Hope and psychological well-being during the sanitary crisis by COVID-19: a study with nursing students

Tânia Marlene Gonçalves Lourenço, Zaida Borges Charepe, Cristina Bárbara da Costa Freitas Pestana, Isabel Cristina Mascarenhas Rabiais, Enrique Jesús Sáez Alvarez, Rita Maria Sousa Abreu Figueiredo, Sérgio Joaquim Deodato Fernandes

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Abstract

Aim: to analyze the relationship between hope and the psychological well-being of Portuguese nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Method: this is a descriptive-correlational study using an online questionnaire for data collection. 705 nursing students participated, with a mean age of 21.74 years (SD=4.44). The data collection instruments used were the Herth Hope Index (HHI-PT) and the Well-Being Manifestations Measure Scale (WBMMS). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Results: in the HHI-PT, the affective-behavioral domain had the highest mean score (3.30; SD=0.45), while in the WBMMS, it was the sociability domain, 3.64 (SD=0.77). There were moderate to strong correlations (0.383 Conclusion and implications for practice: nursing students’ hope and psychological well-being during the pandemic are variables that are positively correlated with each other. Strategies to promote mental health, to be implemented by educational institutions, must consider the association between these two variables.
Translated title of the contributionEsperança e bem-estar psicológico durante a crise sanitária pela COVID-19: estudo com estudantes de enfermagem
Original languageEnglish
Article numbere20200548
Number of pages7
JournalEscola Anna Nery
Volume25
Issue numberspe
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 27 Sept 2021

Keywords

  • Hope
  • Psychologic adaptation
  • Nursing students
  • Distance education
  • COVID-19

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