The Prevent-Predict-Prescribe Model: Defeating Depression Among Asian Nursing Students

Abstract

Background: Depression is exceeding prevalent worldwide and its impact on the personal, professional and social life of an individual is well documented in literature. Adolescents are more prone to depression owing to their hormonal turbulences and their need to establish their role identity. Nursing students are at greater risk for depression owing to the vast majority of them being adolescents and also due to the enormous lifestyle change demanded by the profession. This review was undertaken to ascertain from existing empiral evidences, the prevailing standards of depression; its associated factors and strategies implicated by researchers to prevent the permeation of depression among Asian nursing students. Methods: A systematic review of literature based on depression among nursing students in Asian countries, published between 2010 and 2014 from selected databases was done. A total of 6 articles were included in the review. Results: Three significant themes emerged from the findings of the reviewed studies. The key to curbing depression among student nurses is with nursing educators, self-preparedness of the nursing students and the evolution of a holistic system to help nursing students adapt to the profession are the essential components to put an end to the escalating pace of depression among nursing students in Asia. Conclusion: A model conceptualizing these themes has also been generated to explicitly envision the benefits of