TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mahsusi, Mahsusi
AU  - Hudaa, Syihaabul
AU  - Nuryani, Nuryani
AU  - Fahmi, Mustofa
AU  - Tsurayya, Ghina
AU  - Iqhrammullah, Muhammad
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/4/15
TI  - Global Rate of Willingness to Volunteer Among Medical and Health Students During Pandemic: Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
JO  - JMIR Med Educ
SP  - e56415
VL  - 10
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - education
KW  - health crisis
KW  - human resource management
KW  - volunteer
AB  - Background: During health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, shortages of health care workers often occur. Recruiting students as volunteers could be an option, but it is uncertain whether the idea is well-accepted. Objective: This study aims to estimate the global rate of willingness to volunteer among medical and health students in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A systematic search was conducted on PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Google Scholar for studies reporting the number of health students willing to volunteer during COVID-19 from 2019 to November 17, 2023. The meta-analysis was performed using a restricted maximum-likelihood model with logit transformation. Results: A total of 21 studies involving 26,056 health students were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled estimate of the willingness-to-volunteer rate among health students across multiple countries was 66.13%, with an I2 of 98.99% and P value of heterogeneity (P-Het)<.001. Removing a study with the highest influence led to the rate being 64.34%. Our stratified analyses indicated that those with older age, being first-year students, and being female were more willing to volunteer (P<.001). From highest to lowest, the rates were 77.38%, 77.03%, 65.48%, 64.11%, 62.71%, and 55.23% in Africa, Western Europe, East and Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Eastern Europe, respectively. Because of the high heterogeneity, the evidence from this study has moderate strength. Conclusions: The majority of students are willing to volunteer during COVID-19, suggesting that volunteer recruitment is well-accepted. 
SN  - 2369-3762
UR  - https://mededu.jmir.org/2024/1/e56415
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/56415
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38621233
DO  - 10.2196/56415
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/56415
ER  -