Examining The Relationship Between Mental Health and Academic Achievement of Nursing and Midwifery Students of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences Download PDF

Introduction: As human resources are the most valuable capital of each country, cultural, economic and social progress of the countries depends on the training of specialists, scientific growth and awareness rising among the people of that society. Moreover, one of the most important goals of educational planners of the states is examining student specific issues, successful education and providing their physical and mental health. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the relationship between mental health and academic achievement of nursing and midwifery students of Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This is a cross-sectional of descriptive-analytic type. The study population consisted of all undergraduate nursing and midwifery students at the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery during the semesters of 2015-2016. All of the study population was selected as sample. Goldberg and Hillier's General Health Questionnaire was used to collect the data and the student's demographic information and average questionnaire was used to assess the degree of academic achievement. Finally, data analysis was performed using SPSS 22 as frequency and percentages by t, F, Tukey, regression and correlation tests. Results: the number of nursing and midwifery was 188 including 165 nursing students and 23 midwifery students. The average grade of students' academic achievement (average) was 15.61 ± 43.1 and their mean mental health score was 45.48 ± 10.88. There was a significant difference between students living with their families and students living in dormitories in mental health (p=0.02). There was a significant difference between the mother's education and the academic achievement test of the students (p=0.02). In addition, according to the findings, mental health and its subscales could not predict academic achievement. Conclusion: Mental health and its subscales are not predictive of academic achievement. Since academic achievement and mental health are affected by many underlying factors and many of these factors were unknown in this study, it is suggested that a study be conducted to identify these factors