Reliability and Repeatability of the Instrument for the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students (ASNS)

Iglesias, Marta Elena Losa; Jiménez-Fernández, Raquel; Alameda-Cuesta, Almudena; Cid-Exposito, Maria Gema; Rodríguez-Vázquez, Rocío; Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo

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“…In particular, university students made up the largest group of young people suffering from mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, suicidal attempts, and non-suicidal self-injury [27,28]. Academic stress, financial issues, reliance on others and career ambitions, and the competitive environment made students more vulnerable to these mental health problems, resulting in morbidity and psychological exhaustion [29,30]. Drum et al [31] conducted a study on 26,000 students from 70 colleges and universities.…”

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Effect of Mental Health Problems on Academic Performance among University Students in Pakistan

Zada¹,

Wang²,

Zada³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

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Scientific interest in student's mental health experiences has been increasing in the last years due to their influence on students' learning processes, academic performance, and recently, the suicidal news of a student at a private university due to her mental health condition in Lahore Punjab, Pakistan, captured public attention. That incident also shifted researchers and scholars' attention on the much underexplored and tabooed sphere of the broader public health domain. Hence, the current study aimed to explore the relationship between mental health problems and Pakistani university students' academic performance. Participants were 540 senior semester students within the age range of 20-35 years taken from public and private institutes of Pakistan's major cities, including Lahore, Islamabad, and Peshawar. Descriptive and inferential statistics was employed for data analysis. Pearson Product Moment Correlation, Hierarchical Regression analysis, and Independent sample t-test were used for data analysis in inferential statistics. The results of the study reveal that there is a strong positive association between mental health and improvement in academic performance. Mental health problems negatively affect the academic performance of university students. The findings of the current study were beneficial for shedding light on the ignorant area within the broader public health domain; the results are also helpful in raising awareness for not only students but also the parents and university administration to plan and design effective intervention strategies to provide proper mental health that resultantly promote academic excellence.

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Effect of Mental Health Problems on Academic Performance among University Students in Pakistan

Zada¹,

Wang²,

Zada³

et al. 2021

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

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“…Furthermore, the Wilcoxon paired test or and paired t student test was used to determine the presence of systematic differences between scores of test-retest for no normal and normal distribution of variables, respectively. For interpreting the values of ICC, benchmarks values according to Landis and Koch were followed [17]:…”

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“…The transcultural process, reliability and repeatability assessments were performed by the ASNS that was modified for podiatry students. The exclusion criteria included several parameters: (1) previous history of work in a medical setting-i.e., nursing assistant or other kinds of hospital work occupations, such working at day care centers or similar settings; (2) refusal to sign the informed consent; (3) inability to understand the tool instructions to fill out the test (this exclusion criterion was self-reported by the study's participants) and/or to carry them out; and (4) not being of Spanish nationality [17].…”

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Reliability and Repeatability of the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students Instrument in Podiatry Students: A Transcultural Adaptation

Palomo‐López

Iglesias

Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo

et al. 2020

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Background: This study aimed to adapt the Spanish version of the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students (ASNS) (shorter form) instrument for Spanish podiatry students, labeling the new tool as the Spanish version of Assessment of Stress in Podiatry Students (ASPS). The adaptation for reliability and repeatability included performing the transcultural adaptation process and examining the repeatability and reliability of ASPS when used in a different language. Methods: An internationally recommended translation procedure was used to adapt transculturally this tool. The instrument’s test–retest reliability was evaluated in two sessions that were 10 days apart. Results: After considering each domain’s total score, the reliability and internal consistency were analyzed with Cronbach’s α and intraclass correlation coefficient for a 95% confidence interval. Good internal consistency was reported according to total score (α = 0.8626) and each one of the six domains: (1) the practical activities performance domain showed a Cronbach’s α of 0.8684; (2) professional communication domain, α = 0.8765; (3) time management domain, α = 0.8832; (4) environment domain, α = 0.8974; (5) professional education domain, α =0.873; and (6) theoretical activity domain, α = 0.8787. Test–retest reliability, by paired test of Wilcoxon, was not significant, showing that there were not differences between domain scores (p ≥ 0.05). Lastly, visual distributions of Bland and Altman plots did not provide differences between domains and total scores. Conclusions: The Spanish version of the ASPS showed good repeatability, reliability and acceptability to measure stress parameters for podiatry students.

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“…The presence of stress in university students is a reality. In healthcare programmes in which internships are carried out with patients in clinical situations and real environments, the stress inherent to the situation is aggravated by the psychological tension faced ( Losa-Iglesias et al, 2019 ).…”

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“…This stress is associated with the requirement to carry out clinical practices with real patients and in authentic clinical settings. However, most previous research in this field has focused on students of medicine and nursing ( Castillo Pimienta, Chacón de la Cruz & Díaz-Véliz, 2016 ; Duarte et al, 2017 ; Losa-Iglesias et al, 2019 ). According to Rodrigues et al.…”

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Measuring stress in podiatric students in Spain: psychometric validation and adaptation of the KEZKAK questionnaire

Ortega-Ávila

Cervera‐Garvi

Jiménez-Cebrián

et al. 2020

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Objective The study aim was to develop a linguistic-cultural adaptation of the KEZKAK questionnaire to be completed during the practicum of podiatric medical students in Spain, to validate the questionnaire and to evaluate its psychometric properties. Methods The cross-sectional study was carried out in two stages: 1. Cross-cultural adaptation; 2. Clinimetric validation based on assessments of interobserver reliability, test-retest reliability and internal consistency. The participants were podiatric medical students at the universities of Malaga and Miguel Hernandez, Alicante (Spain) and were recruited during the period February–October 2019. The following inclusion criteria were applied: aged at least 18 years, studying the third or fourth year of a university degree in Podiatry. All gave signed informed consent and completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and the Podiatry version of the KEZKAK questionnaire. No sampling was performed and thus the entire eligible population was included in the study. Results The analysis was based on 205 participants (33.5% male, 66.5% female), with a mean age of 23.05 (SD 5.37) years. Internal consistency was excellent, with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.95. This version of the questionnaire had five factorial structures (61.18%). No floor/ceiling effect was observed in any item. The KEZKAK presented high test-retest reliability after 21 days, with an overall ICC of 0.95 (95% CI [0.93–0.98]). Conclusion For university students of podiatry in Spain, the KEZKAK Podiatry version questionnaire is a valid, reliable instrument for measuring stressors during the practicum.

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Reliability and Repeatability of the Instrument for the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students (ASNS)

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Effect of Mental Health Problems on Academic Performance among University Students in Pakistan

Effect of Mental Health Problems on Academic Performance among University Students in Pakistan

Reliability and Repeatability of the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students Instrument in Podiatry Students: A Transcultural Adaptation

Measuring stress in podiatric students in Spain: psychometric validation and adaptation of the KEZKAK questionnaire

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