Mental health of nursing students regarding the Moroccan earthquake: A cross-sectional study

Enfermeria clinica (English Edition) Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.enfcle.2024.09.002

Mounia Amane , Nadia Hachoumi , Rquia Laabidi , Loubna Mazzi , Souad Yakini , Sokaina Loulidi , Siham Jbari , El Hassane Mourid , Samia Boussaa

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Abstract

Objective

In addition to the economic and social impact, mental health issues are one of health needs during natural disaster such as earthquake. Thus, surveillance for mental health variables is crucial for public health planning. Nursing students as professional students may be particularly vulnerable to adverse mental health effects after an earthquake because of their potential role in emergency response and the challenges associated with providing medical care in crisis conditions. The aim of this research was to assess the mental health of students after six months of the Moroccan earthquake and associated factors.

Method

A cross-sectional survey of student nurses was conducted on March 2024; six months after the Moroccan earthquake in front to 261 students using class sampling method. Three validated psychometric measures, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PCL-C), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21), and The Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) were used to assess the nursing student mental health after Moroccan earthquake.

Results

Anxiety, Depression, Stress and abnormal post-traumatic stress rank was present respectively in 44.8%, 37.1%, 7.7%, 61.3% of participants. However, a minority of students obtained the high resilience score (13.8%). The results showed that the DAS scale correlated negatively with age (p = 0.034). Furthermore, the female gender, 3rd grade students (as final year for the nursing diploma) and those who had lost a family member in the natural disaster obtained higher medians with a significant difference in the DAS scale score (p < 0.05). The post-traumatic stress scale was only affected by material damage (p = 0.044). However, the high level of scores resilience obtained significantly for students living with their families. In contrast, no association between the mental health of nursing students and attending the phenomenon or living near earthquake foci.

Conclusion

This study has demonstrated the crucial need to train healthcare providers in emotion management in the event of a natural disaster, and to launch a priori initiatives, particularly with regard to the mental health of students in health universities, in order to prepare them psychologically for any intervention in the case of an alert.

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摩洛哥地震中护理专业学生的心理健康：横断面研究。

目的：除了经济和社会影响之外，心理健康问题也是地震等自然灾害期间的健康需求之一。因此，监测心理健康变量对公共卫生规划至关重要。作为专业学生的护理专业学生可能特别容易在地震后受到不良心理健康影响，因为他们可能在应急响应中扮演重要角色，而且在危机条件下提供医疗护理也是一项挑战。本研究旨在评估摩洛哥地震六个月后学生的心理健康状况及相关因素：采用班级抽样方法，于 2024 年 3 月摩洛哥地震六个月后对 261 名学生护士进行了横向调查。结果：焦虑、抑郁、压力和创伤后应激障碍（PCL-C）、抑郁、焦虑和压力量表（DASS-21）以及康纳-戴维森复原力量表（CD-RISC）这三种经过验证的心理测量方法被用于评估摩洛哥地震后护理专业学生的心理健康状况：结果：44.8%、37.1%、7.7% 和 61.3%的参与者存在焦虑、抑郁、压力和异常创伤后应激反应等级。然而，少数学生获得了较高的复原力分数（13.8%）。结果显示，DAS量表与年龄呈负相关（p = 0.034）。此外，女性、三年级学生（作为护理文凭的最后一年）和在自然灾害中失去家人的学生的 DAS 量表得分中值较高，且差异显著（p 结论：本研究表明，在自然灾害中失去家人的学生的抗灾能力极有必要得到提高：这项研究表明，亟需对医护人员进行自然灾害情况下的情绪管理培训，并推出先期举措，特别是针对卫生大学学生的心理健康，以便他们在警报发生时做好心理准备，以便采取任何干预措施。

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