Willingness of middle school students to engage in medicine and influencing factors during COVID-19 pandemic

Autor: Zhang Shanshan, Si Xiaying, Liu Jianbin, Wang Xin, Wang Yan, Ye Lanxian, Yan Lixin, Li Ling
Jazyk: čínština
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Sichuan jingshen weisheng, Vol 36, Iss 1, Pp 59-64 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1007-3256
DOI: 10.11886/scjsws20221107001
Popis: ObjectiveTo investigate the willingness of middle school students to engage in medicine and its influencing factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Lanzhou, so as to provide references for the early career planning education on middle school students.MethodsConvenient sampling method was used to choose 1 795 middle school students from 5 schools in Lanzhou from July 21 to July 31, 2022 for this study where an online questionnaire survey was distributed to collect data. A self-compiled questionnaire was used to gather the general information, assess the willingness to engage in medicine and seek the underlying reasons. The psychological resilience level of students was assessed using Resilience Scale for Adolescents. Then multivariate Logistic regression analysis was conducted to screen the factors associated with the willingness of middle school students to engage in medicine.ResultsAfter the local outbreak of COVID-19 in Lanzhou, 835 (46.52%) middle school students demonstrated their willingness to engage in medicine, and the top three reasons for their willingness were being affected by medical staff during the pandemic (75.69%), having interests in medical sciences (67.31%), and the potential increase of attention to national medical development after the epidemic (43.23%). Logistical regression analysis showed that female gender (OR=1.438, P
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