Quality of Life and Associated Factors Among Norwegian Public Health Nurse Students During the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-sectional Study

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2023 Mar 17

PMID 36928254

Authors

Lisbeth Valla

Victoria Telle Hjellset

Milada Cvancarova Smastuen

Bente Sparboe-Nilsen

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Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate the association between quality of life (QOL) and civil status, self-efficacy, loneliness, and physical and mental health among public health nurse (PHN) students during the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020. PHN students were recruited from eight universities and university colleges in Norway. A range of potential predictive factors were entered into a model using a stepwise linear regression approach. In general, the PHN students reported a high level of QOL during the first month of the pandemic. The students' civil status, perceived physical health, self-efficacy and loneliness were all significantly correlated with QOL. Among these, the strongest predictive factors for QOL were found to be perceived loneliness and self-efficacy. Our results provide insight into the QOL of PHN students, which managers in the higher education sector can use to outline specific coping strategies that can help students during a pandemic.

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