Assessment the mental health of Nursing

Abstract

Introduction: Identifying mental disorders is very important, because these disorders can decrease the success rate of educational progress in students and prevent their further achievements. This study aimed to identify the mental health status of nursing, midwifery and paramedical students of Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences during year 2014. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 400 students who met the inclusion criteria were selected by randomized stratified sampling. A demographic questionnaire and Symptom Checklist 1990 Revised (SCL-90-R) was used for data collection. Data were analyzed by the SPSS software version 18 using regression and independent t test. Results: According to the results, 36% of the students had good mental health and 64% were suspected to have mental disorders (50.9% mild, 10.9% moderate and 2.2% severe). The most common disorder between students was interpersonal sensitivity and the least common disorder was phobia. There was a statistical difference between gender and mental disorders (t test, P>0.05) and mean scores of girls were higher than boys in all dimensions except interpersonal sensitivity. Conclusions: According to the results, mental disorders, especially interpersonal sensitivity, have high prevalence among students. Thus management of such disorders and activities such as entertainment, cultural and spiritual programs that maybe influential for mental well-being are recommended.

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“… 4 Unfamiliarity with the university environment at the beginning, being away from the family, lack of interest in the accepted field of study, incompatibility with other people in the living environment, and lack of welfare and economic facilities are some of the conditions that can create or intensify mental problems and lead to a significant decrease in academic achievement. 29 …”

“…The exclusion criteria were patients suffering from chronic, physical and psychological diseases (e.g., asthma, diabetes, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder). 28 29 None of the 40 students were excluded from the study until the end of the research. The intervention group participated in 5 sessions of 75 minutes for solution-focused group counseling (SFGC).…”

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