Anxiety and Spiritual Well-Being in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study.
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the relation between anxiety and spiritual well-being in undergraduate nursing students.


METHODS
Cross sectional, correlational, and survey design.


METHODS
A total of 169 students from a Brazilian Nursing School completed three instruments: demographic data, Spiritual Well-Being Scale (SWBS), and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI).


RESULTS
The mean score of SWBS was high, and the mean score of BAI was low. When experiencing anxiety, there was lower probability of experiencing high spiritual well-being. For those students considering religiosity very important, the score of SWBS was high. Students scoring lower in SWBS had more probability of experiencing moderate/high anxiety.


CONCLUSIONS
Higher scores of SWBS and importance given to religiosity were related to lower scores of BAI. Also, the performance and score of spiritual well-being were related to anxiety scores. Further research is worthy to identify and validate which educational aspects could promote spiritual well-being and reduce anxiety as well as research to analyze the relation between spiritual well-being score and learning outcomes.
University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing.
Jéssika Leão
JL
Fabbris
University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing.
Ana Cláudia
AC
Mesquita
Universidade Católica Portguesa, Instituto de Ciências da Saúde.
Sílvia
S
Caldeira
University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing.
Ana Maria Pimenta
AMP
Carvalho
University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing.
Emilia Campos de
EC
Carvalho
educators; spirituality; stress and coping; students