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Relationship Between Health Anxiety and Psychological Resilience Among Nursing Students and Predictors of Psychological Resilience in the Last Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2024

Tulay Sagkal Midilli ,
Asli Kalkim Open the ORCID record for Asli Kalkim [Opens in a new window]  and
Burcu Uslu
Tulay Sagkal Midilli
Affiliation:
Manisa Celal Bayar University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Manisa, Türkiye
Asli Kalkim*
Affiliation:
Ege University, Faculty of Nursing, İzmir, Türkiye
Burcu Uslu
Affiliation:
Trakya University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Trakya, Türkiye
*
Corresponding author: Asli Kalkim; Email: asli.kalkim@ege.edu.tr
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Abstract

Objective:

The study aimed to determine health anxiety and psychological resilience and to investigate the relationship between health anxiety and psychological resilience among nursing students in the last period of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods:

This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted with 507 students in Turkey. The questionnaires used in the study were a student nurse information form, the Health Anxiety Inventory, and the Resilience Scale for Adults.

Results:

The mean age of the students was 20.70 ± 1.77 years. The health anxiety mean score was 36.19 ± 6.55, and the resilience scale mean score was 117.13 ± 16.00. There was a weak negative correlation between the students’ psychological resilience and their health anxiety (r = −0.207, P < 0.001).

Conclusion:

Having an extended family and having good relationships with family and friends were the predictors of psychological resilience. Social support and psychological care services under a biopsychosocial model by the management of university or faculty should be implemented for university students in order to preserve their resilience and well-being, to cope with the pandemic.

Keywords

anxietyCOVID-19nursing studentspsychological resilience
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 18 , 2024 , e92
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc

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