Depression in nursing students and associated factors la depresión en los estudiantes de enfermería y factores asociados
International Journal of Development Research
Depression in nursing students and associated factors la depresión en los estudiantes de enfermería y factores asociados
Received 30th August 2017; Received in revised form 28th September, 2017; Accepted 10th October, 2017; Published online 12th November, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Nadja Maria dos Santos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Objective: to identify the symptoms indicative of depression in nursing students at a public higher education institution. Methodology: This descriptive, exploratory study with a quantitative approach was conducted with 122 undergraduates, with data collected by means of applying the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and structured questionnaire with questions related to the study. Results: The data revealed that 54,92% of the students presented minimal levels of depression; 35.25% were within the range of slight to moderate depression; 5.74% reported moderate to severe depression, and 4.1% manifested a severe condition of depression. Conclusion: Symptoms indicative of depression in some students and a significant increase in the rates of depression in the first semesters, may lead to harm to the student and result in poor academic achievement, in addition to reaffirming the evidence in the literature, demonstrating the urgency of implementing measures to overcome this problem.
