Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- Aazam Heidarzadeh 1
- Sekineh Mohammad Alizadeh 2
- Jila Soltan Ahmad 3
- mansooreh forouzi 4
- Fatemeh Sadat HashemiNasab 5
- Hasan Abas zadeh 6
1 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan. Iran.
2 Research Center Of Nursing, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
3 Faculty member Department of Midwifery, Research Center Of Nursing, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
4 Faculty member, Internal-Surgical department, Neuroscience Research Center and Neuropharmacological Institute, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
5 Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, research center of nursing, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
6 Midwifery nursing students of Kerman. Iran
Abstract
Educational negligenceis a dominant and continuingtendency withinlearners for
Postponing academic activities that itis associatedwithmood disorders.Hence, the presentstudy
was done to explore prevalence ofstudies onacademic negligence and its relationship with mood
disorders amongMedical Sciences Students of Kerman. This Cross-sectional study was a
descriptive- correlationalresearch.Statistical population of this study was 5285 members that
only 338 students were participatedbased on cluster sampling method. Moreover,data collection
tool was consistedof two parts; academic negligence and Mood disorders.Validity was
subsequently evaluated by the professors and was approved;also Cronbach's alpha coefficient
ofstress disorder questionnaires 0/82, anxiety 0/81, and depression 0/83 have been
assessedrespectively. Afterwards, data was analyzed throughdescriptive and analytical
tests;mean score in three domains of academic negligence fromhighest to lowest order was
accounted 2/37(±0/72) for Lack of planning domain , 2/24 (±0/66) for Intentional domain, and
2/18 (±0/67) for Fatigue domain. In addition, most students even didn’t have any mood
disorders or had mild mood disorder. Comparisonof total score and scores ofthree domainsof
academic negligence with psychological disorders of students (Stress, Anxiety, and Depression)
showed a significantdifference (P< 0/0001). According to theseresults and the relationship
between mood disorders and academic negligence, it is recommended to designeducational
programthat to promote mental health and also reduce academic negligence.
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