Longitudinal Study of the Mental Health, Resilience, and Post-Traumatic Stress of Senior Nursing Students to Nursing Graduates during the COVID-19 Pandemic

This study analyzed changes in the psychological health of students who were in the final year of their nursing degree during the COVID-19 pandemic and later served as nursing professionals in hospitals. Methods: A prospective longitudinal study was conducted over two periods of time (the first in April 2020 and the second 6 months later, in December 2020) with 296 students for a T0 baseline (rate response 68.83%) and 92 students for a T1 post-test sample (response rate 31.08%). The data were electronically collected using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire, the Resilience Scale, and a post-traumatic stress questionnaire. The mean age of the sample participants was 24.17 years (SD = 5.51), and 89.11% were female. During the pandemic, 14.11% of students showed scores that indicated depression, and 32.61% showed scores that indicated anxiety. In December 2020, 86.5% of the participants were working as nurses, and the percentages of those with anxiety (12%) and depression (4.3%) were significantly lower than in the first sample period. A total of 20.7% of the participants had post-traumatic stress. High scores for resilience were significantly associated with better quality of life and lower levels of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress. Conclusions: Although the percentages of participants with anxiety and depression decreased, they still presented with mental health problems.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 19(2022), 20 vom: 12. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cobo-Cuenca, Ana Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Fernández-Fernández, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Carmona-Torres, Juan Manuel [VerfasserIn]
Pozuelo-Carrascosa, Diana P [VerfasserIn]
Laredo-Aguilera, José Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Romero-Gómez, Benjamín [VerfasserIn]
Rodríguez-Cañamero, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Barroso-Corroto, Esperanza [VerfasserIn]
Santacruz-Salas, Esmeralda [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
COVID-19
Coping strategies
Health
Journal Article
Nursing
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Students

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Date Completed 28.10.2022

Date Revised 19.01.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph192013100

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM348080867