Factors associated with anxiety and its self-care measures among nursing students during the Covid-19 pandemic
Introduction: One of the rising mental health issues among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic is anxiety. As future healthcare front-liners, nursing students are expected to perform good self-care to deliver quality care to patients. The purpose of the present study is to examine t...
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Fakulti Perubatan dan Sains Kesihatan Universiti Putra Malaysia
2023
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/107074/7/107074_Factors%20associated%20with%20anxiety%20and%20its%20self-care.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/107074/13/107074_Factors%20associated%20with%20anxiety%20and%20its%20self-care_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/107074/ https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_19_2023/mjmhs_vol19_no_5_september_2023-75109 https://doi.org/10.47836/mjmhs.19.5.8 |
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| Summary: | Introduction: One of the rising mental health issues among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic is
anxiety. As future healthcare front-liners, nursing students are expected to perform good self-care to deliver quality
care to patients. The purpose of the present study is to examine the factors associated with anxiety and its’ self-care
measures among nursing students. Methods: The study recruited over 200 students in the East Coast region of Ma-
laysia and the online survey was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic between December 2020 and January
2021. The questions were in 3 parts: Socio-demographic, Self-care assessment worksheet (SCAW), and Burns Anx-
iety Inventory. Descriptive statistics, correlational analysis, and multiple linear regression were used to answer the
research aim. Results: The range of anxiety levels among the nursing students was from no anxiety (7.5%) to severe
anxiety or panic (28.9%, 17.9%). Multiple linear regression analysis revealed two predictors associated with higher
level of anxiety were the first-year nursing students (bb =10.90, CI=4.49, 17.30), and respondents who stated hav-
ing fairly satisfied with the nursing program (bb =13.50, CI=5.10, 21.90). Among the self-care components, result
revealed that higher levels of physical care throughout the semester predicted lower anxiety (bb =-0.85, CI=-1.328,
-0.372, p<0.05). Conclusion: The study’s overall finding is that nursing students’ participation in self-care, partic-
ularly physical care, may help to lessen anxiety. Our findings are significant because self-care can complement
psychiatric interventions for people with high levels of anxiety and is a significant contributor to mental well-being.
Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences (2023) 19(5):45-50. doi:10.47836/mjmhs19.5.8 |
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