UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19: PROFILE, BEHAVIORS AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.82306

Keywords:

Universities, Education, Higher, Students, Pandemics, COVID-19.

Abstract

Objective: to describe the sociodemographic profile, academic activities, and behaviors of college students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study, which had data collected between August and September 2020, via Google forms, in Rio Grande de Sul, Brazil. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: of 536 students in the optional discipline of Mental Health in Humanitarian Emergencies, offered by the Federal University of Pelotas, in the alternate semester in 2020, 464 participated. Of these, 53.45% were in isolation and social withdrawal, 40.73% had worsening financial situation, 66.59% sought family support, and 85.96% followed distance activities. Conclusion: the distancing and social isolation were fundamental for the control of the infection by COVID-19, but presented negative factors, such as worsening of the financial situation, and positive, the adaptation to the new approaches for the continuity of the remote classes.

Author Biographies

Angélica Trindade Fagundes, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Enfermeira. Mestre em Ciências. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Faculdade de Enfermagem.

Janaína Quinzen Willrich, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Professor Adjunto. Faculdade de Enfermagem Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletva.

Milena Hohmann Antonacci, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Professora. Departamento de Enfermagem.

Luciane Prado Kantorski, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Professora Associada IV ( Departamento de Enfermagem e Saúde Coletiva. 

Dariane Lima Portela, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Enfermeira. Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Faculdade de Enfermagem.

Thylia Teixeira Souza, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

Residente em Saúde Mental (Enfermagem)

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Published

2022-03-11

How to Cite

Fagundes, A. T., Willrich, J. Q., Antonacci, M. H., Kantorski, L. P., Portela, D. L., & Souza, T. T. (2022). UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID-19: PROFILE, BEHAVIORS AND ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES. Cogitare Enfermagem, 27. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v27i0.82306

Issue

Vol. 27 (2022)

Section

Especial Covid-19

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