Comparison of stress in freshman and senior nursing students.
Rev Esc Enferm USP
; 53: e03431, 2019 Jun 03.
Article
in En, Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31166455
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare stress levels in freshman and senior nursing students.METHOD:
A cross-sectional study was carried out in a public federal university of the state of Bahia, with students who answered questionnaires about sociodemographic variables, academic life, and a scale for assessing stress in nursing students. Chi-square and Fisher's exact tests were applied to analyze the relationship between variables. To assess proportional trends between ordinal variables and groups, a chi-square test for linear trend was applied. The significance level was 5%.RESULTS:
One hundred and fifty-four students participated in the study. There was a tendency to higher stress levels among students in the last year compared to those in the first year, in four out of six domains Performance of Practical Activities (p=0.00), Professional Communication (p=0.00), Environment (p=0.00) and Professional Education (p=0.00).CONCLUSION:
High levels of stress were observed in students taking the last year. There is a need for broader research that includes other years of the course, an institutional reflection on stress factors and the adoption of an institutional policy that favors a better confrontation of stress factors.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Stress, Psychological
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Students, Nursing
Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do sul
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Brasil
Language:
En
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Pt
Journal:
Rev Esc Enferm USP
Year:
2019
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil