Depression among nursing students and its association with academic life

• Autor(a) principal: Facioli,Adriano Machado
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Barros,Ângela Ferreira, Melo,Manuela Costa, Ogliari,Ivone Crispim Moura, Custódio,Renan Joseph de Moraes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000100169
• topic: Students, Nursing; Depressive Disorders; Mental Health; Nursing; Education, Nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: To measure the levels of depression among Nursing students from a public institution of higher education and the association with aspects of academic life. Method: Analytical and quantitative study with 203 students from a higher education institution that uses active methodologies. We used Beck’s Depression Inventory and the Likert type scale of academic factors. Results: We verified that 19.2% had moderate or severe levels of depression. Higher levels of depression were associated with female gender (p=0.003), working more than 40 hours per week (p=0.047), spending more than 90 minutes to reach academic activities (p=0.043) and with 12 academic factors specific to routines of the studied institution. Conclusion: The results contribute to managers’ and professors’ reflection and analysis concerning nursing students’ mental health, in addition to indicating in which aspects there is a need to provide greater support to these students.