물리치료 대학생의 임상실습 실태, 임상실습 스트레스 및 스트레스 대처에 관한 연구 = A Study on Clinical Practice, Clinical Practice Stress, and Stress Coping of Physical Therapy Students

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Background: Compared to the importance of clinical practice, the stress felt by students from clinical practice is great. Excessive stress not only has a negative impact on physical and mental state, but also reduces clinical practice performance. The purpose of this study was to investigate of clinical practice, clinical practice stress, and stress coping of physical therapy students.
Design: Cross-section study.
Methods: This study was conducted on 170 student, third-year students of department of physical therapy located in Gyeongsangbuk-do who had clinical practice experience. The survey was conducted from september 4, 2023 to march 8, 2024. The data analysis of this study used the SPSS 21.0 program. The general characteristics, socio-demographic characteristics, and clinical practice status of the research subjects were analyzed using descriptive statistics and cross-analysis. In order to identify the differences in clinical practice stress and stress coping between male and female college students, the independent sample t-test was used for analysis. The reliability of the measurement tool was analyzed using Cronbach's alpha.
Results: The period when I felt the most stress during clinical practice was the ‘1st week’, and overall, the pre-orientation by the school and institution was helpful. Clinical practice stress was highest when ‘the student’s role or work in the practice setting is unclear’ (2.31 points), followed by ‘difficulty connecting the educational content at school with clinical practice’ (2.29 points), and ‘unclear purpose of practice’ (2.27 points), indicating that stress regarding the practice environment was the highest. Stress coping was 3.75 points for active coping and 2.91 points for passive coping, indicating that active coping was higher than dramatic coping.
Conclusion: We hope to identify clinical practice stress and coping methods, thereby reducing clinical practice stress factors and using them as basic data for improving clinical practice performance ability.