Sahu Maya, Gandhi Sailaxmi, Sharma Manoj Kumar, Mehrotra Seema
College of Nursing, AIIMS, Deoghar (INI), Jharkhand, India.
Department of Nursing, NIMHANS (INI), Hosur Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2023 Jun 30;12:219. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1271_22. eCollection 2023.
The health and well-being of nursing students are of the utmost importance. Well-being is affected by many factors, ranging from day-to-day hassles to severe stressors in students' college lives. In addition to many other challenges, one new component is added with the advancement of technology, that is, the use of digital technology. The objectives of the study were to explore the perceptions of nursing students regarding well-being, its associated factors, digital technology usage and association between well-being and digital technology use.
A qualitative descriptive design using focus group discussion (FGD) was adopted in this study. A purposive sampling technique was followed for selecting the participants. Five nursing colleges in the city of Bengaluru from Karnataka state (Central Government-1, State Government-2, and Private-2) were selected based on their willingness to allow their students to be a part of the study. Around 12-15 students from each college who might provide potentially rich data were invited to participate in the study. Six FGDs were conducted during June-August 2018 with a total of 80 participants. All the participants were informed about the study. Written informed consent was obtained. All FGDs were audio recorded, and audiotapes were transcribed. Thematic analysis was done using Atlas.ti software.
The emerging themes were clustered under the following broad categories: understanding the concept of well-being and associated factors; understanding digital technology; ways to healthy use of digital technology; strategies to maintain well-being; and a felt need for professional help.
This study provides an insight into the experiences of well-being, stress, and use of digital technology among undergraduate nursing students. The findings have led to elicit the components required to develop an intervention program that may help the undergraduate nursing students to enhance well-being as well as promote healthy use of digital technology.
护理专业学生的健康和幸福至关重要。幸福受到许多因素的影响，从日常琐事到学生大学生活中的严重压力源。除了许多其他挑战外，随着技术的进步还增加了一个新因素，即数字技术的使用。本研究的目的是探讨护理专业学生对幸福的看法、其相关因素、数字技术的使用以及幸福与数字技术使用之间的关联。
本研究采用焦点小组讨论（FGD）的定性描述性设计。采用目的抽样技术选择参与者。根据卡纳塔克邦班加罗尔市五所护理学院（中央政府1所、邦政府2所、私立2所）允许其学生参与研究的意愿进行选择。邀请每所学院约12 - 15名可能提供丰富数据的学生参与研究。2018年6月至8月期间进行了6次焦点小组讨论，共有80名参与者。向所有参与者介绍了研究情况。获得了书面知情同意书。所有焦点小组讨论均进行了录音，并对录音带进行了转录。使用Atlas.ti软件进行了主题分析。
新出现的主题分为以下几大类：对幸福概念及其相关因素的理解；对数字技术的理解；健康使用数字技术的方法；维持幸福的策略；以及对专业帮助的迫切需求。
本研究深入了解了本科护理专业学生的幸福、压力和数字技术使用体验。研究结果有助于确定制定干预计划所需的要素，该计划可能有助于本科护理专业学生提高幸福感，并促进对数字技术的健康使用。
