Itodo Adakpa

The study identifies that student from nursing and non-nursing backgrounds experience mental health challenges during their programme. Students studying nursing courses had poorer mental health decreasing by 4.619 points compared to those studying non-nursing courses after adjusting for confounding variables, (B= -4.619, p=0.048, CI [-9.189, -.049]). In addition, compared to non-nursing students, mental well-being scores improved by 0.264 points for each year gained in age. Similarly, the heavy academic workload faced by nursing students and non-nursing students during their studies can also have a negative impact on their mental well-being. A significant amount of mental stress was also attributed to the challenges they faced during their placement as well as meeting their financial obligations. As a result of this study, we have gained a greater understanding of the wellbeing of students from a diverse perspective, because it involved students from different demographic backgrounds. Having a good support system will ensure that students will be able to develop the right coping mechanisms to enable them to thrive and complete their course successfully.