Factors associated to COVID 19 Vaccine booster among village health volunteers in Kusuman District Sakon Nakhon Province: A case-control study.

Abstract

Abstract

The study was aims to study stress levels and the factors relating stress of the first-year undergraduate students, Faculty of Public Health and Environment, Huachiew Chalermprakiet university, academic year 2022. The samples consisted of 116 students. Suanprung Stress Test-20 (SPST-20) of Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health was employed. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentages, average, standard deviation, and Chi-square test.

The results showed that 45 students (38.8%) had moderate stress level, followed by high stress level of 35 students (30.2%). The factors that associated with stress of the students were the learning factors as overloaded assignments, and the test score results, the social and environmental factors as the classmates that talk too loudly, lack of personal space and worried about COVID-19 due to studying onsite, the family factors as financial problems and relationship with other people, i.e., confliction and lack of kindness within working group, which showed affecting stress to the students with statistically significant at 0.05. Therefore, the faculty student affairs should monitor student stress continuously to provide support and enhance stress-coping skills. Furthermore, counseling services by psychologists should be publicized among students to promote and prevent mental health problems.