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Mental health of nursing students at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarem during the COVID-19 pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Maria do Carmo (preferencial)
dc.contributor.authorRosa, Marta
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Mário
dc.contributor.authorGonzaga, Luis
dc.contributor.authorMatos, Rui
dc.contributor.authorAmendoeira, José
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-31T10:25:54Z
dc.date.available2022-10-31T10:25:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-10-28
dc.description13th International Congress of ASPESM . Funchal, Madeira, Portugalpt_PT
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) was considered a public health emergency of international concern, which revealed a significant challenge for mental health, because of its impact, in this 21st century. The context of the coronavirus in higher education has caused disturbing consequences in the lives of students. The pandemic reduced social mobility and, consequently, social interactions in periods of confinement, leading to stressful situations, with feelings of anxiety and depression, anguish, and sleep problems. Objectives: To evaluate the levels of anxiety, depression and stress of nursing students and their relationship with sociodemographic characteristics, from the Instituto Polytechnic of Santarem, aged between 18 and 55 years. Methodology: Quantitative, correlational, descriptive cross-sectional study. Participants: 183 students, selected by convenience sampling (boys = 19.1% and girls = 80.9%), meeting some criteria: being of Portuguese nationality; being 18 years of age or older; attending the 2nd, 3rd or 4th year of the degree course; agree to participate in the study by signing the informed consent online. Measurement instrument: Anxiety, Depression and Stress Scale - DASS-21 in the Portuguese version EADS, by Pais-Ribeiro et al., (2004), composed of three subscales, consisting of seven items evaluated by a four-point Likert scale, that reflect the severity and frequency of the feelings experienced. The survey was conducted between November 19 and December 4, 2020, via Microsoft Forms, using a link on the school's page, anonymity being guaranteed. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Research Unit of IPSantarem (112020Saúde), The collected data were analysed with IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows Software, Version 27.0. Results and discussion: The instrument showed strong internal consistency in the subscales, with high Cronbach's alpha coefficients: anxiety (α = 0.877); depression (α = 0.921) and stress (α = 0.920). Proceeding with the Pearson's correlation coefficient calculation, strong, positive, and significant correlations were found (p<0.001). According to the DASS-21 scoring instructions, the results showed that most participants had a normal level of depression (82.5%), anxiety (88.0%) and stress (94.0%). About 1.6% of the participants reported a moderate level of stress; 5.5% and 1.6% a moderate and severe level, respectively, of anxiety and 6% and 0.5% depression a moderate and severe level, respectively. These data are like those presented by Son et al., (2020), as 138 (71%) showed stress and anxiety due to COVID-19. Sun et al (2020) revealed that students had significant depressive feelings (56.9%). Another study by Chaudhary et al., (2021) showed that 68.8% had a high fear of COVID-19; 28.7% had moderate to severe depression and 51.5% had mild to severe anxiety. Significant differences were found between means (student's t-test) in the comparison between gender (p < 0.001), with the highest scores, in the three dimensions, in girls who present more stress (M = 7.59 + 4.728), depression (M =5.83 + 4.503) and anxiety (M =3.87 + 3.869), that is, the affective states of these students were more negative. No differences were found as a function of age, marital status, year of course and district of residence. Conclusions: The results suggest that the Institute Polytechnic develop strategies to reduce vulnerability, promote emotional stability and influence the positive mental health of students, through awareness to dissipate inappropriate perceptions; psychosocial and other support through digital platforms; development of a mental health program that promotes positive coping measures in the face of similar situations. References Chaudhary, A., Sonar, N., Jamuna, T., Banerjee, M., & Yadav, S. (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of college students in India: a cross-sectional web-based study. JMIR Medical Education,2(3), e28158, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.2196/28158 Pais-Ribeiro, J. L., Honrado, A., & Leal, I. (2004). Contribuição para o estudo da adaptação portuguesa das Escalas de Ansiedade, Depressão e Stress (EADS) de 21 itens de Lovibond e Lovibond. Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 5(2), 229-239. http://www.scielo.mec.pt/pdf/ psd/v5n2/v5n2a07.pdf Son, C., Hegde, S., Smith, A., Wang, X., Sasangohar, F. (2020). Effects of COVID-19 on college students' mental health in the United States: An interview survey study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(9), e21279, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.2196/21279 Sun, Y., Lin, S., Chung, K. (2020). University Students’ Perceived Peer Support and Experienced Depressive Symptoms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Emotional Well-Being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(24), 9308, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17249308. Teixeira, S., Ferré-Grau, C., Sequeira, C., Pires, R., Carvalho, J., Ribeiro, I., Sequeira, C., Rodrigues, Sampaio, F., Costa, T., & Canut, M. (2022). Positive Mental Health in University Students and its Relations with Psychological Vulnerability, Mental Health Literacy, and Sociodemographic Characteristics: A Descriptive Correlational Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (6), 3185 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063185pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationFigueiredo, M.C., Rosa, M., Silva, M., Gonzaga, L., Matos, R., & Amendoeira, J. (2022). The mental health of nursing students at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarem during the COVID-19 pandemic [Paper presentation] 13th International Congress of ASPESM . Funchal, Madeira, Portugalpt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.15/4108
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dc.relationThis work was supported by national funds through FCT- Fundação para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, I.P., within the framework of the project UIDP/04748/2020.pt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19pt_PT
dc.subjectLiteracypt_PT
dc.subjectMental Healthpt_PT
dc.subjectNursing Studentspt_PT
dc.titleMental health of nursing students at the Polytechnic Institute of Santarem during the COVID-19 pandemicpt_PT
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