who known pharmacists inspired (AOR: 1.81; CI 95%: 1.06–3.12; p = 0.03), were more likely to have higher mental wellbeing compared with those who had no specific reason for their choice to study pharmacy. The participants with excellent (AOR: 1.87; CI 95%: 1.29–2.70; p = 0.001) or very good self-reported academic performance (AOR: 1.57; CI 95%: 1.12–2.22; p = 0.01) were more likely to have higher mental wellbeing compared to those with fair academic performance. Conclusion: More than a third of the participants had low mental wellbeing. Various demographic, lifestyle, medical and academic factors appeared to affect students' mental wellbeing. Careful consideration of these factors and their integration into the pharmacy schools' plans for student support services and academic advising would be essential to improve students' mental wellbeing. |
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| spelling | ump-402432024-02-14T01:30:55Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40243/ Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Mubarak, Naeem Mohammed Salim, K. T. Barakat, Muna M. Abdelaziz, Doaa H. Mansour, Noha O. Thabit, Abrar K. Ramatillah, Diana Laila Al-Jumaili, Ali Azeez Syed, Nabeel Kashan Adam, Mohammed Fathelrahman Hossain, Md Sanower Baraka, Mohamed A. Jose, Jimmy Elkalmi, Ramadan M. Chandran, Sarath Singh Dehele, Inderpal Elrggal, Mahmoud E. Fathelrahman, Ahmed Ibrahim BL Religion L Education (General) RA Public aspects of medicine Background: Pharmacy students will assume future roles as frontline healthcare providers. Therefore, evaluating their current state of mental wellbeing and its associated factors is essential for better planning students' support initiatives. This study aimed to assess mental wellbeing and its associated factors among undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries during the pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate pharmacy students in 14 countries in Asia and the Middle East. The validated Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (the 14-item WEMWBS) was adopted to assess mental wellbeing. Data collection was performed online between February and April 2022. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used as appropriate. Results: A total of 2,665 responses were received, mainly from females (68.7%) with a higher presence of private universities (59.1%). About 34.9% had low mental wellbeing levels, while 57 and 8.1% had medium, and high levels, respectively. Binary logistic regression showed that males (AOR: 1.34; CI 95%: 1.11–1.61; p < 0.01) and students with no chronic illnesses (AOR: 2.01; CI 95%: 1.45–2.80; p < 0.001) were more likely to have higher mental wellbeing. Also, participants who did not engage in any exercise (AOR: 0.71; CI 95%: 0.52–0.98; p = 0.04) and those in public universities (AOR: 0.82; CI 95%: 0.69–0.97; p = 0.02) were less likely to have higher mental wellbeing. Additionally, students who had interest/passion for pharmacy (AOR: 1.69; CI 95%: 1.07–2.68; p = 0.02), and those who known pharmacists inspired (AOR: 1.81; CI 95%: 1.06–3.12; p = 0.03), were more likely to have higher mental wellbeing compared with those who had no specific reason for their choice to study pharmacy. The participants with excellent (AOR: 1.87; CI 95%: 1.29–2.70; p = 0.001) or very good self-reported academic performance (AOR: 1.57; CI 95%: 1.12–2.22; p = 0.01) were more likely to have higher mental wellbeing compared to those with fair academic performance. Conclusion: More than a third of the participants had low mental wellbeing. Various demographic, lifestyle, medical and academic factors appeared to affect students' mental wellbeing. Careful consideration of these factors and their integration into the pharmacy schools' plans for student support services and academic advising would be essential to improve students' mental wellbeing. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40243/1/Assessment%20of%20mental%20wellbeing%20of%20undergraduate%20pharmacy.pdf Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan and Mubarak, Naeem and Mohammed Salim, K. T. and Barakat, Muna M. and Abdelaziz, Doaa H. and Mansour, Noha O. and Thabit, Abrar K. and Ramatillah, Diana Laila and Al-Jumaili, Ali Azeez and Syed, Nabeel Kashan and Adam, Mohammed Fathelrahman and Hossain, Md Sanower and Baraka, Mohamed A. and Jose, Jimmy and Elkalmi, Ramadan M. and Chandran, Sarath and Singh Dehele, Inderpal and Elrggal, Mahmoud E. and Fathelrahman, Ahmed Ibrahim (2022) Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors. Frontiers in Public Health, 10 (1011376). pp. 1-12. ISSN 2296-2565. (Published) https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1011376 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1011376 |
| spellingShingle | BL Religion L Education (General) RA Public aspects of medicine Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Mubarak, Naeem Mohammed Salim, K. T. Barakat, Muna M. Abdelaziz, Doaa H. Mansour, Noha O. Thabit, Abrar K. Ramatillah, Diana Laila Al-Jumaili, Ali Azeez Syed, Nabeel Kashan Adam, Mohammed Fathelrahman Hossain, Md Sanower Baraka, Mohamed A. Jose, Jimmy Elkalmi, Ramadan M. Chandran, Sarath Singh Dehele, Inderpal Elrggal, Mahmoud E. Fathelrahman, Ahmed Ibrahim Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors |
| title | Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors |
| title_full | Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors |
| title_short | Assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : The role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors |
| title_sort | assessment of mental wellbeing of undergraduate pharmacy students from 14 countries : the role of gender, lifestyle, health-related, and academic-related factors |
| topic | BL Religion L Education (General) RA Public aspects of medicine |
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