title: [Study of stress, coping and psychosomatic health among baccalaureate nurses-to-be].
abstract: Stress is a risk factor that may endanger our quality of life and health. Certain occupational groups are particularly concerned, such as health care workers.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present study aimed to investigate the stress load and coping strategies of nurses as well as their psychosomatic health.
  
  
  METHODS
  The questionnaire survey was performed at the University of Szeged. The sample consisted of 208 nursing students (136 part-time and 72 full-time students). The self-completed questionnaire included items of psychosomatic symptoms, coping strategies and stress load.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Persons characterized by high level of stress and more frequent psychosomatic symptoms tended to use inadaptive ways of coping more often; whereas those with a relatively lower stress level and fewer symptoms were not characterized by a more frequent use of active ways of coping but instead a lack of the inadaptive coping strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The authors concluded that vulnerability of the would-be baccalaureate nurses in this sample was especially high because they even used less effectively the ways of coping that otherwise aimed at both problem solving and maintaining their own health.
authors: Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Magatartástudományi Intézet Szeged Szentháromság. fuzne.piko.bettina@med.u-szeged.hu
authors: Bettina
authors: B
authors: Pikó
authors: Márta
authors: M
authors: Piczil
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000523:psychology; D001416:Back Pain / Q000523:psychology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000523:psychology; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005221:Fatigue / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011340:Problem Solving; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D029181:Spirituality; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires