Epidemiology of stress among Nursing Undergraduate Students

Authors

  • Shikhar Singh King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  • Shivender Kumar Singh King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  • Manish Manar King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  • Sujita Kar King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  • Abhishek Gupta TSM Medical College Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
  • Prasant Bajpai Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences Saifai Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
  • Neha Sharma King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2018.v30i03.009

Keywords:

stress, DASS, Nursing, undergraduate

Abstract

Background: Stress is a double-edged sword that can either invigorate or decrease the student’s performance. Longer the duration of stress poorer the performance. Nursing students may develop feeling of inadequacy regarding the activities required during professional education which may lead to stress Aims & Objectives: To study the level of stress among undergraduate nursing students of Lucknow city and to determine the risk factors causing stress. Material & Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 380 B.Sc. (Nursing) Students enrolled in government and private colleges of Lucknow city using semi-structured questionnaire and DASS 42 scale Results: 60 percent and 62 percent of total nursing student from government college and private nursing respectively were stressed. There was no statistical difference (p= 0.17) between median stress score of two colleges. Predictor for stress was gender (odds ratio =3.41) Conclusion: The study showed high level of stress among the nursing students from government college and private college. Risk factors which were responsible for stress among students were gender, sharing of room, educational expenses, academic performance, mobile phone and harassment in college.

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Published

2018-09-30

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Singh S, Singh SK, Manar M, Kar S, Gupta A, Bajpai P, et al. Epidemiology of stress among Nursing Undergraduate Students. Indian J Community Health [Internet]. 2018 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Oct. 14];30(3):233-8. Available from: https://iapsmupuk.org/journal/index.php/IJCH/article/view/875

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