Departament d'Infermeria, Facultat d'Infermeria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Remolins, 13-15, 43500 Tortosa, Spain.
Unitat d'Estudis Clínics, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Hospital de Tortosa Verge de la Cinta, Carretera Esplanetes, 14, 43500 Tortosa, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 15;18(6):3020. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18063020.
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.
除了要遵守严格的学术标准外，护理专业的学生还必须掌握相关的知识和技能，并学会在不同的、往往压力很大的专业环境中如何表现。这些义务可能会严重影响他们的心理健康。本研究旨在调查本科护理学生的心理健康状况及相关因素。研究共纳入来自西班牙和智利不同大学的 1368 名护理专业学生，研究时间为 2018-2019 学年。我们评估了他们在特定学习方法方面的压力水平，并使用一般健康问卷（GHQ-28）来确定他们的心理健康状况。结果表明，课程越高级，总 GHQ-28 得分越低。不同类型的培训活动所产生的压力对总 GHQ-28 得分有显著影响。这些结果表明，护理教育可以作为预防心理健康障碍的保护因素。尽管繁重的学业负担可能会导致更高水平的压力，但总体而言，似乎在更高级的课程中，心理健康状况要好于初始学年。
