Bamine Varha, Tanaka Koji
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
J Res Nurs. 2025 Mar 19:17449871241268451. doi: 10.1177/17449871241268451.
The prevalence of mental health issues in healthcare students is a growing concern. However, many healthcare students do not seek help because of the strong stigma attached to mental illness. This reluctance has been extensively researched, but a clear understanding of help-seeking behaviour among healthcare students remains elusive.
To clarify the concept of help-seeking in order to develop effective strategies aimed at encouraging help-seeking behaviour in students.
Concept analysis of help-seeking behaviour among nursing and medical students in the context of mental health, based on Rodgers' evolutionary model.
Attributes: (a) consulting a healthcare professional, (b) talking to family/peers/friends and (c) self-treatment. Antecedents: (a) self-awareness, (b) relationship and previous experiences with a help-provider, (c) social perception and (d) availability of university-offered help services. Barriers: (a) barriers specific to healthcare students, (b) misconceptions about mental healthcare services, (c) negative social perception, (d) cost and (e) culture. Consequences included: positive and negative consequences.
This concept analysis aimed to fill in the gap in concept-analysis research and to provide a new conceptualisation of help-seeking by examining subjective reports. The findings of this study will contribute to implementing effective incentives aimed at encouraging help-seeking behaviour in nursing and medical students.
医学生心理健康问题的患病率日益受到关注。然而，由于精神疾病存在强烈的污名化现象，许多医学生并不寻求帮助。这种不情愿的态度已得到广泛研究，但对医学生寻求帮助行为的清晰理解仍然难以捉摸。
阐明寻求帮助的概念，以便制定旨在鼓励学生寻求帮助行为的有效策略。
基于罗杰斯的进化模型，对护理专业和医学专业学生在心理健康背景下的寻求帮助行为进行概念分析。
属性：（a）咨询医疗保健专业人员，（b）与家人/同龄人/朋友交谈，（c）自我治疗。前因：（a）自我意识，（b）与帮助提供者的关系及既往经历，（c）社会认知，（d）大学提供的帮助服务的可获得性。障碍：（a）医学生特有的障碍，（b）对精神卫生保健服务的误解，（c）负面社会认知，（d）费用，（e）文化。后果包括：积极后果和消极后果。
本概念分析旨在填补概念分析研究的空白，并通过检查主观报告为寻求帮助提供新的概念化。本研究结果将有助于实施有效的激励措施，以鼓励护理专业和医学专业学生寻求帮助的行为。
