title: Some health effects of implementing school nursing in a Norwegian high school: a controlled study.
abstract: The effects of a school nursing service on health complaints and mood were investigated in a Norwegian high school. The school nursing service was delivered to students in 1 high school, and students in a comparable high school served as the comparison group. There were 41 students in the treatment group and 63 in the comparison group. All students completed a survey at the beginning of 2 successive fall terms. The survey had items on common health complaints, perceived stress, efforts to cope, moods, and sense of humor. Results from multivariate analyses of variance found that test-retest variance was stable for all measures. Level of complaints tended to be reduced as an effect of access to the school nursing service. Sense of humor at follow-up tended to buffer health complaints and negative moods.
authors.affiliation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
authors.forename: Sven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Svebak
authors.forename: Eva Naper
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: K Gunnar
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Götestam
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000339:Affect; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009341:Negativism; D009664:Norway; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015397:Program Evaluation; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D012573:School Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic