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The Effect of COVID-19 Phobia, Pain Severity, Sleep Quality, Physical Activity, and Fatigue Levels and Quality of Life on Academic Achievement: A Path Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2024

Özde Depreli Open the ORCID record for Özde Depreli [Opens in a new window] ,
Ece Mani ,
Berkiye Kırmızıgil ,
Ender Angın  and
Erdoğan Çetintaş
Özde Depreli*
Affiliation:
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Famagusta, Via Mersin 10, Turkey
Ece Mani
Affiliation:
Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Morphou, via Mersin 10, Turkey
Berkiye Kırmızıgil
Affiliation:
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Famagusta, Via Mersin 10, Turkey
Ender Angın
Affiliation:
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Famagusta, Via Mersin 10, Turkey
Erdoğan Çetintaş
Affiliation:
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Famagusta, Via Mersin 10, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: Özde Depreli; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Objectives

Following the declaration of the pandemic, students’ education has to be done at a distance due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study evaluated the association of university students’ COVID-19 phobia, pain severity, sleep quality, physical activity, fatigue levels, and quality of life on students’ achievement.

Methods

This cross-sectional survey was conducted by including 353 students from the university faculty of health sciences. The Pain Quality Assessment Scale was used to assess pain, the Fatigue Severity Scale to evaluate fatigue, the COVID-19 Phobia Scale to assess fear of disease, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form to evaluate physical activity level, and the Jenkins Sleep Scale to assess sleep quality, The Short Form-36 to determine the quality of life, and Online Learning Systems Acceptance Scale to evaluate satisfaction with distance education. Multiple linear regression and path analysis were conducted to identify factors associated with academic achievement.

Results

It was found that age (B = 0.045; P = 0.040), BMI (B = −0.200; P = 0.004), and physical (B = 0.128; P = 0.008), psychological (B = 0.057; P = 0.012) and social (B = 0.189; P = 0.018) domains of quality of life were associated with the level of achievement.

Conclusions

Precautions must be taken to improve students’ academic achievement and quality of life in preparing for the future against infectious and epidemic diseases.

Keywords

achievementpandemicuniversityquality of life
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 18 , 2024 , e232
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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