Abstract
Background:
Nowadays, it is essential to appreciate the mental health status of all people specially students because they experience different kinds of emotional stress. Mental health status of students who work in different sections of the hospital, like operation rooms is affected by stressful factors. The aim of the investigation was to study the mental health within the operation rooms students from Nursing and Midwifery Schools to discover vulnerable studentsMaterial and methods:
A descriptive-analytic study developed on the students of the Ahvaz Nursing and Midwifery Schools (n=139) using the census method. In this observational descriptive-analytic study, The demographic data and pattern of mental health were collected by standard general health questionnaire (GHQ-28). Data was analyzed using statistical software SPSS (version17); t test and variance analysis with 95% coefficient interval were used.Results:
Based on data analysis results12.5% of the students suspected to have mental health , 62.5% were in good mental health shape and 25% of them were vulnerable. Based on t test and variance analysis, it has been revealed that there is statistically a significant relationship between the mental health and the number of family members(p<0.05);In addittion, there is no significant difference between the mental health status and demographic factors such as sex, dormitory and non-dormitory, single and married students.Full Text
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