Adverse Childhood Experiences as a significant predictor of worsened well-being among Polish medical and dental students

Autor: Katarzyna Augustowska, Martyna Drożak, Piotr Duda, Ewa Rudnicka-Drożak, Agata Bura, Paulina Drożak, Łukasz Bryliński
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Education, Health and Sport, Vol 11, Iss 7, Pp 175-184 (2021)
ISSN: 2391-8306
DOI: 10.12775/jehs.2021.11.07.016
Popis: Drożak Paulina, Augustowska Katarzyna, Bryliński Łukasz, Bura Agata, Drożak Martyna, Duda Piotr, Rudnicka-Drożak Ewa. Adverse Childhood Experiences as a significant predictor of worsened well-being among Polish medical and dental students. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2021;11(7):175-184. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2021.11.07.016 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2021.11.07.016 https://zenodo.org/record/5136951 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2021; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 12.07.2021. Revised: 20.07.2021. Accepted: 26.07.2021. Adverse Childhood Experiences as a significant predictor of worsened well-being among Polish medical and dental students Paulina Drożak1, Katarzyna Augustowska1, Łukasz Bryliński1, Agata Bura1, MartynaDrożak1, Piotr Duda1, Ewa Rudnicka-Drożak2 Students’ Scientific Association of Chair and Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Lublin. Chair and Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of Lublin. Abstract Introduction and purpose. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are a major public health problem. The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences among medical and dental students in Poland and to examine a relationship between ACEs and chosen factors associated with well-being of the students. Material and method. The research tool consisted of the Adverse Childhood Experiences standardized questionnaire and authors’ questions. 934 medical students and 228 dental students took part in the study (a total of 1162 participants). The respondents came from 18 Polish universities. Results. 57.40% of the students experienced at least 1 childhood adversity, 8.43% of them were affected by 4 or more ACEs. The most common adverse childhood experiences were: emotional neglect (23.06%), emotional abuse (22.98%) and mental illness or a suicide attempt in a household member (21.86%). On average, women experienced more childhood adversities than men. An overall graded relationship was found between ACEs and: frequent feelings of loneliness, low self-assessment of academic performance, problems with maintaining stable body weight, reaching for alcohol in order to de-stress and being non-religious. Conclusions. Adverse Childhood Experiences are common among Polish medical and dental students and are linked with multiple aspects of worsened well-being of the students. The study emphasizes a need to create strategies that aim to educate on Adverse Childhood Experiences in order to prevent them and help those who are affected by them. Key words: Adverse Childhood Experiences; medical students; dental students.
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