Hypochondriasis among nursing students at Islamic University of Gaza.

Source

التمريض بين النظرية و التطبيق المؤتمر الدولي الأول المنعقد بكلية التمريض بالجامعة الإسلامية بغزة خلال الفترة من 24-25 ابريل 2007

Publication Date

2007-04-30

Country of Publication

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Psychiatry

Topics

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• Palestine
• Gaza Strip

English Abstract

Background Many studies claim that infertility leads to a negative effect on psychosocial functioning, emotional distress and marital problems.

Very little is known about the level of marital adjustment among infertile women and its relation with some variables (age, level of income, level of education, and occupational status) in North Gaza-Palestine.

Objectives To identify the level of Hypochondriasis among nursing students at Islamic university and its relations with some variables (gender, and study level).

Methods Descriptive design was used in this study.

A questionnaire to measure the level of Hypochondriasis was applied to (288) nursing students, (171) male students with average (59.4 %), and (117) female students with average (40.6 %) at Islamic university of Gaza registered for the year 2006/2007.

Analysis of variance (One-Way ANOVA), T test, Sheffe test, and frequency distribution were used.

Results The level of Hypochondriasis among nursing students was of relative mass (43.29 %).

The rank of Hypochondriasis dimensions according to relative mass was: isolation and anxiety (56.46 %), emotional symptoms (52.11 %), negative feelings (51.32 %), physical symptoms (40.47 %), obsessive anxiety on health status (34.63 %), obsessive concern of health and prevention (30.37 %), There are significant differences between male and female students in total level of Hypochondriasis, and the first and sixth dimension(physical symptoms and isolation and anxiety) toward female students, while there are no significant differences in other dimensions.

There are significant differences between study levels in the level of Hypochondriasis and some dimensions toward the third and fourth study levels.

Conclusions Symptoms of Hypochondriasis were present moderately with a relative mass (43.29 %) among nursing students in IUG.

Other study is needed to investigate the effect of a program on decreasing the level of Hypochondriasis among nursing students.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-439278

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