Abstract
Background and objectives: Stress in nursing students is a very common experience, especially when they face clinical practice. The aims of this study were to perform a transcultural adaptation and to examine the reliability and repeatability of the Instrument for the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students for a Spanish population. Methods: A test–retest analysis was carried out in two face-to-face sessions with the students with a lapse of 10 days between the two sessions. A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out between the months of May and June 2018. Sixty-four nursing students were recruited with a consecutive sampling method that targeted individuals in the freshman class. Results: A good internal consistency was shown for the total score (α = 0.8861) and for each of the six domains. The test–retest reliability, using the Wilcoxon paired test, was not significant, indicating no differences between the total scores or the domain scores (p ≥ 0.05). Finally, Bland and Altman plots of visual distributions did not show differences between the total scores and the domain scores. Conclusion: The Instrument for the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students was shown to be a reliable tool for measuring stress factors among Spanish nursing students.
Highlights
The presence of stress in students of all levels and ages is a reality in universities around the world [1]
Nursing students have a heavy load of theoretical and practical teaching hours with a high level of emotional demand [4]. This was demonstrated in several studies that found that stress among nursing students was very high, resulting in morbidity and psychological exhaustion [5,6]
The final sample that completed the two questionnaires comprised of 64 individuals: 56 women and 8 men
Summary
The presence of stress in students of all levels and ages is a reality in universities around the world [1]. Nursing students have a heavy load of theoretical and practical teaching hours with a high level of emotional demand [4]. This was demonstrated in several studies that found that stress among nursing students was very high, resulting in morbidity and psychological exhaustion [5,6]. The aims of this study were to perform a transcultural adaptation and to examine the reliability and repeatability of the Instrument for the Assessment of Stress in Nursing. Conclusion: The Instrument for the Assessment of Stress in Nursing Students was shown to be a reliable tool for measuring stress factors among Spanish nursing students
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