- Title
- Nursing and midwifery students’ mental health status and intention to leave during Covid-19 pandemic
- Creator
- Haririan, Hamidreza; Samadi, Parisa; Lalezari, Elnaz; Habibzadeh, Sajad; Porter, Joanne
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/189827
- Identifier
- vital:17490
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608221120506
- Identifier
- ISSN:2377-9608 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Introduction: COVID-19 has not only affected the physical health of people but it has also had a major impact on their mental health. Objective: To investigate the nursing, midwifery, and operating room students’ mental health and intention to leave during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted at the nursing and midwifery school of Tabriz, Iran. Over a period of three months (February–May 2021) and through random sampling, 284 students were selected. The research tool consisted of three parts including demographic information, Depression Anxiety Stress scales, and a questionnaire on intention to leave. Results: More than 20% of the students experienced some degrees of depression, anxiety, and stress. Nearly one-third of participants mentioned a high level of intention to leave. Nursing students had a higher level of a turnover tendency than other students (p =.004). Male students and who experienced moderate to high level of depression displayed greater intention to leave (p =.005). Conclusion: Students suffered from some degrees of stress, anxiety, and depression during the COVID-19, and it strengthened the participants’ intention to leave. Relevant authorities are recommended to improve mental health of the students by providing psychological counseling sessions, reducing their direct contact with patients, and providing personal protective equipment. © The Author(s) 2022.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Relation
- SAGE Open Nursing Vol. 8, no. (2022), p.
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright @ The Author(s) 2022
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 4205 Nursing; COVID-19; Mental health; Midwifery student; Nursing student; Operating room student; Turnover
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- This work was supported by the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (grant number 67432).
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