Cortisol dynamics in undergraduate nursing students during clinical practice: protocol for an exploratory cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This paper presents a protocol for the Investigation of Cortisol Dynamics in Undergraduate Nursing Students, a funded project aiming to understand the fluctuations in anxiety and salivary cortisol levels due to clinical setting changes and the anxiety associated with clinical practice.

Methods and analysis

This study is an exploratory, cross-sectional, observational study that will be conducted at a health and science school in Portugal. Data collection will involve phycological assessment instruments for personality, anxiety, stress, depression and saliva cortisol levels. The target population consists of undergraduate nursing students enrolled in our institution for the academic year of 2022/2023 (N=272), of whom we aim to recruit 35% (N=96) to the study.

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SUBMITTER: Loureiro F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10335497 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature