Abstract
BackgroundStress related psychological problems are growing in nursing education and constitute an essential challenge for educators. This makes research about strategies and interventions to meet these problems important. Stress management interventions need to be tested for feasibility and acceptability, before conducting large scale RCTs. The objective of our study was to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a newly developed cognitive behavioral stress management intervention for nursing students.MethodsData were collected using a combination of standardized measurements and newly created questionnaires in combination with qualitative data. Our data included recruitment capability, sample characteristics, intervention acceptability and preliminary evaluation of participant psychological changes.ResultsFindings suggested that the feasibility of conducting a full-scale evaluation was confirmed for intervention acceptability, data collection procedures, and adherence. However, difficulties relating to recruitment capability and homework were identified. All aspects taken together, the intervention was found feasible and acceptable to nursing students, and thus a potential stress management intervention for the nurse education context.ConclusionsOverall, this study provides an insight into the challenges and complexities of developing and evaluating a new brief cognitive behavioral based stress management training intervention in a nurse education setting.
Highlights
A brief description of the stress concept and The Five-factor modelO’Donohue and Fisher basic principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and the intervention as [24], Kuyken, Padesky a whole [25]2
Recruitment capability Each semester, approximately 100 students begin their education in the nursing program
117 students chose to participate in the intervention, and approximately 280 chose not to participate
Summary
A brief description of the stress concept and The Five-factor modelO’Donohue and Fisher basic principles of CBT and the intervention as [24], Kuyken, Padesky a whole [25]2. Stress related psychological problems are growing in nursing education and constitute an essential challenge for educators. This makes research about strategies and interventions to meet these problems important. Systematic reviews have shown that stress management interventions based on a solid theoretical basis and training new behaviors have the most positive results [12,13,14]. Based on these principles, we developed a new cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) - based stress management intervention for nursing students.
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