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Factors Influencing Spiritual Health among Nursing Students in the Prolonged COVID-19 Situation

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  • Juhyun Jin

    (Institute of Nursing Science, College of Nursing, Daegu Catholic University, Daegu 42472, Republic of Korea)

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The COVID-19 pandemic is not only an epidemiological crisis but also a spiritual health crisis that affects nursing students. Spiritual health is essential in maintaining and promoting physical and mental health to achieve happiness, potential, meaning, and purpose of life even during a pandemic. This descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to examine factors affecting spiritual health of nursing college students. The study adheres to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. A total of 219 nursing students from three nursing colleges in Metropolitan D city participated in the study through an online Google Form questionnaire from 2–18 September 2021. The mean score of spiritual health was 96.98 ± 11.54 (out of 120 points); spiritual health was significantly positively correlated with life satisfaction and academic performance ( p < 0.001) and negatively correlated with academic stress ( p < 0.001). Factors significantly affecting spiritual health were academic stress (ß = −2.21, p = 0.045), life satisfaction (ß = 3.85, p < 0.001), and academic performance; below score of 3.0 (ß = −2.08, p = 0.039). The explanatory power of these effects was 30.7%. As a future professional nurse who will work in the clinical field where the demand for the spiritual care of patients is increasing, it is necessary to develop and apply a curriculum that can improve the spiritual health of nursing students.

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  • Juhyun Jin, 2023. "Factors Influencing Spiritual Health among Nursing Students in the Prolonged COVID-19 Situation," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-12, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:4:p:3716-:d:1073938
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