AIMS To identify the types of interventions that are effective in reducing stress in student nurses, and to make recommendations for future research. BACKGROUND Student nurses experience significant stress during their training and this may contribute to sickness, absence and attrition. Given the global shortage of nurses and high dropout rates amongst trainees, the importance for developing ...

Research suggests that major disruptions to one’s life can have negative effects on their mental wellbeing. The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has caused psychological distress in various contexts of human life. Cancellation sporting events and transition courses primarily online platforms significant impact the lives university student athletes during COVID-19 pandemic, hence in...

BACKGROUND Emerging adulthood involves major transitions in social roles and high levels of stress, which may affect later health. PURPOSE To examine cross-sectionally and longitudinally the relationships of stress to roles in four life domains-residential independence from family of origin, employment, relationships, and motherhood-among young adult women. METHOD 8,749 young women particip...

BACKGROUND This study investigates the variations of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) due to a real-life stressor and proposes a classifier based on nonlinear features of HRV for automatic stress detection. METHODS 42 students volunteered to participate to the study about HRV and stress. For each student, two recordings were performed: one during an on-going university examination, assumed as a r...

objectives: this study sought to assess the level of stress in general dentists in the 2nd district of tehran city in 2014 to find out the stressors and suggest strategies to overcome them. methods: this descriptive, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted on 130 general dentists from the 2nd district of tehran city selected via weighted randomization. level of stress was assessed using...