Ansiedad en estudiantes universitarios del 8vo semestre del paralelo A y B, de la carrera de enfermería de una universidad privada del Ecuador- 2023

Abstract

Anxiety is a condition that has been the object of study in many investigations due to the frequency of the condition and the variety of its cases, so this research is dedicated to identify and describe those levels of anxiety that are present in university students of the nursing career of a private university in Ecuador, through the application of the DASS21 test, taking into account adherent variables such as age, gender, marital status, which are essential in our research. It was possible to determine that the variables of anxiety with respect to gender, are very different from each other, resulting in the existence of a higher level of anxiety in the case of women over men being so, 83% of women, have severe anxiety levels, 8% have moderate anxiety levels and 9% have normal anxiety levels, on the other hand, 32% of male participants have anxiety levels that are in the range of severe, 63% have moderate anxiety levels and 5% have anxiety levels that are in a range of normal. Thus, the global anxiety levels were obtained, showing that 5% of the participants present a normal anxiety level, 28% present a moderate anxiety level and 67% represent severe anxiety levels. These data were coded and extracted through the application and interpretation of the DASS-21.