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Professionalism, emotional wellbeing, and dropout intention in health professions students during the pandemic
Author(s)
Castagnetto, Jesus M.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Hancco-Monrroy, Dante Elmer
Universidad Nacional del Altiplano
Caballero-Apaza, Luz Marina
Universidad Nacional del Altiplano
Abarca-Fernández, Denices Soledad
Universidad Nacional del Altiplano
De-Lama Moran, Raul
Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Carhuancho-Aguilar, Jose R.
Universidad de San Martín de Porres
Gutierrez, Sandra
Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa
Gonzales Sota, Martha H.
National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
Berduzco-Torres, Nancy
National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco
Delgado Bolton, Roberto C.
Servicio Cántabro de Salud
Vivanco, Luis
Universidad Internacional De La Rioja
Date Issued
18 de julio de 2025
Type
Data paper
Publisher
Nature Research
Volume
12
Issue
1
Series/Report No.
Scientific Data
Contained in
Scientific Data
ISSN
2052-4463
Abstract
In March 2020, the WHO declared the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Peru was among the most affected countries, and one of the first ones to impose a strict lockdown. As a consequence, Peruvian universities were forced to change their classes from an in-person to a remote methodology during the academic year 2020-21. During this period, a cross-sectional online survey-based study was performed in medical and nursing faculties from four Peruvian universities (two of them public). The study sample, composed by 1707 undergraduate students (441 males) attending classes from home, answered three scales for measuring specific elements of professionalism (clinical empathy, teamwork, and lifelong learning abilities) in medicine and nursing, and four scales for measuring loneliness, anxiety, depression, and subjective wellbeing. In addition, 15 demographic, epidemiological, and academic variables (including dropout intention) were also collected. All this information is presented in a dataset that is available to other researchers and medical and nursing educators. Information concerning the data records, technical validation, and usage notes are also reported.
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Financiamiento(s)
PE501080607-2022
Sponsor(s)
The authors acknowledge the involvement of students and educators who participated in this study. This study was financed with two grants of PROCIENCIA, former FONDECYT, from the National Council of Science, Technology, and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC). Contract Reference of Grant1: PE501080607-2022-PROCIENCIA; and Contract Reference of Grant2: FONDECYT-CONCYTEC-06-2021-UNSAAC.