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The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran
BACKGROUND: Evaluation of the competence and practical skills of nursing students, using the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), is an integral part of the nursing education program. However, their performance could be negatively influenced by a significant level of stress and anxiety...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32928184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02228-9 |
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author | Mojarrab, Sadaf Bazrafkan, Leila Jaberi, Azita |
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description | BACKGROUND: Evaluation of the competence and practical skills of nursing students, using the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), is an integral part of the nursing education program. However, their performance could be negatively influenced by a significant level of stress and anxiety prior to the test. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of an anxiety coping program on the OSCE performance level of first-year nursing students in Shiraz, Iran. METHODS: The present quasi-experimental study was conducted among 76 nursing students; control group (n = 35) and intervention group (n = 41). To attain the study purpose, the intervention group received a pre-exam anxiety coping program that included relaxation and soothing techniques, diaphragmatic breathing training, and progressive muscle relaxation training accompanied by light instrumental music, while the control group received no intervention before the exam. Data collection instruments included a demographic characteristics form and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire. Demographic characteristics of the participants indicated an overall homogeneity within the study population. The STAI questionnaire was filled in before and after the OSCE and the results were compared with those of the control group. The data were analysed using SPSS software (version 22.0). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: As a result of the anxiety coping program, a substantial reduction in the anxiety score (by 11.61 units) in the intervention group was observed. There was a significant difference in the pre- and post-exam anxiety scores between the control and intervention groups (P < 0.001). The anxiety coping program improved the examination results of nursing students in the final exam compared to the midterm results (an increase of 0.9487 units, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The anxiety coping program reduced the anxiety level among nursing students and improved their OSCE results. Our findings can be utilized to better evaluate clinical activities in different medical and paramedical groups. Moreover, educators can implement such coping programs prior to evaluations in order to effectively assess the knowledge, attitude, and performance of the students. |
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spelling | pubmed-74910912020-09-16 The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran Mojarrab, Sadaf Bazrafkan, Leila Jaberi, Azita BMC Med Educ Research Article BACKGROUND: Evaluation of the competence and practical skills of nursing students, using the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), is an integral part of the nursing education program. However, their performance could be negatively influenced by a significant level of stress and anxiety prior to the test. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of an anxiety coping program on the OSCE performance level of first-year nursing students in Shiraz, Iran. METHODS: The present quasi-experimental study was conducted among 76 nursing students; control group (n = 35) and intervention group (n = 41). To attain the study purpose, the intervention group received a pre-exam anxiety coping program that included relaxation and soothing techniques, diaphragmatic breathing training, and progressive muscle relaxation training accompanied by light instrumental music, while the control group received no intervention before the exam. Data collection instruments included a demographic characteristics form and State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire. Demographic characteristics of the participants indicated an overall homogeneity within the study population. The STAI questionnaire was filled in before and after the OSCE and the results were compared with those of the control group. The data were analysed using SPSS software (version 22.0). P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS: As a result of the anxiety coping program, a substantial reduction in the anxiety score (by 11.61 units) in the intervention group was observed. There was a significant difference in the pre- and post-exam anxiety scores between the control and intervention groups (P < 0.001). The anxiety coping program improved the examination results of nursing students in the final exam compared to the midterm results (an increase of 0.9487 units, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: The anxiety coping program reduced the anxiety level among nursing students and improved their OSCE results. Our findings can be utilized to better evaluate clinical activities in different medical and paramedical groups. Moreover, educators can implement such coping programs prior to evaluations in order to effectively assess the knowledge, attitude, and performance of the students. BioMed Central 2020-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7491091/ /pubmed/32928184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02228-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mojarrab, Sadaf Bazrafkan, Leila Jaberi, Azita The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran |
title | The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran |
title_full | The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran |
title_fullStr | The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran |
title_short | The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran |
title_sort | effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, iran |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7491091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32928184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02228-9 |
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