Authors :
Shabnam Ara; Rehana Qouser; Yasmeen Akhter; Sufoora Yaseen; Umer Ramzan; Rais Ahmad; Safiya; Ruqeeb jan
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 1 - January
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7588425
Abstract :
Psychological distress refers non specific
symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression considered as a
warning to the mental health. This research was conducted
during COVID-19 to assess the major implications of
mental health among nursing students due to closure of
colleges, universities and offline classes which restricted one
to one and physical interaction globally, Kashmir as well.
The study examined the psychological distress and coping
adopted by nursing undergraduate students of Kashmir
during this pandemic Covid 19. Methods: A cross- sectional
online descriptive study was conducted; using purposive
sampling consists of 183 under graduate nursing students
from selected nursing colleges of Kashmir. Data was
gathered as online responses to a questioner from17-10-20
to 7-11-2020, includes socio demographic variables,
psychological distress scale (K10) and brief coping
resilience scale. Results: Among 183 participants the
majority of 171 (93.4%) were in the age group of 19-23 and
female 122(66.7%).Most had younger 80 (43.7%) birth
order belonging to nuclear family 141(77%) with majority
from rural area 147 (80.3%).Over the last four weeks
majority of study participants have perceived moderate
psychological distress 61(33.3) with Medium75(41%) and
low 63(34.4) resilient copers with a p-value of
0.000*.Negative Correlation was found. Conclusions: Most
of the study subjects reported sufferings from varying
degree of psychological distress during covid crisis over the
4 weeks. This reveals that there is need of an intervention to
enhance skill of coping strategies and decrease distress in
this crisis situation.
Keywords :
Covid -19, Psychological Distress, Coping Resilience, Under Graduate Students, Mental Health.
Psychological distress refers non specific
symptoms of stress, anxiety and depression considered as a
warning to the mental health. This research was conducted
during COVID-19 to assess the major implications of
mental health among nursing students due to closure of
colleges, universities and offline classes which restricted one
to one and physical interaction globally, Kashmir as well.
The study examined the psychological distress and coping
adopted by nursing undergraduate students of Kashmir
during this pandemic Covid 19. Methods: A cross- sectional
online descriptive study was conducted; using purposive
sampling consists of 183 under graduate nursing students
from selected nursing colleges of Kashmir. Data was
gathered as online responses to a questioner from17-10-20
to 7-11-2020, includes socio demographic variables,
psychological distress scale (K10) and brief coping
resilience scale. Results: Among 183 participants the
majority of 171 (93.4%) were in the age group of 19-23 and
female 122(66.7%).Most had younger 80 (43.7%) birth
order belonging to nuclear family 141(77%) with majority
from rural area 147 (80.3%).Over the last four weeks
majority of study participants have perceived moderate
psychological distress 61(33.3) with Medium75(41%) and
low 63(34.4) resilient copers with a p-value of
0.000*.Negative Correlation was found. Conclusions: Most
of the study subjects reported sufferings from varying
degree of psychological distress during covid crisis over the
4 weeks. This reveals that there is need of an intervention to
enhance skill of coping strategies and decrease distress in
this crisis situation.
Keywords :
Covid -19, Psychological Distress, Coping Resilience, Under Graduate Students, Mental Health.