Survey study, 2024
Do chemicals that disrupt hormones and social support affect stress in nursing students with PMS?
Yes. Social support strongly reduces stress in nursing students with PMS, and avoiding chemicals that disrupt hormones may also help.
What they did
101 nursing students answered questionnaires about their exposure to chemicals that disrupt hormones, their social support, and their stress during clinical training.
What they found
Students with more social support reported less stress. Those exposed to more chemicals that disrupt hormones reported more stress. Social support had the strongest effect on reducing stress, followed by the student's year of study and then chemical exposure.
What it means for you
Social support is important for reducing stress in nursing students with PMS. Reducing exposure to chemicals that disrupt hormones may also help. The study explained about 18% of the variation in stress between students, meaning many other factors also matter. This was an observational study, so we cannot be certain that social support directly causes less stress.
101
nursing students surveyed
18%
of stress variation explained by the model
About the study
- Original title
- The Influences of Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Social Support on Clinical Practicum Stress among Nursing Students with Premenstrual Syndrome
- Authors
- Ju‐Yeon Lee, Sehoon Hong
- Journal
- Korean Association For Learner-Centered Curriculum And Instruction
- Year
- 2024
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 101
- What was tested
- None
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.22251/jlcci.2024.24.1.459
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