The assessment of immune fitness

JC Verster, AD Kraneveld, J Garssen - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immune fitness (ie, adequate functioning of the immune system) is essential to maintain
health, prevent and resolve disease, and improve quality of life. This article provides an …

Risks to mental health of higher degree by research (HDR) students during a global pandemic

C Brownlow, D Eacersall, CW Nelson… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected university students globally. Our study investigated
mental health indicators among higher degree by research (HDR) students at a regional …

Physical activity, sleep, and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A one-year longitudinal study of Spanish university students

J García-García, A Mañas, M González-Gross, A Espin… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The objective of this longitudinal study was to analyze changes in physical activity,
sedentary time, sleep, anxiety, mood, and perceived health as a result of COVID-19 …

Literacy and mental health of Portuguese higher education students and their use of health promotion strategies during confinement in the COVID-19 pandemic

AP Oliveira, JR Nobre, H Luis, LS Luis… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The pandemic of COVID-19 caused significant changes in economies and societies with a
major impact on the entire education process. However, these changes did not invalidate a …

University students' and lecturers' perceived stress and satisfaction with life during the COVID‐19 pandemic: The role of personality traits and self‐efficacy

D Lacko, J Čeněk, M Hřebíčková - Social and Personality …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This article investigates the links between the Big Five personality traits and self‐efficacy,
perceived stress, and life satisfaction during the COVID‐19 pandemic on a large sample of …

Test-retest reliability of single-item assessments of immune fitness, mood, and quality of life

JC Verster, KEW Mulder, MCE Verheul… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
The use of single-item assessments is increasingly important and popular, as these enable
quick real-time assessments in clinical practice or research. In this study we investigated the …

Dynamically changing mental stress parameters of first-year medical students over the three-year course of the COVID-19 pandemic: a repeated cross-sectional study

M Gellisch, M Bablok, G Morosan-Puopolo, T Schäfer… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Numerous research results have already pointed towards the negative influence of
increased mental stress on educational processes and motivational criteria. It has also been …

[PDF][PDF] Self-esteem, happiness, and flourishing in times of COVID-19: A study during the lockdown period in Ecuador

C Paz, C Hermosa-Bosano… - … journal of public …, 2022 - ssph-journal.org
Objective: Several studies have investigated the negative toll the pandemic has had on
people's mental health. However, there is limited research on the pandemic's effect on …

The role of the research environment and motivation in PhD students' well-being: a perspective from self-determination theory

J Chen, RB King, Y Li, W Xu - Higher Education Research & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Though well-being problems are prevalent among PhD students, the contextual antecedents
and underlying mechanisms behind these problems remain underexplored. The aim of this …

Sociocultural adjustment and social support as predictors for international medical sciences students' anxiety during COVID-19

J Razgulin, G Argustaitė-Zailskienė, R Petrolienė… - BMC medical …, 2024 - Springer
Background The prevalence of anxiety is high among international medical sciences
students and it increased even more during the COVID-19 pandemic due to different …