Academic performance, adaptation and mental health of nursing students: A cross-sectional study.
Nurse Educ Pract
; 55: 103145, 2021 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-34273732
ABSTRACT
AIM:
To evaluate the institutional indicators of academic success, performance and failure and to identify the factors that influence the performance, academic adaptation and mental health of nursing students.DESIGN:
Descriptive, cross-sectional study.METHODS:
Data collection was performed between April 2018 and January 2020, focusing on academic data of nursing students (n = 348) and answers to a questionnaire with active students of the course with at least two years since admission (n = 88).RESULTS:
Academic data indicates negative trends on academic failure and dropouts. Mean academic performance was 7.56 out of 10 and ALEQ-r results showed high academic adaptation in all dimensions, except in the personal dimension of scale. The prevalence of depressive symptoms reported was 60.2% (95%CI 49.8-70.1%) and presented as predictors of this condition both academic performance and adaptation.CONCLUSIONS:
There was found a trend in academic failure and dropouts among nursing students, as well as a relevant prevalence of depressive symptoms despite good average of academic adaptation and academic performance.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estudantes de Enfermagem
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Desempenho Acadêmico
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nurse Educ Pract
Assunto da revista:
EDUCACAO
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ENFERMAGEM
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article