Common mental disorders in nursing students of the professionalizing cycle.

Elias Barbosa De Oliveira,Eugenio Fuentez Pérez Júnior,Thiago Carvalho De Souza,Cristiane Helena Gallasch,Regina Célia Gollner Zeitoune,Alexandre Vicente Da Silva

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0154

Abstract

to verify the suspicion of common mental disorders in nursing students of the professionalizing cycle and the association with sociodemographic features. cross-sectional study with a sample of 85 students from a public university in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) who responded to the Self-Report Questionnaire-20 and sociodemographic questions. the suspicion prevalence of common mental disorders (CMD) in the sample was 55.3% and it was identified the association with the consumption of alcohol. Of the most frequent SRQ-20 complaints, 95.3% reported "feeling nervous, tense or worried", 72.9% "having difficulty making decisions", 60% "sleeping poorly" and 37.6% "having lost interest by things ". high prevalence of CMD in the sample and the association with the consumption of alcohol requires preventive and therapeutic actions among the students that minimize the possibility of severe mental disorders related to the consumption of alcohol and other drugs.

Highlights

National and international studies among university students prove that since entering educational institutions, students are faced with an environment permeated by rules and obligations very different from high school
The study was composed by the total of students of the professionalizing cycle number (n=92) and the sample had 85 (92.3%) participants based on the established inclusion criteria, whose characteristics showed that it was a young group, mostly female, unmarried, who do not work or live with their parents
The results presented should be analyzed based on some methodological limitations, since this is a cross-sectional study that evaluates only association between the variables, without defining or establishing causal link

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Introduction

National and international studies among university students prove that since entering educational institutions, students are faced with an environment permeated by rules and obligations very different from high school. In the health area, suffering is intensified due to the stages and other activities that put the student in the face of illness, death, and the suffering of patients and their families[1]. In Nursing, the activities of the professional cycle are characterized as professional practice for giving the opportunity to exchange experiences and learning, contributing to the acquisition of knowledge and development of technical and relational skills. It enables the student’s interaction with health institutions, professionals, patients and their families, which knowledge favors the insertion of the future professional in the health system. Apprehending the competencies and skills of care, relationship and management, is a great challenge for undergraduates for being young, untrained and with no acquired adaptive mechanisms in the face of occupational stressors[2]

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