The Effect of Dialectical Behavior Therapy - Based Intervention on the Psychological Impacts of Covid-19 among Internship Nursing Students

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt.

2 Lecturer of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt.

Abstract

Background: Internship nursing student's mental health was typically poor during the epidemic,
particularly anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorders which should be handled with
assistance and intervention. This study was aimed to evaluate the effect of Dialectical behavior
therapy - based intervention on the psychological impacts of Covid-19 among internship nursing
students. Method: A total of 260 Internship Nursing Students (Study group) were received a
dialectical behavior therapy intervention session for four weeks. This group was compared with 260
Internship Nursing Students (Control group) without (DBT) intervention sessions. Tool one A
structured Interviewing Questionnaire, Tool two: Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Tool three: Zung
Self-Rating Depression Scale, and Tool four: The Impact of Event Scale (IES) were used in this
study. This study was carried out at the Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University. A quasi -
experimental research design two groups (Study and control group) was utilized. Results: There
were no significant differences in total score of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress
subscales between the study and control group before the (DBT) intervention sessions while after
the (DBT) intervention sessions the study group's anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress total
scores were significantly lower than the control group. Conclusion: During the epidemic prevention
and control, dialectical behavior therapy can successfully decrease the anxiety, depression, and post-
traumatic stress of the Internship Nursing students. Recommendations: DBT therapy may be
implemented in the future in school psychological counselling to help college students cope with
unpleasant emotions. Furthermore, it can aid in the regulation of emotions and better satisfy the
psychological demands of medical and nursing students as well as college psychological
counselling development needs

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Volume 13, Issue 2
June 2022
Pages 1286-1307

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