TY - JOUR
T1 - The state of mental health and healthy lifestyle behaviors in nursing, medicine and health sciences faculty and students at Big 10 Universities with implications for action
AU - Melnyk, Bernadette Mazurek
AU - Hsieh, Andreanna Pavan
AU - Tan, Alai
AU - Gawlik, Kate Sustersic
AU - Hacker, Eileen Danaher
AU - Ferrell, Denise
AU - Simpson, Vicki
AU - Burda, Charon
AU - Hagerty, Bonnie
AU - Scott, Linda D.
AU - Holt, Jeana M.
AU - Gampetro, Pamela
AU - Farag, Amany
AU - Glogocheski, Steven
AU - Badzek, Laurie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - Background: High rates of mental health conditions and poor healthy lifestyle behaviors are reported in nurses, other clinicians, and health science students but have not been compared across different professions. Purpose: The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) describe rates of mental health problems and healthy lifestyle behaviors across the Big 10 health professional faculty and students, (2) compare the health and healthy lifestyle behaviors of the Big 10 health sciences faculty and students across health sciences' professions, and (3) identify factors predictive of depression, stress, and anxiety. Methods: Faculty and students from eight health science colleges at the Big 10 Universities responded to the study survey, which included: demographics, healthy lifestyle behavior questions, and three valid/reliable mental health scales. Descriptive statistics described the findings and multiple linear regression identified factors associated with mental health conditions. Results: Eight-hundred and sixty-nine faculty and 1087 students responded. Approximately 50% of faculty and students reported 7 h of sleep/night, a third achieved 150 min of physical activity/week; 5.5%–9.9% screened positive for depression; and 11.5%–25.5% had anxiety. Age, sleep, and physical activity were associated with lower depression and anxiety. Conclusions: University leadership must build wellness cultures that make healthy lifestyle behaviors easy to engage in and enhance mental well-being.
AB - Background: High rates of mental health conditions and poor healthy lifestyle behaviors are reported in nurses, other clinicians, and health science students but have not been compared across different professions. Purpose: The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) describe rates of mental health problems and healthy lifestyle behaviors across the Big 10 health professional faculty and students, (2) compare the health and healthy lifestyle behaviors of the Big 10 health sciences faculty and students across health sciences' professions, and (3) identify factors predictive of depression, stress, and anxiety. Methods: Faculty and students from eight health science colleges at the Big 10 Universities responded to the study survey, which included: demographics, healthy lifestyle behavior questions, and three valid/reliable mental health scales. Descriptive statistics described the findings and multiple linear regression identified factors associated with mental health conditions. Results: Eight-hundred and sixty-nine faculty and 1087 students responded. Approximately 50% of faculty and students reported 7 h of sleep/night, a third achieved 150 min of physical activity/week; 5.5%–9.9% screened positive for depression; and 11.5%–25.5% had anxiety. Age, sleep, and physical activity were associated with lower depression and anxiety. Conclusions: University leadership must build wellness cultures that make healthy lifestyle behaviors easy to engage in and enhance mental well-being.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2021.10.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 34887036
AN - SCOPUS:85118486960
SN - 8755-7223
VL - 37
SP - 1167
EP - 1174
JO - Journal of Professional Nursing
JF - Journal of Professional Nursing
IS - 6
ER -