Quality of life, depressive and minor psychiatrics symptoms in nursing students.

Jéssica Morgana Gediel Pinheiro,Juliana Petri Tavares,Andreia Barcellos Teixeira Macedo,Sonia Beatriz Cocaro De Souza,Thayane Martins Dornelles,Liliana Antoniolli

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0134

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https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0134

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Abstract

To assess quality of life, prevalence of depressive and minor psychiatric symptoms in Nursing students. Cross-sectional study, conducted from March to April 2018, at a federal university. Sample composed of 242 Nursing students, from the 1st to the 8th semester. Data was collected using the quality of life instruments, Beck Depression Inventory and Self-Report Questionnaire. A significance level of 0.05 was considered. The mean age was 22.9 ± 5.1 years. It was found that 25% of the students had severe depressive symptoms and 54% of the students had minor psychiatric disorders, with a higher prevalence in the first semesters. An inverse relationship was observed between the frequency of depressive symptoms and quality of life scores (p = 0.05). Nursing students showed a high prevalence of depressive symptoms, indicating the importance of implementing actions to promote and prevent mental health.

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Entering graduation means a transition between stages of development, especially from adolescence to the stage of young adult, being a great challenge for most individuals, due to the need to seek their independence, make choices for adult life, define their career, be able to perform self-management, either for the study or for other individual issues
The findings of the present study indicate a prevalence of depression 2.4 times higher among female students
The study identified a high prevalence of minor psychiatric symptoms and depressive symptoms

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Entering graduation means a transition between stages of development, especially from adolescence to the stage of young adult, being a great challenge for most individuals, due to the need to seek their independence, make choices for adult life, define their career, be able to perform self-management, either for the study or for other individual issues. These behavioral change factors can generate anxiety, fear and stress. In France, the numerous failures and reorientations that occur in the first year testify to the difficulty of moving from high school to higher education[2,3]

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