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KNOWLEDGE AND VOLUNTARY ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS OF CAN THO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN THE PREVENTION OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has developed all over the world, including Vietnam, it affects not only health but also economy and many other problems. Objective: To find out some factors affecting the mental health of officials and employees of Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (CTUMP) of the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study in 422 officials and employees working at CTU from June 2021 to September 2021. Results: A total of 91.9% officials and employees of CTU were worried about the risk and cause of COVID-19 infection, only 8.1% of officials and employees did not worried. The psychological health effect that accounted for the highest proportion was fatigue, 61.4%. Regarding the number of working hours: 38.9% of the subjects reduced their working hours, 31% of the subjects increased their working hours and 30.1% remained unchanged. The study noted that 53.3% of the subjects had reduced work productivity. In addition, there were 87.2% of subjects whose family income was affected due to covid and the study did not find a statistically significant relationship between the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and seven characteristics of the subjects participation. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic in 2021 has really caused a lot of anxiety and affected on the psychology as well as working hours, work productivity and economy of CTU officials and employees.
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COVID-19, Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy, officials and employees
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