Depression, Anxiety, Stress among nursing students of Kolkata: a cross sectional study
Journal Title: Journal of Preventive Medicine and Holistic Health - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: Globally the Lifetime prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among adolescents and young adults are estimated to range from 5% to 70%. Objectives: To find out the prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Nursing students of a tertiary care teaching institution of Kolkata. Methods: An Institution based observational descriptive cross sectional study was carried out at School of Nursing of a tertiary care Government teaching hospital of Kolkata from April 2016 to May among 129 students using DASS 21 point scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS 23 using percentages. Results: About 33.33% of the students suffered from moderate to extreme depression; 56.59% had moderate to extreme levels anxiety and 23.26% experienced moderate to extreme levels of stress. Conclusions: Results of this study will help to better understanding of stress, anxiety and depression among nursing students so as to assist them to promote the quality of clinical practice.
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Mausumi Basu, Debasis Sinha, Afifa Ahamed, Sita Chatterjee, RN Misra
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- DOI 10.18231/2454-6712.2016.0007
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