State-trait anxiety in university students of the Nursing course
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1806-6976.smad.2022.180906Keywords:
Anxiety, Nursing, Mental Health, Students, Psychological DistressAbstract
Objective: to assess the level of trait and state anxiety in university students attending the
Nursing course. Method: a cross-sectional, quantitative and descriptive study was carried out.
For data collection, a sociodemographic questionnaire was applied to characterize the sample, as
well as the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to assess the anxiety level among the students. Data was
analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, with a 5% significance level. Results: there
was a high level of anxiety in students for both STAI-S and STAI-T. The high level of state and trait
anxiety (STAI-S and STAI-T) was more frequent in the “number of subjects”, “doing psychotherapy”,
“previous stressor” and “mental diagnosis” variables. Trait anxiety is significantly related to
individuals with a mental diagnosis who sought psychotherapeutic assistance. Conclusion: the
participants showed high trait and state anxiety associated with academic situations and the
consequences of this routine, and it is necessary to deeply investigate these variables in order
to build actions that can enhance the resilience and resignification of everyday problems in this
population.
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