‘The rollercoaster’: A qualitative study of midwifery students’ experiences affecting their mental wellbeing

Abstract

Some members of the research team had pastoral responsibilities for the student cohort from which participants were drawn. They had no role in recruitment, direct contact with research participants and did not see unanonymised versions of the study transcripts. 2, Ethical approvalThe study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of King's College London.

Emotional wellbeing of student midwives during COVID-19

“…Pre-pandemic research showed that pre-existing mental health problems of students are associated with experiencing emotional problems during education [50] , [51] . Based on the students’ self-report of pre-pandemic emotional health problems, it can be assumed these intensified or reoccurred during COVID-19 [12] , highlighting the importance of offering services to support the emotional wellbeing of midwifery students [17] , [51] , especially those with a history of/ pre-existing problem. A history of psychological problems played a significant role during the whole period of the study, while being single was only of influence on depression during the second measurement (T2).…”

“…There were serious concerns about the pre-COVID mental health of student midwives because assessment of emotional health indicated that student midwives’ emotional wellbeing was not optimal [15] . Midwifery education is recognised as being stressful with the (emotional) demands of the theoretical and practical components of the study, including clinical, academic, and financial challenges [15] , [16] , [17] . Younger midwifery students [18] and students who juggle their study with other commitments, such as a job, social activities, and family life, struggle more to keep up with their academic and clinical demands and their personal commitments [19] .…”

Understanding the Rehabilitation Experience of Obese Patients After Bariatric Surgery in China: a Qualitative Study

“…Field notes were taken during the interview. The content analysis method was used to collate and analyze the data [3]. The study was approved by the institutional review committee at the fourth affiliated hospital of China medical university, Shenyang, Liaoning, China (EC-2019-KS-057).…”

Analysis of the Role and Influencing Factors of Strengthening Mental Health Education in Student Management

“…Third, what role can mental health education play in moral education [7][8]. Academics have paid more attention to and studied mental health education as the fourth sub-system of ideological and political education, but the research on the essential attribute of mental health education's moral education function is still insufficient, and existing studies have either analyzed and listed the relationship between mental health education and its relationship in a general sense from the perspective of the discipline of moral education [9][10][11]. Alternatively, they have explored the issue from the perspective of moral education from top to bottom and from the outside to the inside and put forward the requirements for mental health education [12][13].…”