Table 2. Family function, social support, and posttraumatic stress symptoms according to the occurrence of mental health disturbances in nursing students, Bucaramanga-Colombia and Seville-Spain, 2021.
| Characteristics | Total %(n) (302) | No mental health disturbances %(n) (115) | Mental health disturbances %(n) (187) | p-value | Prevalence ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family function-APGAR, median (minmax) Normal (<10 points), %(n) Mild dysfunction (10-12 points), %(n) Moderate dysfunction (13 - 16 points), %(n) Severe dysfunction (>16 puntos), %(n) | 15 (11-18) 38.41 (116) 39.74 (120) 7.95 (24) 13.91 (42) | 17 (1-18) 51.30 (59) 35.65 (41) 3.48 (4) 9.57 (11) | 14 (3-18) 30.48 (57) 42.25 (79) 10.70 (20) 16.58 (31) | <0.001* 0.001** | 0.96 (0.94; 0.98) 1 1.34 (1.07; 1.68) 1.70 (3.31; 2.19) 1.50 (1.15; 1.95) | 0.001 0.011 <0.001 0.002 |
| MOS Social Support Survey, mean (SD) Emotional, mean (SD) Tangible, mean (SD) Positive social interaction, mean (SD) Affectionate, mean (SD) With social support (>57 points), %(n) Low social support (<57 points), %(n) | 79.7 (17,1) 33.3 (7.5) 16.7 (3.8) 16.9 (3.7) 12.7 (2.8) 90.73 (274) 9.27 (28) | 85 (15.5) 35.7 (6.6) 17.8 (3.5) 18 (3.3) 13.5 (2,5) 94.78 (109) 5.22 (6) | 76.4 (17.2) 31.9 (7.7) 16 (3.8) 16.3 (3.7) 12.2 (2.9) 88.24 (165) 11.76 (22) | <0.001† <0.001† <0.001† <0.001† <0.001† 0.041** | 0.96 (0.94; 0.98) 0.98 (0.97; 0.99) 0.96 (0.94; 0.98) 0.96 (0.94; 0.98) 0.95 (0.92; 0.97) 1 1.30 (1.05;1.62) | 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.016 |
| Posttraumatic stress - IES-R, mean (SD) Normal (<24 points), %(n) Low risk (24-32 points), %(n) Likely risk (33-36 points), %(n) High risk (> 36 points), %(n) No clinically relevant symptoms (<32), %(n) With clinically relevant symptoms (>33), %(n) | 29.3 (23) 48.13 (116) 7.47 (18) 4.98 (12) 39.42 (95) 55.60 (134) 44.40 (107) | 16.7 (19.1) 73.26 (63) 4.65 (4) 3.49 (3) 18.60 (16) 77.91 (67) 22.09(19) | 36.3 (22) 34.19 (53) 9.03 (14) 5.81 (9) 50.97 (79) 43.23 (67) 56.77 (88) | <0.001† <0.001** <0.001** | 1.01 (1.01; 1.02) 1 1.7 (1.2; 2.3) 1.6 (1.1; 2.4) 1.8 (1.5; 2.3) 1 1.6 (1.36; 2) | <0.001 0.001 0.011 <0.001 <0.001 |
* Mann-Whitney U test, ** Chi-squared test/Fisher's exact test, tStudent's t-test, SD= Standard Deviation, MOS = Medical Outcomes Study, IES-R= Impact of Event Scale-Revised.