Assessment of Frequency and Severity of Stress among the Students of State School of Nursing Mirpur AJK by application of Perceived Stress Scale
Shakeel Asif, Farooq Ahmed Noor, Zainab Nawaz, Shoaib Irfan
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ABSTRACTObjective: To assess perceived stress frequency, sources of stress and their severity in the nursing profession during their training era. Study Design: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey Place and Duration of Study: School of Nursing Mirpur AJK from 1st November 31st March 2020 Methodology: The total rate of response was 90% (198 students out of 220). Stress was assessed using the perceived stress scale. A 10-item questionnaire was used to assess sources of stress and their severity. Results: The overall mean perceived stress was 45.50±7.01). By logistic regression study, stressed cases were correlated with frequency of psychosocial (OR 5.01, 95 percent CI 2.44-10.29) and academic related stressors (OR 3.17 95 percent CI 1.52-6.68). There was a negative but negligible association between perceived stress and academic success (r = -0.099, p > 0.05).Conclusion: A higher level of stress was reported by the students including all domains. Academic, familial and psychosocial problems were the main stressors. Further studies are required to test the association of stressed cases with gender, psychosocial and academic stressors.Key words: Perceived stress
Objective: To assess perceived stress frequency, sources of stress and their severity in the nursing profession during their training era. Study Design: Cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey Place and Duration of Study: School of Nursing Mirpur AJK from 1st November 31st March 2020 Methodology: The total rate of response was 90% (198 students out of 220). Stress was assessed using the perceived stress scale. A 10-item questionnaire was used to assess sources of stress and their severity. Results: The overall mean perceived stress was 45.50±7.01). By logistic regression study, stressed cases were correlated with frequency of psychosocial (OR 5.01, 95 percent CI 2.44-10.29) and academic related stressors (OR 3.17 95 percent CI 1.52-6.68). There was a negative but negligible association between perceived stress and academic success (r = -0.099, p > 0.05).
Conclusion: A higher level of stress was reported by the students including all domains. Academic, familial and psychosocial problems were the main stressors. Further studies are required to test the association of stressed cases with gender, psychosocial and academic stressors.
Key words: Perceived stress