Association between Health-Related Quality of Life, Mental Health and Academic Performance among Adolescent Students | ||||
Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
Volume 30, Issue 3, August 2023, Page 67-82 PDF (480.42 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/tsnj.2023.315136 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Zeinab Hassan Hassan Osman1; Enaam Abdellatif Farrag Hamza1; Fatma Mohamed Amin2; Lamia Amin Salama3; Nadia Ahmed Eladham4 | ||||
1Assistant professor of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Egypt | ||||
2Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
3Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
4Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Mental health and health-related quality of life (QOL) are strictly related. Scientific interest in student’s mental health experiences has been increasing in the last years due to their influence on students’ learning processes and academic performance. Aim: Assess the association between quality of life, mental health and Academic performance among adolescent students. Subjects & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on adolescent student’s schools (prep and secondary schools) during the academic year 2022-2023, at Mansoura city, Dakhlia Governorate. Sample: A convenience sample of 665 students over a period of three months was included. Tools: Four tools were used to collect data: Part I: Characteristics of studied adolescent students Part II: Academic quality of life student scale Part III: Mental health symptom Checklist-90. Part IV: Academic Performance Rating Scale. Results: 74% of studied students had low quality of life, while 26% had high quality and 50.9% of studied students had low mental health and 23.3% of them had moderate mental health. Also, 60% of studied students had high academic performance, while 20.3% of them had low academic performance. Conclusion: There was high negative correlation between students' Academic performance and mental health Also, high negative correlation between students' Mental health and quality of life While there was high positive relation between students' Quality of life and Academic performance Recommendation: Health education and promotion of quality of life should be integrated into the educational strategies and policies of all educational centers. | ||||
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