Association between social media addiction and sleep quality among undergraduate nursing students:a cross-sectional study

Objectives:To examine the association between social media addiction and sleep quality among undergraduate nursing students.Methods:This research is an analytical observational study with a cross-sectional approach.The sampling technique was purposive sampling of 150 nursing students at a private university in Malang,Indonesia.Respondents filled out a questionnaire about self-identity,a sleep quality questionnaire from the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index(PSQI),and social media addiction from Social Media Addiction Scale(SMAS).This was a bivariate analysis which was conducted using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation test.Results:The results of this study reported that most nursing students were addicted to social media(76%).As for the parameter of the quality variable,most respondents had poor sleep quality,which were about 106 people(70.3%).The result of the Pearson Product Moment Correlation test obtained a P value of 0.000.The Pearson correlation coefficient was 0.358.Social media addiction(adjusted odds ratio[OR]4.80,95%confidence interval[CI]=2.08-11.02),gender(adjusted OR 3.79,95%CI=1.58-9.12),and using social media for a long time(adjusted OR 4.21,95%CI=1.97-10.48)were associated with sleep quality.Conclusions:We found that there is an association between social media addiction and sleep quality among nursing students.Furthermore,we might be educating nursing students to manage their time to improve their quality of sleep to avoid any health problems.

Thai Psychiatric Nurses’ Experiences and Perceptions of the Professional Role When Caring for Older People Displaying Depressive Symptoms

Purpose:?The aim of this study was to describe Thai psychiatric nurses’ experiences and perceptions of their professional role when caring for older people whom displayed symptoms of clinical depression.?Methods:?A qualitative descriptive research design was used. Thirteen psychiatric nurses working in the field of mental health and psychiatric nursing at a rural district hospital were purposively included. The data were collected through in-depth,?face to face interviews and analyzed using qualitative latent content analysis.?Results:?All participants were female, and the mean age was 43 years, and the mean experience of caring for mentally ill patients was 8.3 years. The psychiatric nurses’ experiences and perceptions of their professional role were mirrored in the following themes:?1) managing a central role in the care of the patients;?2) conflicting interests between the professional needs of caregiving and other requests;and?3) being compassionate beyond the profession.?Conclusion: The psychiatric nurses were challenged by the complexity of the caregiving situations and the partners involved in the process of caring for older people with depression. Professionally, the psychiatric nurses played an important role in preventive care and managerial work. They underwent stress under the influence of stakeholders, but they also contributed to the holistic patient care.?Health service authorities may use these results to develop plans for psychiatric nurses in managing a central role and in advocating for holistic care to mitigate the influence of stakeholders to enhance quality of caring for older?individuals with depression.

印度尼西亚2型糖尿病患者自我管理预测因素研究

目的确定印度尼西亚玛琅地区2型糖尿病患者自我管理的预测因素。方法采用横断面研究。采用多阶段抽样法选取印度尼西亚玛琅地区5所初级健康中心127例2型糖尿病患者。采用一般糖尿病知识问卷(the General Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire)、治疗效果信念问卷(the Beliefs of Treatment Effectiveness Questionnaire)、糖尿病困扰量表(the Diabetes Distress Scale)、糖尿病自我效能量表(the Self-Efficacy for Diabetes Scale)、简明慢性病资源调查表(the Brief Chronic lIness Resources Survey).环境问卷(the Situa-tional Questionnaire)、自我护理行为报告(the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities)进行数据收集。问卷的选取是基于健康促进模型。采用多元逐步回归方法进行数据分析。结果糖尿病知识问卷得分为(13.75±3.59)分、治疗效果信念问卷得分为(34.9±4.89)分糖尿病困扰量表得分为(3.03±0.86)分、糖尿病自我效能量表得分为(3.60±0.53)分,简明慢性病资源调查得分为(27.79±5.56)分、环境问卷得分为(3.27±0.58)分、自我护理行为报告得分为(3.81±1.08)分。玛琅地区2型糖尿病患者自我管理预测因素为治疗、自我效能感、环境影响,可解释糖尿病自我管理水平总变异的20.8%。结论通过加强2型糖尿病患者自我效能感,可提高其自我管理水平,从而实现自我管理行为,如健康饮食、规律锻炼、主动监测血糖服药和足部护理,并为促进良好.环境影响提供支持。