Post-pandemic stress and academic performance in Medical Technology students

Kate JaraTrujillo L.M.; Rivas Díaz L.H. · Revista Cubana de Medicina Militar (2025)

Resumen

Introduction: Stress in higher education is a social problem that affects students' physical and mental health and academic performance. This situation is exacerbated by changes in the education system brought on by the health emergency, the pos-pandemic scenario, and the educational demands inherent to university life. Objective: To determine the association between stress and academic performance in Medical Technology students. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, correlational study was conducted among 341 Medical Technology students from their first to fourth year of studies enrolled in 2023. Data collection was conducted through the application of an Academic Stress Questionnaire, developed by the author, previously validated and reliable. For the academic performance variable, the students' weighted average was analyzed. Descriptive statistics were used, and the nonparametric Kendall test was applied to determine the association between variables. Results: 58.4% of the students were female, 88.9% had moderate academic stress, and 87.7% had good academic performance. The Kendall test for statistical association between stress and academic performance showed a p-value of 0.054, greater than 0.05. Conclusions: It is found that there is no statistically significant association between stress and academic performance in university students of Medical Technology, even though most students show moderate stress.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos