Psychosocial and Mental Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Nursing Students in Turkey: A Cross-Sectional Study

• Published in: International journal of caring sciences Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 1900 - 1907
• Main Authors: Dastan, Nihal Bostanci, Kaya, Fadime, Uluman, Ozgu Tekin, Kiransal, Nilufer
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nicosia Professor Despina Sapountzi - Krepia Publisher of the International Journal of Caring Sciences 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Anxiety; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Cross-sectional studies; Data analysis; Data collection; Literature reviews; Medical research; Mental depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Nursing education; Pandemics; Social networks; Stress; Students; Turkey; China
• ISSN: 1791-5201; 1792-037X

Background: Even under normal circumstances free of crisis period, stress and anxiety are noticeably prevalent among nursing students. Aim: The aim of the study was to examine psychosocial and mental effects of COVID-19 pandemic among nursing students. Methodology: The sample of this cross sectional- online study consisted of 419 nursing students in a public university. The study was conducted between 11 May-30 June 2020. The data of the study was collected using Information Form and Depression-Anxiety-Stress-21 Scale (DASS-21). The study was analysed using descriptive analyses, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearmen Correlation. Results: DASS-21 Scale scores of students reveal that; mean score of stress subscale is 6.90±5.07 and among 38.2%, mean score of anxiety subscale is 4.72±4.45 and among 50.8%, mean score of depression subscale is 6.59±5.44 and 56.3% of students manifested problems. Conclusions: Findings of this study exhibited that half of the nursing students experienced stress, anxiety and depression relevant problems in the during of COVID-19 pandemic. These results indicate the requirement of organization of psychological support programs for nursing students during and after the pandemic.