Evaluation of mental health status of nursing students of Sari Azad University during the Covid 19 pandemic in winter 1399

Introduction Objective:

Mental health status of nursing students who have an important role in promoting of community health ,is one of the important missions of nursing education. Mental health status of nursing students  who play an important role in community health services in the COVID 19 pandemic,has special importance. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the mental health status of nursing students in the School of Nursing of Sari Azad University during the covid-19 pandemic.

The present study is a cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study that was performed by census method on all nursing students of Sari Azad University. Data collection tools were demographic questionnaire and 12-item mental health questionnaire (GHQ-12).

Totally, 278 participants completed the study that 70 participants (25.2%) worked in the COVID 19 hospitals and 208 participants (74.8%) didn’t work. The highest average of mental health score was related to First year students (5±3.10) and the lowest average of mental health score was related to Sixth semester students(3.7±2.51).Also, average of mental health score was significantly higher in participants who had contact with covid 19 patients than others,it is indicated  poor mental health in them(p-value <0.05).

According to the findings, it is necessary to pay attention to the mental health of nursing students during the corona pandemic: therefore, it is suggested that have an effective role in improvement of mental health of nursing students by holding mental health workshops and changing the conditions of educational environments during the Covid 19 Pandemic  and providing counseling .