Biofeedback Intervention for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Graduate Students in Public Health Nursing
Globally, graduate students have been found to have high prevalence of mental health problems. With increasing severity of mental health problems on university campuses and limited resources for mental health treatment, alternative interventions are needed. This study investigated the use of biofe...
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| author | Paul Ratanasiripong Orawan Kaewboonchoo Nop Ratanasiripong Suda Hanklang Pornlert Chumchai |
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| description | Globally, graduate students have been found to have high prevalence of mental health problems. With increasing severity of mental health problems on university campuses and limited resources for mental health treatment, alternative interventions are needed. This study investigated the use of biofeedback training to help reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. A sample of 60 graduate students in public health nursing was randomly assigned to either the biofeedback intervention or the control group. Results indicated that biofeedback intervention was effective in significantly reducing the levels of stress, anxiety, and depression over the 4-week period, while the control group had increases in symptoms of anxiety and depression over the same timeframe. As future leaders in the public health nursing arena, the more psychologically healthy the graduate students in public health nursing are, the better the public health nursing professionals they will be as they go forth to serve the community after graduation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-535ef486d35f41b295d4a1c2f5e7c9402025-02-03T06:08:35ZengWileyNursing Research and Practice2090-14292090-14372015-01-01201510.1155/2015/160746160746Biofeedback Intervention for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Graduate Students in Public Health NursingPaul Ratanasiripong0Orawan Kaewboonchoo1Nop Ratanasiripong2Suda Hanklang3Pornlert Chumchai4Department of Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling, California State University, Long Beach, CA 90840, USAFaculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ThailandSchool of Nursing, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA 90747, USAFaculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ThailandFaculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, ThailandGlobally, graduate students have been found to have high prevalence of mental health problems. With increasing severity of mental health problems on university campuses and limited resources for mental health treatment, alternative interventions are needed. This study investigated the use of biofeedback training to help reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression. A sample of 60 graduate students in public health nursing was randomly assigned to either the biofeedback intervention or the control group. Results indicated that biofeedback intervention was effective in significantly reducing the levels of stress, anxiety, and depression over the 4-week period, while the control group had increases in symptoms of anxiety and depression over the same timeframe. As future leaders in the public health nursing arena, the more psychologically healthy the graduate students in public health nursing are, the better the public health nursing professionals they will be as they go forth to serve the community after graduation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/160746 |
| spellingShingle | Paul Ratanasiripong Orawan Kaewboonchoo Nop Ratanasiripong Suda Hanklang Pornlert Chumchai Biofeedback Intervention for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Graduate Students in Public Health Nursing Nursing Research and Practice |
| title | Biofeedback Intervention for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Graduate Students in Public Health Nursing |
| title_full | Biofeedback Intervention for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Graduate Students in Public Health Nursing |
| title_fullStr | Biofeedback Intervention for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Graduate Students in Public Health Nursing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biofeedback Intervention for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Graduate Students in Public Health Nursing |
| title_short | Biofeedback Intervention for Stress, Anxiety, and Depression among Graduate Students in Public Health Nursing |
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