A Cross-Sectional Study Exploring the Relationship Between BMI and Nursing Students’ Emotional Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Noura A Almadni,1 Samira A Alsenany,2 Zeinab A Abusabeib,1 Hala K Ibrahim1 1Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, 11671 Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Public Health, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Samira A Alsenany, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 22246, Jeddah, 4929, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966541368966, Fax +966016401000 Ex 3421, Email [email protected]: Having a weight problem can cause emotional distress, especially in students, who suffer from both issues at a high rate. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s negative impact on society, these problems can be significantly impacted. The study aims to investigate the relationship between nursing students’ BMI and their mental well-being.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 423 students from the second through fourth baccalaureate years of Science of Nursing program – KSA. The instrument for the study was an online questionnaire distributed to the students via Google Forms during the academic year 2021– 2022 to collect data on the emotional state of students directly as a result of COVID-19 restrictions and limitations. The statistical analysis was carried out through Chi-square test was used to compare categorical data between groups and the Pearson coefficient is used to determine the correlation between two quantitative variables with normal distribution.Results: There is a significant correlation between BMI with depression score, anxiety score and stress score. Higher BMI indicated 6.4 times more likeliness to have depression than lower BMI (OR = 6.4). Students who had higher BMI were 2.7 times more likely to have anxiety than those who had lower BMI (OR = 2.7), and 9.4 times more likely to have stress than those who had lower BMI (OR = 9.4).Conclusion: Study findings indicate that nursing students’ BMI increases as depression, anxiety, and stress increase. During the COVID-19 pandemic, participants reported increased weight due to increased stress levels and increased eating. Students in nursing should be aware of the importance of adopting healthy habits and following a healthy lifestyle.Keywords: nursing students, BMI, emotional distress, COVID-19, pandemi

Perceived Relationship Between Horizontal Violence and Patient Safety Culture Among Nurses

Huda Jalal Jaber,1 Ghada Mohammad Abu Shosha,1 Mahmoud Taher Al-Kalaldeh,2 Islam Ali Oweidat,1 Khalid Al-Mugheed,3 Samira Ahmed Alsenany,4 Sally Mohammed Farghaly Abdelaliem5 1Faculty of Nursing, Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan; 2Faculty of Nursing, the University of Jordan, Aqaba, Jordan; 3Faculty of Nursing, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Community Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Nursing Management and Education, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Islam Ali Oweidat, Faculty of Nursing, Zarqa University, P.O. Box 132222, Zarqa, 13132, Jordan, Email [email protected]: Despite the value of undertaking patient safety culture, its association with horizontal violence in nursing workplace is still understudied. This study aimed to investigate the association between the perceived patient safety culture and its relationship with horizontal violence among nurses working in Jordan.Methods: A cross-sectional correlational design was used. Nurses working in major governmental hospitals in Jordan were conveniently recruited to complete an online self-administered questionnaire, which included the following tools: Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture and Negative Behaviours in Healthcare (NBHC) Survey. The survey was designed to measure attitudes and perceptions on patient safety culture at multiple levels of a healthcare organization with ten dimensions. The Negative Behaviours in Healthcare (NBHC) survey was developed as an adaptation of the Lateral Violence in Nursing Survey (LVNS) with 25 items and two open-ended questions.Results: A total of 330 nurses responded to the questionnaire. Nurses moderately perceived patient safety culture (HSOPS mean = 3.5, SD = 1.1). Low incidence of horizontal violence was claimed (mean = 2.1, SD = 1.1). However, it was associated with moderate negative correlation with patient safety culture (r = − 0.53, p < 0.001). Regression model revealed that patient safety culture explained an additional 53% of the variance of horizontal violence after controlling the effects of age and length of clinical experience (R-square change: 0.560, SE: 19.7, P: 0.001, CI: 1.21– 1.57).Conclusion: Despite its low incidence, patient safety culture was found influential to the horizontal violence based on the perspectives of nurses in Jordan. Patient safety culture can be incorporated with other factors that contribute to the development of horizontal violence in nursing workplace.Keywords: patient safety culture, hospital, horizontal violence, nurses, safet