Mehrabi Sara, Farokhzadian Jamileh, Qadir Hemen Kareem, Bazrafshan Azam, Dehesh Tania, Khoshnood Zohreh
Student Research Committee, Razi Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Nursing Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
BMC Nurs. 2025 Jun 6;24(1):650. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-03311-6.
BACKGROUND & AIM: Migration is a phenomenon that both developed and developing countries are struggling with. Given that the decision to migrate is formed during the student period, the present study aimed to compare the degree of intention to migrate and related factors in undergraduate nursing students at universities of medical sciences in Kerman, Iran and Erbil, Iraq in 2023.
This cross-sectional descriptive study focused on a sample of nursing students from Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Polytechnic, and Hawler University of Iraq. To ensure a representative sample, a simple random sampling method was utilized. The sample size conducted on 487 nursing students. 272 students selected from Kerman University of Medical Sciences and 215 students from Erbil University in Iraq. Data collection was performed using a structured questionnaire, which included items related to the intention to migrate, factors influencing this intention, and demographic information. The collected data were analyzed using both descriptive and correletional statistical methods, And SPSS-22 software was used.
The data revealed that 69.5% of Iranian nursing students and 58.1% of Iraqi nursing students intended to emigrate. The most important reasons for the intention to migrate among Iranian students were better quality of life (4.39), the balance between income and living expenses (4.35), and economic and social stability (4.34). In addition, Iraqi students reported better quality of life (3.89), professors' behavior with students (3.70), and professors' teaching methods (3.56) as the reasons behind their intention to migrate.
Iranian and Iraqi nursing students had a significant intention to migrate. Thus, effective policies should be adopted to reduce the intention to migrate among nursing students. Moreover, interventional studies need to explore the factors that can motivate this group of students to stay in the country.
Not applicable.
移民是发达国家和发展中国家都面临的现象。鉴于移民的决定在学生时期就已形成，本研究旨在比较2023年伊朗克尔曼和伊拉克埃尔比勒医科大学本科护理专业学生的移民意愿程度及相关因素。
本横断面描述性研究聚焦于克尔曼医科大学、理工大学以及伊拉克的霍勒大学的护理专业学生样本。为确保样本具有代表性，采用简单随机抽样方法。对487名护理专业学生进行抽样。从克尔曼医科大学选取272名学生，从伊拉克埃尔比勒大学选取215名学生。使用结构化问卷进行数据收集，问卷包括与移民意愿、影响该意愿的因素以及人口统计学信息相关的项目。采用描述性和相关性统计方法对收集到的数据进行分析，并使用SPSS - 22软件。
数据显示，69.5%的伊朗护理专业学生和58.1%的伊拉克护理专业学生有移民意愿。伊朗学生有移民意愿的最重要原因是生活质量更高（4.39）、收入与生活费用平衡（4.35）以及经济和社会稳定（4.34）。此外，伊拉克学生将生活质量更高（3.89）、教授对学生的态度（3.70）以及教授的教学方法（3.56）作为他们有移民意愿的原因。
伊朗和伊拉克护理专业学生有显著的移民意愿。因此，应采取有效政策降低护理专业学生的移民意愿。此外，干预性研究需要探索能促使这群学生留在本国的因素。
不适用。
