Factors Associated with Stress among First-year Nursing Students, Suan Sunundha Rajabhat University

Abstract

Stress can occur with people of all ages. Ii may also happen to nursing students if nursing students have stress, in can affect the quality of life for both physical and mental health of students. The purpose of this descriptive study was to examine the level of stress and factors associated with stress among first-year nursing students in College of Nursing and Health, Suan Sunundha Rajabhat University. The subjects were 120 first-year nursing students in the second semester of the academic year 2017. The data were collected by using self-administered questionnaires which consisted of questions about the levels of stress and factors associated with stress of the students. The reliabilities of the study instrument tested by Cronbach’s alpha coefficient were 0.81 and 0.87 respectively. The data were analyzed by using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Chi-square test. The findings of the study revealed that 54.2% of the first-year nursing students had their stress in the normal level, while the factors associated with stress had significant relation to students’ personality (p = 0.000), health (p = 0.002), and learning (p = 0.005). It could be suggested that the university administrators and teachers are able to use the results of this study to design learning activities as well as personality and health promotion activities in order to help the students manage their stress appropriately.