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Relationships among Stress, Depression, Musculoskeletal Pain and Fatigue of Nursing Students in Clinical Practice

Purpose: The purpose of this is a descriptive research study was to understand the relationship between stress, depression, musculoskeletal pain, and fatigue among nursing students in clinical practice. Methods: A self-reported questionnaire survey was administered 197 nursing students in clinical practice who understood and accepted the purpose of this study. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Scheff&#233;’s test, and multiple regression, Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Results: The results revealed that nursing practice stress, depression, and musculoskeletal pain were generally related to satisfaction of major. Nursing practice stress showed a positive correlation with depression (r=.474, p ＜.001) and fatigue (r=.459, p ＜.001). Furthermore, depression showed a statistically significant negative correlation with musculoskeletal pain (r=&#8722; 1.82, p ＜.010), and a positive correlation with fatigue (r=463, p<.001). The significant predictors of fatigue for nursing students were depression (β=.316, p ＜.001) and nursing practice stress (β=.309, p=.001). Conclusion: The findings of this study show that fatigue is related to depression and nursing practice stress among nursing in clinical practice. These results can be used as preliminary data to develop interventions that will help reduce nursing practice stress and depression among students, and to seek ways to improve clinical practice education.