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Factors Affecting Resilience of Nursing, Optometry, Radiography and Medical Laboratory Science Students
Background: The concern over the high level of stress experienced by students of the caring professions has led to increased attention being paid to the promotion of their resilience. Most earlier studies have focused on the resilience of medical and nursing students. There has been little explorati...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33917048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083867 |
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author | Ching, Shirley Siu Yin Cheung, Kin |
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description | Background: The concern over the high level of stress experienced by students of the caring professions has led to increased attention being paid to the promotion of their resilience. Most earlier studies have focused on the resilience of medical and nursing students. There has been little exploration of the resilience and associated factors of students of other health-care disciplines. The aim of this study was to gather data from students of pre-registration health-care disciplines to identify the factors that influence their resilience. Method: Valid questionnaires were used to assess respondents’ resilience, self-efficacy, mindfulness, coping and trait positive and negative affect. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and univariate and general linear regression. Results: A total of 1320 university students from nursing, medical laboratory science, radiography and optometry were recruited. The results showed that the subjects’ resilience scores were lower than those of students in Western countries. We found self-efficacy and denial to be the common predictors for students of all disciplines. Conclusion: The resilience of students in the four disciplines was predicted by a combination of predictors. Faculties of universities and clinical mentors should collaborate in building resilience in their health-care students and support them to grow both personally and professionally during their careers. |
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spelling | pubmed-80677402021-04-25 Factors Affecting Resilience of Nursing, Optometry, Radiography and Medical Laboratory Science Students Ching, Shirley Siu Yin Cheung, Kin Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Background: The concern over the high level of stress experienced by students of the caring professions has led to increased attention being paid to the promotion of their resilience. Most earlier studies have focused on the resilience of medical and nursing students. There has been little exploration of the resilience and associated factors of students of other health-care disciplines. The aim of this study was to gather data from students of pre-registration health-care disciplines to identify the factors that influence their resilience. Method: Valid questionnaires were used to assess respondents’ resilience, self-efficacy, mindfulness, coping and trait positive and negative affect. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and univariate and general linear regression. Results: A total of 1320 university students from nursing, medical laboratory science, radiography and optometry were recruited. The results showed that the subjects’ resilience scores were lower than those of students in Western countries. We found self-efficacy and denial to be the common predictors for students of all disciplines. Conclusion: The resilience of students in the four disciplines was predicted by a combination of predictors. Faculties of universities and clinical mentors should collaborate in building resilience in their health-care students and support them to grow both personally and professionally during their careers. MDPI 2021-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8067740/ /pubmed/33917048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083867 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ching, Shirley Siu Yin Cheung, Kin Factors Affecting Resilience of Nursing, Optometry, Radiography and Medical Laboratory Science Students |
title | Factors Affecting Resilience of Nursing, Optometry, Radiography and Medical Laboratory Science Students |
title_full | Factors Affecting Resilience of Nursing, Optometry, Radiography and Medical Laboratory Science Students |
title_fullStr | Factors Affecting Resilience of Nursing, Optometry, Radiography and Medical Laboratory Science Students |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors Affecting Resilience of Nursing, Optometry, Radiography and Medical Laboratory Science Students |
title_short | Factors Affecting Resilience of Nursing, Optometry, Radiography and Medical Laboratory Science Students |
title_sort | factors affecting resilience of nursing, optometry, radiography and medical laboratory science students |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33917048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18083867 |
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