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Depression, Anxiety, Stress among nursing students of Kolkata: a cross sectional study
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Mausumi Basu
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Debasis Sinha
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Afifa Ahamed
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Sita Chatterjee
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RN Misra
Introduction: Globally the Lifetime prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress among adolescents and young adults are estimated to range from 5% to 70%.
Objectives: To find out the prevalence of Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Nursing students of a tertiary care teaching institution of Kolkata.
Methods: An Institution based observational descriptive cross sectional study was carried out at School of Nursing of a tertiary care Government teaching hospital of Kolkata from April 2016 to May among 129 students using DASS 21 point scale. Data were analyzed by SPSS 23 using percentages.
Results: About 33.33% of the students suffered from moderate to extreme depression; 56.59% had moderate to extreme levels anxiety and 23.26% experienced moderate to extreme levels of stress.
Conclusions: Results of this study will help to better understanding of stress, anxiety and depression among nursing students so as to assist them to promote the quality of clinical practice.
Keywords: Nursing students, Depression, Anxiety, Stress
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Basu M, Sinha D, Ahamed A, Chatterjee S, Misra R. Depression, Anxiety, Stress among nursing students of Kolkata: a cross sectional study [Internet]. J Prev Med Holist Health. 2016 [cited 2025 Oct 09];2(2):54-60. Available from: https://doi.org/
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Basu, M., Sinha, D., Ahamed, A., Chatterjee, S., Misra, R. (2016). Depression, Anxiety, Stress among nursing students of Kolkata: a cross sectional study. J Prev Med Holist Health, 2(2), 54-60. https://doi.org/
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Basu, Mausumi, Sinha, Debasis, Ahamed, Afifa, Chatterjee, Sita, Misra, RN. "Depression, Anxiety, Stress among nursing students of Kolkata: a cross sectional study." J Prev Med Holist Health, vol. 2, no. 2, 2016, pp. 54-60. https://doi.org/
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Basu, M., Sinha, D., Ahamed, A., Chatterjee, S., Misra, R.. "Depression, Anxiety, Stress among nursing students of Kolkata: a cross sectional study." J Prev Med Holist Health 2, no. 2 (2016): 54-60. https://doi.org/