Quality of life, depressive and minor psychiatrics symptoms in nursing students

Cross-sectional study, conducted from March to April 2018, at a federal university. Sample composed of 242 Nursing students, from the 1^st to the 8^th semester. Data was collected using the quality of life instruments, Beck Depression Inventory and Self-Report Questionnaire. A significance level of 0.05 was considered.

Results:

The mean age was 22.9 ± 5.1 years. It was found that 25% of the students had severe depressive symptoms and 54% of the students had minor psychiatric disorders, with a higher prevalence in the first semesters. An inverse relationship was observed between the frequency of depressive symptoms and quality of life scores (p = 0.05).

Conclusion:

Nursing students showed a high prevalence of depressive symptoms, indicating the importance of implementing actions to promote and prevent mental health.

Descriptors:
Health Student; Depression; Mental Disorder; Nursing Students; Life Quality

		BECK			UNIVARIABLE POISSON REG
		No depression or mild (n = 180 [74,7%])	Moderate or severe (n = 61 [25,3%])	P	RP	[CI95%]	p
Age¹		22.0 [20.0; 25.0]	21.0 [19.0; 23.0]	0.082	0.960	[0.9; 1.0]	0.233
Sex²	Male	24 (88.9)	3 (11.1)	0.098	1.000		0.109
	Female	156 (72.9)	58 (27.1)		2.439	[0.8; 7.2]
Disapproval	No	121 (72)	47 (28)	0.200	1.000
	yes	59 (80.8)	14 (19.2)		0.686	[0.4; 1.2]	0.162
Family income	< 1 MS	13 (54.2)	11 (45.8)	0.036	3.077	[1.4; 6.9]	0.007
	1 a 2 MS	58 (71.6)	23 (28.4)		1.907	[0.9; 4.1]	0.099
	3 a 4 MS	66 (76.7)	20 (23.3)		1.561	[0.7; 3.4]	0.265
	> 5 MS	40 (85.1)	7 (14.9)		1.000
Lives with the parents	No	67 (72.8)	25 (27.2)	0.711	1.125	[0.7; 1.7]	0.600
	Yes	113 (75.9)	36 (24.2)		1.000
Semester²	1^st	23 (62.2)	14 (37.8)	0.555	2.081	[0.9; 4.8]	0.085
	2^nd	19 (70.4)	8 (29.6)		1.630	[0.6; 4.1]	0.303
	3^rd	24 (75)	8 (25)		1.375	[0.5; 3.5]	0.507
	4^th	22 (71)	9 (29)		1.597	[0.6; 4.0]	0.313
	5^th	16 (80)	4 (20)		1.100	[0.4; 3.4]	0.869
	6^th	26 (78.8)	7 (21.2)		1.167	[0.4; 3.1]	0.757
	7^th	23 (82.1)	5 (17.9)		0.982	[0.3; 2.9]	0.974
	8^th	27 (81.8)	6 (18.2)		1.000
SRQ20² (coded)	≤ 7	109 (100)	0 (0)	< 0.001
	>7	70 (53.4)	61 (46.6)
SRQ20¹ (sum)		6.27 (3.89)	13.98 (2.53)	< 0.001	1.332	[1.3; 1.4]	< 0.001
WQ - Physicist¹ (0-100)		65.96 (14.11)	48.09 (12.43)	< 0.001	0.944	[0.9; 1.0]	< 0.001
WQ - Psychological¹ (0-100)		60.66 (9.95)	45.56 (12.47)	< 0.001	0.942	[0.9; 1.0]	< 0.001
WQ - Social Relationships¹ (0-100)		72.08 (17.69)	53.35 (17.56)	< 0.001	0.966	[1.0; 1.0]	< 0.001
WQ - Environment¹ (0-100)		60.19 (14.18)	47.95 (15.51)	< 0.001	0.962	[0.9; 1.0]	< 0.001
WQ - Overall³ (0-20)		16.0 [14.0; 16.0]	12.0 [10.0; 14.0]	< 0.001	0.743	[0.7; 0.8]	< 0.001
WQ - 1^st Question (0-25)		18.8 [18.8; 18.8]	12.5 [12.5; 18.8]	< 0.001	0.858	[0.8; 0.9]	< 0.001
WQ -2^nd Question (0-25)		18.8 [12.5; 18.8]	6.3 [6.3; 12.5]	< 0.001	0.881	[0.9; 0.9]	< 0.001

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[1] Corresponding author: Jéssica Morgana Gediel Pinheiro. E-mail: jessica.mpinheiro@gmail.com