The effect of a stress management program on first-year nursing students' clinical stress: A randomized controlled experimental study

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dc.contributor.authorGulnar, Emel
dc.contributor.authorAsik, Elif
dc.contributor.authorOzveren, Husna
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-21T16:45:01Z
dc.date.available2025-01-21T16:45:01Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentKırıkkale Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractBackground: Clinical clerkships lie at the core of nursing education and are crucial for developing professional skills. However, nursing students, especially freshmen, often encounter significant stress during their clinical experiences. Objectives: This study investigated the effect of a stress management program on first-year nursing students' clinical stress levels. Design: This randomized controlled experimental study adopted a pretest-posttest-follow-up test research design. Settings and participants: Participants were recruited using simple randomization. The sample consisted of 64 firstyear nursing students (intervention = 32; control = 32) from the nursing department of the faculty of health sciences of a university in Turkiye. Methods: Participants were randomized into intervention and control groups. The intervention group attended a stress management program, one weekly session for five weeks (intervention). The research was conducted between 21.02.2022 and 20.05.2022. Data were collected using a personal information form, the Perceived Stress Scale, the Physio-Psycho-Social Response Scale, and the Coping Behavior Inventory. The data were collected pretest and posttest the intervention and two months follow-up test. The data were analyzed using the two-way repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: The changes in the Perceived Stress Scale mean scores, group*time interaction, were statistically significant (p < 0.05). The results showed that the changes in the Coping Behavior Inventory problem-solving subscale mean scores, group*time interaction, were statistically significant (p < 0.05). The multiple comparisons showed a statistically significant difference in posttest Physio-Psycho-Social Response Scale social behavioral symptoms and emotional symptoms subscale scores between the intervention and control groups (p < 0.05). The multiple comparisons showed a statistically significant difference in posttest Coping Behavior Inventory problem-solving and avoidance subscale scores between the intervention and control groups (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The stress management program helps first-year nursing students experience less stress and develop problem-solving skills before they perform clinical clerkships. It also allows them to suffer from fewer emotional and social behavioral symptoms and exhibit fewer avoidance behaviors.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106131
dc.identifier.issn0260-6917
dc.identifier.issn1532-2793
dc.identifier.pmid38368735
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85187253592
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106131
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/25572
dc.identifier.volume136
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001203193700001
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherChurchill Livingstone
dc.relation.ispartofNurse Education Today
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241229
dc.subjectNursing students; Clinical stress; Stress management program
dc.titleThe effect of a stress management program on first-year nursing students' clinical stress: A randomized controlled experimental study
dc.typeArticle

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