Prevalence of Psyc
Prevalence of Psychiatric Symptoms among
Students of Nursing at Azad and State University of
Bandar-e-Abbas City
(2012)
Seyed Reza Mirsoleymani 1,
Fereshte Mazhariazad 2, Hamid Haghighi 3, Ali
Akbar Hesam 4, Morteza Salimi 5
1. Student Research Committee, Department of
Research and Technology, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences,
Bandar-e-Abbas, Iran
2. M.Sc in Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Bandar
Abbas Branch, Hormozgan, Iran
3. M.Sc in Family Counseling, Counseling &
Psychological Service Center, Hormozgan Education Department, Bandar-e-Abbas,
Iran
4.M.Sc Student of Clinical Psychology, Department of
Research and Technology, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences,
Bandar-e-Abbas, Iran
*corresponding
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Abstract: Background
and objectives: The main purpose of the study was to carry out the comparison
of prevalence of psychiatric disorders among nursing students of these two
universities. Material and method: In this cross- sectional study 159
nursing students of two University of Islamic Azad University Babdar Abbas
Branch and Hormozgan (non state university) University of Medical Sciences
(HUMS) were taken up as categorization sampling. The data collection tool was
included demographic data form and SCL-90-R questionnaire. Data was analyzed by
Spss software version 13. Results: About 64% of nursing students of Azad
University and 47.5% of HUMS nursing students of medical sciences college were
hesitated to have mental disorders. Based on SCL-90-R score, no significant
differences of the mental health status found between male students, although
was reported between female students, of two universities. (P=0.45). There
was found a significant relationship between the mental health of female
students with the level of family income and also their interests in their own
educational field. Discussion and conclusion: the most important finding
of the study was the existence of significant difference between the mental
health levels of female students of these two universities. This process may be
due to the collection of Chain- based reasons. Based on the present study
results, it seems that the level of mental health of few female students with
low-income families and also not interested in
nursing field which can be reduced by these two factors in compare
to the girl Students of governmental University.
[Seyed Reza Mirsoleymani, Fereshte Mazhariazad, Hamid
Haghighi, Ali Akbar Hesam, Morteza Salimi.Prevalence of Psychiatric
Symptoms among Students of Nursing at Azad and State University of
Bandar-e-Abbas City (2012). Life Sci J 2013;10(1):929-934].
(ISSN: 1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 145
Key words: Nursing students, Psychiatric Disorders.
