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Nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in University of Palermo

PURPOSE: Depression is a common and serious medical illness, considered as a public health issue because it interferes with the interpersonal, social and professional functioning of the individual, and its frequency is constantly increasing. According to a recent review, approximately 34 per cent of...

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Autores principales: Santangelo, Omar Enzo, Provenzano, Sandro, Giordano, Domiziana, Alagna, Enrico, Armetta, Francesco, Gliubizzi, Claudia, Terranova, Antonio, D'Anna, Giuseppe, Barresi, Dalila, Grigis, Dimple, Genovese, Cristina, Squeri, Raffaele, Firenze, Alberto
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Publicado: Emerald Publishing Limited 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MIJ-10-2019-0006
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author Santangelo, Omar Enzo
Provenzano, Sandro
Giordano, Domiziana
Alagna, Enrico
Armetta, Francesco
Gliubizzi, Claudia
Terranova, Antonio
D'Anna, Giuseppe
Barresi, Dalila
Grigis, Dimple
Genovese, Cristina
Squeri, Raffaele
Firenze, Alberto
author_facet Santangelo, Omar Enzo
Provenzano, Sandro
Giordano, Domiziana
Alagna, Enrico
Armetta, Francesco
Gliubizzi, Claudia
Terranova, Antonio
D'Anna, Giuseppe
Barresi, Dalila
Grigis, Dimple
Genovese, Cristina
Squeri, Raffaele
Firenze, Alberto
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description PURPOSE: Depression is a common and serious medical illness, considered as a public health issue because it interferes with the interpersonal, social and professional functioning of the individual, and its frequency is constantly increasing. According to a recent review, approximately 34 per cent of nursing students had experienced depression worldwide. The university period may represent a moment in which the mental well-being of students is subjected to stress with a relative predisposition to the development of diseases related to mood disorders. The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence and examine the socio-demographic correlates of depressive symptomatology. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: In April 2019, a questionnaire was administered to all the nursing students of University of Palermo of the three years of course, accompanied by informed consent. Multivariable logistic regression was performed. The statistical significance level chosen for all analyses was 0.05. The results were analyzed using the STATA statistical software version 14. Results are expressed as adjusted odds ratio (aOR) with 95 per cent confidence intervals. FINDINGS: The sample consists of 493 students who completed the questionnaire, and the average age of the sample participants is 21.88 years. The multivariable logistic regression model shows that the risk to have depressive symptomatology is significantly associated with the following independent variables: female gender (aOR 1.91), being single (aOR 1.87), second year of study (aOR 1.94), third year of study (aOR 1.92), not performing regular physical activity (aOR 1.78) and perceived low health status (aOR 3.08). ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This study shows that belonging to the female gender, being further along in the years of study, having a chronic illness and perceiving a low state of health are all factors that can increase the risk of developing the symptoms of depression; rather, regular physical activity, friendship and romantic relationships can be considered factors protecting them from the risk of falling into depression that can undermine both the study and work performance. Certainly, it is important to analyze all the involved variables to improve the global health not only of the nursing students but of all the students.
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spelling pubmed-73646122020-07-31 Nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in University of Palermo Santangelo, Omar Enzo Provenzano, Sandro Giordano, Domiziana Alagna, Enrico Armetta, Francesco Gliubizzi, Claudia Terranova, Antonio D'Anna, Giuseppe Barresi, Dalila Grigis, Dimple Genovese, Cristina Squeri, Raffaele Firenze, Alberto Ment Illn Research Paper PURPOSE: Depression is a common and serious medical illness, considered as a public health issue because it interferes with the interpersonal, social and professional functioning of the individual, and its frequency is constantly increasing. According to a recent review, approximately 34 per cent of nursing students had experienced depression worldwide. The university period may represent a moment in which the mental well-being of students is subjected to stress with a relative predisposition to the development of diseases related to mood disorders. The purpose of this study is to estimate the prevalence and examine the socio-demographic correlates of depressive symptomatology. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: In April 2019, a questionnaire was administered to all the nursing students of University of Palermo of the three years of course, accompanied by informed consent. Multivariable logistic regression was performed. The statistical significance level chosen for all analyses was 0.05. The results were analyzed using the STATA statistical software version 14. Results are expressed as adjusted odds ratio (aOR) with 95 per cent confidence intervals. FINDINGS: The sample consists of 493 students who completed the questionnaire, and the average age of the sample participants is 21.88 years. The multivariable logistic regression model shows that the risk to have depressive symptomatology is significantly associated with the following independent variables: female gender (aOR 1.91), being single (aOR 1.87), second year of study (aOR 1.94), third year of study (aOR 1.92), not performing regular physical activity (aOR 1.78) and perceived low health status (aOR 3.08). ORIGINALITY/VALUE: This study shows that belonging to the female gender, being further along in the years of study, having a chronic illness and perceiving a low state of health are all factors that can increase the risk of developing the symptoms of depression; rather, regular physical activity, friendship and romantic relationships can be considered factors protecting them from the risk of falling into depression that can undermine both the study and work performance. Certainly, it is important to analyze all the involved variables to improve the global health not only of the nursing students but of all the students. Emerald Publishing Limited 2019-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7364612/ /pubmed/32742623 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MIJ-10-2019-0006 Text en © Omar Enzo Santangelo, Sandro Provenzano, Domiziana Giordano, Enrico Alagna, Francesco Armetta, Claudia Gliubizzi, Antonio Terranova, Giuseppe D’Anna, Dalila Barresi, Dimple Grigis, Cristina Genovese, Raffaele Squeri and Alberto Firenze. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at: http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Santangelo, Omar Enzo
Provenzano, Sandro
Giordano, Domiziana
Alagna, Enrico
Armetta, Francesco
Gliubizzi, Claudia
Terranova, Antonio
D'Anna, Giuseppe
Barresi, Dalila
Grigis, Dimple
Genovese, Cristina
Squeri, Raffaele
Firenze, Alberto
Nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in University of Palermo
title Nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in University of Palermo
title_full Nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in University of Palermo
title_fullStr Nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in University of Palermo
title_full_unstemmed Nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in University of Palermo
title_short Nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in University of Palermo
title_sort nursing students and depressive symptomatology: an observational study in university of palermo
topic Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7364612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32742623
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MIJ-10-2019-0006
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