Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of nursing students in Japan: a cross-sectional study.

Yoshiyasu ItoJun KakoKohei KajiwaraYasutaka KimuraTakahiro KakedaSeiji HamanishiShinsuke SasakiMakoto YamanakaHana KiyoharaYuki WakiguchiYoji EndoKimie HaradaYuji KogaMichiko IshidaYoko NishidaMasamitsu KobayashiMichihiro Tsubaki

Published in: Environmental health and preventive medicine (2022)

Mental health-related symptoms among nursing students in Japan have not necessarily worsened with the spread of COVID-19 but were exacerbated by the intensity of changes in daily living and fear, which are psychosocial effects associated with the pandemic.

Keyphrases

nursing students
mental health
coronavirus disease
sars cov
mental illness
physical activity
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
sleep quality
risk factors
depressive symptoms
prefrontal cortex