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REVIEW article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Health Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1428707
This article is part of the Research Topic Well-being and Cognitive Science in Higher Education: Measures and Intervention View all articles

IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE HEALTH OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS: A SCOPING REVIEW

Provisionally accepted
Christiane Gleyce da Silva Freitas Venâncio Christiane Gleyce da Silva Freitas Venâncio 1Magda Guimarães de Araujo Faria Magda Guimarães de Araujo Faria 1*Fádia Carvalho Pacheco Fádia Carvalho Pacheco 2Fabiana Ferreira Koopmans Fabiana Ferreira Koopmans 1Luciana Valadão Vasconcelos Alves Luciana Valadão Vasconcelos Alves 3Patrícia Maia Valente Patrícia Maia Valente 4
  • 1 Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 2 National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 3 Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 4 University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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    Objective: To identify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of university professors and students. Method: Scoping review following the protocol recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute. The research question followed the order imposed by the mnemonic ‘PCC’ (Population, Concept, and Context), namely: what are the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of university professors and students? Results: The analysis sample consisted of 29 texts in article format. Two main categories of health repercussions were observed, namely: category 1 – repercussions on mental health; category 2 – repercussions on physical health. Conclusion: It is understood that harmful effects on mental health will be an ever-present reality in the university context, since exhaustion is a characteristic of academic work itself. This situation can have serious consequences for the individual, requiring intervention projects combined with public policies that minimize these effects. It is necessary to review the role of the university in today's society.

    Keywords: COVID-19, Universities, Health Promotion, Mental Health, Health Impact Assessment

    Received: 06 May 2024; Accepted: 30 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Venâncio, Faria, Pacheco, Koopmans, Alves and Valente. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Magda Guimarães de Araujo Faria, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, 20550-900, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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