RT Journal Article
T1 Psychological Discomfort in Nursing Degree Students as a Consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic
A1 Espina López, Fernando
A1 Moreno Sánchez, Emilia
A1 Gago Valiente, Francisco Javier
A1 Sáez Padilla, Jesús
A1 Salado Navarro, Vanesa
A1 Merino Godoy, María Ángeles
AB Students are a population at risk of developing psychological complications, such aspsychological discomfort, stress, and anxiety, among other problems, especially during the currenthealth crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study’s objective was to analyze the effectsof the COVID-19 pandemic on the psychological discomfort of final-year nursing students. A crosssectional descriptive observational study was carried out. To analyze the psychological discomfortof the participants, the Kessler test (previously validated) was used. The results of this test weredivided into two levels (High ≥ 21/Low < 21), showing high sensitivity as a screening method foranxiety and depression. Questionnaires were sent via email to final-year nursing students of Spanishand South American universities, inviting them to participate voluntarily. The sample consisted of400 students, with an average age of 23.29 years and a sex proportion of 82.75% women and 17.28%men. Almost all participants (n = 396) belonged to Spanish universities, and the greatest participationcorresponded to Andalusian universities (64.5%). The average psychological discomfort was high(M = 27.94). Statistically significant relationships were detected between age, sex, and feeling readyfor the world of work, observing no relationships with the rest of the studied variables. The sample of4th-year students of the Degree of Nursing presented a high level of psychological discomfort. Thispathology does not seem to be related to having suffered from COVID-19 or being in contact withinfected people during the practicum and is more strongly related to personal sociodemographicvariables and students’ preparation for the world of work
PB MDPI
SN 2077-0383 (electrónico)
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20296
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/20296
LA eng
NO Espina-López, F., Moreno-Sánchez, E., Gago-Valiente, F.-J., Sáez-Padilla, J., Salado-Navarro, V., & Merino-Godoy, M.-Á. (2021). Psychological Discomfort in Nursing Degree Students as a Consequence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Journal of Clinical Medicine (Vol. 10, Issue 23, p. 5467). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10235467
NO University of Huelva
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 13 jun 2026