Yazdani Mohsen, Rezaei Sara, Pahlavanzadeh Saeid
Faculty Member, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Iran J Nurs Midwifery Res. 2010 Fall;15(4):208-15.
Stress has been defined as a barrier to concentration, problem solving, decision making, and other necessary abilities for students' learning; it also has some symptoms and illnesses in the students such as depression and anxiety. In reviewing stress and its consequences, the methods of coping with stress in the method of response to it would be more important than the nature of stress itself. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of stress management training program on depression, anxiety and stress rate of the nursing students.
This parallel group randomized quasi-experimental trial, was done on 68 Bs nursing students of Nursing and Midwifery School in Isfahan University of Medical Sciences from 2010 to 2011. The questionnaires of this study consisted of individual characteristics and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-42). In a random fashion, The intervention group was trained with stress management training program in 8 two hours sessions, twice a week. The questionnaires were completed by both groups before, after and one month after the study.
The results of the study indicated that there was no significant difference before the intervention in depression, anxiety and stress mean scores in the two groups. After the intervention, the mean scores of anxiety and stress in the intervention group was 5.09 (4.87) and 8.93 (6.01) and in the control group was 10 (6.45) and 13.17 (7.20), that reduction in depression mean score was significantly greater in the intervention group in the control group (p = 0.040). Furthermore, the mean scores of anxiety and stress showed a significant difference between the two groups (Anxiety p = 0.001; Stress p = 0.011); this reduction also had been remained after a month.
According to the results of the present study, holding stress management training program workshops in different courses of the mental health department can improve mental health of the students.
压力被定义为影响注意力集中、解决问题、决策以及学生学习所需其他能力的障碍;它还会使学生出现一些症状和疾病,如抑郁和焦虑。在审视压力及其后果时,应对压力的方法比压力本身的性质更为重要。因此,本研究旨在确定压力管理培训项目对护理专业学生抑郁、焦虑和压力水平的有效性。
本平行组随机半实验性试验于2010年至2011年对伊斯法罕医科大学护理与助产学院的68名护理学学士学生进行。本研究的问卷包括个人特征以及抑郁、焦虑和压力量表(DASS - 42)。随机将干预组学生在8次两小时课程中进行压力管理培训项目,每周两次。两组在研究前、研究后及研究后一个月完成问卷。
研究结果表明,干预前两组抑郁、焦虑和压力平均得分无显著差异。干预后,干预组焦虑和压力平均得分分别为5.09(4.87)和8.93(6.01),对照组为10(6.45)和13.17(7.20),干预组抑郁平均得分的降低显著大于对照组(p = 0.040)。此外,两组焦虑和压力平均得分存在显著差异(焦虑p = 0.001;压力p = 0.011);这种降低在一个月后仍持续存在。
根据本研究结果,在心理健康部门不同课程中举办压力管理培训项目工作坊可改善学生的心理健康。