Author, as appears in the article.: Reverte-Villarroya, Silvia; Ortega, Laura; Raigal-Aran, Laia; Sauras-Colon, Esther; Ricoma-Muntane, Roser; Ballester-Ferrando, David; Rascon-Hernan, Carolina; Botigue, Teresa; Lavedan, Ana; Gonzalez-Osorio, Luis; Osorio-Spuler, Ximena; Dolors Burjales-Marti, Maria
Department: Infermeria
URV's Author/s: Burjales Marti, Maria Dolors / Ortega Sanz, Laura / RAIGAL ARAN, LAIA / REVERTÉ REVERTÉ, SANDRA / Reverté Villarroya, Silvia / RICOMÀ MUNTANÉ, MARIA DEL ROSER / Sauras Colón, Esther
Keywords: Surveys and questionnaires Students, nursing Students Stress, psychological Stress psychological Spain Problem-based learning Nursing Mental health Humans Education, nursing, baccalaureate Depression Cross-sectional studies Chile Anxiety
Abstract: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In addition to complying with strict academic standards, nursing students must acquire relevant knowledge and skills, and learn how to carry themselves in different and often stressful professional settings. These obligations could severely affect their mental health. The purpose of this study was to examine the mental health status of undergraduate nursing students and related factors. A total of 1368 nursing students from different universities in Spain and Chile were included in this study, which took place over the 2018–2019 academic year. We assessed their levels of stress related to specific learning methodologies and determined their mental health status using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28). The results revealed that the more advanced the course was, the lower the total GHQ-28 score. The stress generated by different types of training activities had a significant effect on the total GHQ-28 score. These results suggest that nursing education could act as a protective factor against mental health disorders. Although a heavy academic workload could lead to higher levels of stress, overall, it seems that mental health is better in more advanced courses than in initial academic years.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Serviço social Saúde coletiva Química Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Pollution Odontología Nutrição Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Geografía Geociências Farmacia Environmental studies Environmental sciences Ensino Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Educação Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: silvia.reverte@urv.cat laura.ortega@urv.cat esther.sauras@estudiants.urv.cat mdolors.burjales@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-2052-9978 0000-0003-2476-7700 0000-0003-3014-7284
Record's date: 2024-10-05
Journal volume: 18
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health. 18 (6): 1-11
APA: Reverte-Villarroya, Silvia; Ortega, Laura; Raigal-Aran, Laia; Sauras-Colon, Esther; Ricoma-Muntane, Roser; Ballester-Ferrando, David; Rascon-Hernan, C (2021). Psychological well-being in nursing students: A multicentric, cross-sectional study. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 18(6), 1-11. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18063020
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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