Abstract
Background: The concern over the high level of stress experienced by students of the caring professions has led to increased attention being paid to the promotion of their resilience. Most earlier studies have focused on the resilience of medical and nursing students. There has been little exploration of the resilience and associated factors of students of other health-care disciplines. The aim of this study was to gather data from students of pre-registration health-care disciplines to identify the factors that influence their resilience. Method: Valid questionnaires were used to assess respondents’ resilience, self-efficacy, mindfulness, coping and trait positive and negative affect. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and univariate and general linear regression. Results: A total of 1320 university students from nursing, medical laboratory science, radiography and optometry were recruited. The results showed that the subjects’ resilience scores were lower than those of students in Western countries. We found self-efficacy and denial to be the common predictors for students of all disciplines. Conclusion: The resilience of students in the four disciplines was predicted by a combination of predictors. Faculties of universities and clinical mentors should collaborate in building resilience in their health-care students and support them to grow both personally and professionally during their careers.
Highlights
Of the 1927 eligible subjects, a total of 1320 participated in the study. They were from the disciplines of nursing (N = 1070, 81.1%), medical laboratory science (N = 133, 10.1%), radiography (N = 65, 4.9%) and optometry (N = 52, 3.9%)
More radiography students indicated a single reason for studying, and professional status was the choice of the majority
The use of acceptance and denial in the short term were positively correlated with resilience, our results suggest that nursing students may be coping with negative emotions in the face of unchangeable and uncontrollable situations, which are probably associated with clinical practice
Summary
Some studies have found that health-care students reported high levels of perceived stress, which negatively affected their quality of life [2]. Dentistry students reported significantly higher stress than medicine, nursing, pharmacy and applied medical sciences students [7]. Concern over their well-being has led to increased attention being paid to the promotion of resilience across the health professions [8]. The concern over the high level of stress experienced by students of the caring professions has led to increased attention being paid to the promotion of their resilience. The aim of this study was to gather data from students of pre-registration health-care disciplines to identify the factors that influence their resilience. Method: Valid questionnaires were used to assess respondents’ resilience, self-efficacy, mindfulness, coping and trait positive and negative affect.
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