Factors Influencing Depression of the Fourth Year Nursing Students’ family at Huachiew Chalermprakiet University in Covid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The pandemic of COVID-19 has impacted on widespread psychological problems in population and also threatens in normal life. This study aimed to examine the predictive power of age, stress, anxiety, and family relationship on depression concerning COVID-19 pandemic of the 4^th year nursing students’ family at Huachiew Chalermprakiet University. The 88 participants were recruited from family members of the 4^th year nursing students. The instrument consisted of 5 online questionnaires—1) demographic data, 2), the 5-item Stress questionnaire (ST-5), 3) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7), 4) family relationship questionnaire, and 5) the 9 Questions Depression Rating Scale (9Q). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regressions. The finding showed 27.3% of the students’ family had depression. Age, stress, anxiety, and family relationship could jointly explain 79% of the variance of depression of family members in COVID-19 situation (R² = .789, F = 82.384, p = .000). The factors that significantly predicted depression were anxiety (ß = .597, p = .000) and stress (ß = .271, p =.005). Therefore, educational personnel should be alert of caring and arranging activities to strengthen mental health of students and their family to decrease depression.