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ArticleNurse education today2021

Examining the associations between self-care practices and psychological distress among nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

K R Brouwer, L A Walmsley, E M Parrish, A K McCubbin, J D Welsh, C E C Braido, C T C Okoli

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Article in Nurse education today, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K R BrouwerUniversity of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. Electronic address: krbr246@uky.edu.
L A WalmsleyUniversity of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. Electronic address: lee.walmsley@uky.edu.
E M ParrishUniversity of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. Electronic address: evelyn.parrish@uky.edu.
A K McCubbinUniversity of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. Electronic address: akmccu0@uky.edu.
J D WelshUniversity of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. Electronic address: jdwells00@uky.edu.
C E C BraidoUniversity of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. Electronic address: cara.braido@uky.edu.
C T C OkoliUniversity of Kentucky College of Nursing, Lexington, KY, 40536, USA. Electronic address: ctokol1@uky.edu.
University of Kentucky · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is limited research regarding the impact of self-care practices on psychological distress, specifically on nursing students during a pandemic, such as COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease- 2019). A 10-minute electronic survey was sent to nursing students at a large academic-medical center, and data from 285 student respondents were analyzed to assess psychological status, attitudes and behaviors in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. Significant differences were found when comparing self-care practice scores by school grade for total scores (F = 4.48 [df = 4,250], p = .002), emotional subscale (F = 4.78 [df = 4,250], p = .001), and relationship subscale (F = 3.44 [df = 4,250], p = .009). While there were no significant differences in psychological distress by school grade, graduate students had the lowest self-care practice score compared to all the other grades. Finally, the subscale and total self-care practice scores were significantly and negatively associated with psychological distress. These findings suggest that utilization of self-care practices is associated with lower psychological distress, and should therefore be promoted among nursing student populations and integrated into curricula. Future studies should assess specific needs geared towards populations that may have poor self-care practices, such as graduate students, and understand ways to improve sleep quality to mitigate rates of psychological distress during a pandemic.

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Psychological DistressSelf CareAdolescentAdultCOVID-19Cross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePandemicsStudents, NursingYoung AdultNursing student mental healthPsychological distressSelf-care

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PMID33744816
PMCPMC7946540
OpenAlexW3136323989

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