PMID- 29704700
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180625
LR  - 20180625
IS  - 1532-2793 (Electronic)
IS  - 0260-6917 (Linking)
VI  - 66
DP  - 2018 Jul
TI  - Quality of life of nursing students from nine countries: A cross-sectional study.
PG  - 135-142
LID - S0260-6917(18)30175-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.04.016 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Nursing student life is stressful as a result of the work they exert 
      to learn concepts ranging from basic to complicated issues and health concerns 
      for maintaining overall human health. Hence, assessing the quality of life (QOL) 
      of nursing students is important to determine if they have excellent well-being 
      levels as they go through the learning process. OBJECTIVES: This study measured 
      and compared QOL of respondents by country of residence, and identified the QOL 
      predictors of students. DESIGN: Descriptive, cross-sectional design. SETTINGS: A 
      multi-country study conducted in Chile, Egypt, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Kenya, 
      Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United States of America. PARTICIPANTS: A convenience 
      sample of 2012 Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) students. METHODS: A 
      self-administered questionnaire containing demographic characteristic items and 
      the World Health Organization QOL-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) was used to gather data from 
      respondents. RESULTS: The highest overall QOL was recorded in the physical health 
      domain, whereas the lowest was in the social health domain. The perceived highest 
      and lowest QOL dimension varied between countries. Age, country of residence, and 
      monthly family income showed statistically significant multivariate effect on the 
      aspects of QOL. CONCLUSIONS: Considering their stressful lives, the present study 
      underscores the importance of ensuring the highest level of well-being among 
      nursing students. The maintenance of high levels of well-being among nursing 
      students should also be prioritized to maximize their learning and ensure their 
      satisfaction in their student life.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Cruz, Jonas Preposi
AU  - Cruz JP
AD  - Nursing Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Shaqra University, Al 
      Dawadmi, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: cruzjprn@gmail.com.
FAU - Felicilda-Reynaldo, Rhea Faye D
AU  - Felicilda-Reynaldo RFD
AD  - School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI, 
      United States. Electronic address: rff@hawaii.edu.
FAU - Lam, Simon Ching
AU  - Lam SC
AD  - School of Nursing, Faulty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong 
      Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Electronic address: 
      simlc@alumni.cuhk.net.
FAU - Machuca Contreras, Felipe Aliro
AU  - Machuca Contreras FA
AD  - Carrera de Enfermeria, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autonoma de 
      Chile, Santiago, Chile; Escuela de Enfermeria, Facultad de Salud y Odontologia, 
      Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: 
      felipe.machuca@uautonoma.cl.
FAU - John Cecily, Helen Shaji
AU  - John Cecily HS
AD  - Nursing Department, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. Electronic 
      address: h.cecily@mu.edu.sa.
FAU - Papathanasiou, Ioanna V
AU  - Papathanasiou IV
AD  - Nursing Department, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly, Larissa, 
      Thessaly, Greece. Electronic address: iopapathanasiou@yahoo.gr.
FAU - Fouly, Howieda A
AU  - Fouly HA
AD  - Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt. Electronic address: 
      hoida.elfouly@aun.edu.eg.
FAU - Kamau, Simon Macharia
AU  - Kamau SM
AD  - Nursing Science Department, University of Kabianga, Kericho, Kenya. Electronic 
      address: symomash@gmail.com.
FAU - Valdez, Glenn Ford D
AU  - Valdez GFD
AD  - Nursing Department, Salalah Nursing Institute, Salalah City, Oman. Electronic 
      address: glennfordvaldez@yahoo.com.
FAU - Adams, Kathryn A
AU  - Adams KA
AD  - School of Nursing, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, United States. 
      Electronic address: KathyAdams@missouristate.edu.
FAU - Colet, Paolo C
AU  - Colet PC
AD  - School of Medicine, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. Electronic 
      address: paolo.colet@nu.edu.kz.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180420
PL  - Scotland
TA  - Nurse Educ Today
JT  - Nurse education today
JID - 8511379
MH  - Adult
MH  - Africa
MH  - Asia
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Health/standards
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Students, Nursing/*psychology
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United States
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Multi-country study
OT  - Nursing education
OT  - Nursing student
OT  - Quality of life
EDAT- 2018/04/29 06:00
MHDA- 2018/06/26 06:00
CRDT- 2018/04/29 06:00
PHST- 2017/08/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/03/24 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/04/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/04/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/06/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/04/29 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0260-6917(18)30175-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.04.016 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nurse Educ Today. 2018 Jul;66:135-142. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2018.04.016. Epub 2018 
      Apr 20.