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Perceived stress and gastrointestinal symptoms in nursing students in Korea: A cross-sectional survey

BACKGROUND: Although nursing students experience a high level of stress during their training, there has been limited research on stress and its impact on the student's physical responses, such as gastrointestinal symptoms. The aims of this study are to assess the prevalence of GI symptoms in n...

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Autores principales: Lee, Eun Young, Mun, Mi Suk, Lee, Seon Hye, Cho, Ho Soon Michelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3226627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22067441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-10-22
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Mun, Mi Suk
Lee, Seon Hye
Cho, Ho Soon Michelle
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description BACKGROUND: Although nursing students experience a high level of stress during their training, there has been limited research on stress and its impact on the student's physical responses, such as gastrointestinal symptoms. The aims of this study are to assess the prevalence of GI symptoms in nursing students in Korea and to examine the association between the perceived stress and GI symptoms. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. A total of 715 students of a three-year associate degree nursing program in a Korean college participated. The Perceived Stress Scale and a GI Symptoms Questionnaire were administered through a self-reported system. Chi-square tests, Fisher's exact test, and logistic regression analysis were performed using SPSS 17.0. RESULTS: Sixty-five percent of the nursing students experienced more than one GI symptom, with 31.1% of students reporting more than three GI symptoms. Most of the nursing students complained of upper dysmotility and bowel symptoms. In addition, students who reported higher perceived stress were significantly more likely to complain of GI symptoms. Compared to nursing students with the lowest perceived stress level, the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for GI symptoms in students with the highest perceived stress level was 3.52 times higher (95% CI = 2.05-6.06). CONCLUSIONS: GI symptoms that are highly prevalent among nursing students are significantly associated with the perceived stress level. High perceived stress should be considered a risk factor for GI symptoms. To reduce perceived stress, stress management programs including cognitive reappraisal training are needed in nursing curriculum.
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spelling pubmed-32266272011-11-30 Perceived stress and gastrointestinal symptoms in nursing students in Korea: A cross-sectional survey Lee, Eun Young Mun, Mi Suk Lee, Seon Hye Cho, Ho Soon Michelle BMC Nurs Research Article BACKGROUND: Although nursing students experience a high level of stress during their training, there has been limited research on stress and its impact on the student's physical responses, such as gastrointestinal symptoms. The aims of this study are to assess the prevalence of GI symptoms in nursing students in Korea and to examine the association between the perceived stress and GI symptoms. METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was used. A total of 715 students of a three-year associate degree nursing program in a Korean college participated. The Perceived Stress Scale and a GI Symptoms Questionnaire were administered through a self-reported system. Chi-square tests, Fisher's exact test, and logistic regression analysis were performed using SPSS 17.0. RESULTS: Sixty-five percent of the nursing students experienced more than one GI symptom, with 31.1% of students reporting more than three GI symptoms. Most of the nursing students complained of upper dysmotility and bowel symptoms. In addition, students who reported higher perceived stress were significantly more likely to complain of GI symptoms. Compared to nursing students with the lowest perceived stress level, the adjusted odds ratio (OR) for GI symptoms in students with the highest perceived stress level was 3.52 times higher (95% CI = 2.05-6.06). CONCLUSIONS: GI symptoms that are highly prevalent among nursing students are significantly associated with the perceived stress level. High perceived stress should be considered a risk factor for GI symptoms. To reduce perceived stress, stress management programs including cognitive reappraisal training are needed in nursing curriculum. BioMed Central 2011-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3226627/ /pubmed/22067441 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-10-22 Text en Copyright ©2011 Lee et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cho, Ho Soon Michelle
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title_fullStr Perceived stress and gastrointestinal symptoms in nursing students in Korea: A cross-sectional survey
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title_short Perceived stress and gastrointestinal symptoms in nursing students in Korea: A cross-sectional survey
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3226627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22067441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-10-22
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