Interventional Strategies to Reduce Test Anxiety among Nursing Students: A Systematic Review

Isa, ZM (通讯作者),Univ Kebangsaan Malaysia, Fac Med, Dept Community Hlth, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
2023-1
Nursing students are reported to have moderate to high test anxiety, leading to reduced academic performance, poor self-esteem, and failure to complete the program and practice nursing. This review aims to examine the interventions for test anxiety reduction in nursing students. Following the PRISMA guidelines, peer-reviewed experimental studies published in English between 2016 and 2021 from four databases, EBSCOhost, PubMed, Science Direct, and Scopus, were systematically searched. The findings were presented in tabular and narrative form. Among the 722 studies retrieved, 14 selected studies were critically appraised, guided by the Joanna Briggs checklist for Randomized Controlled Trials and the checklist for Quasi-Experimental Studies, resulting in 11 studies for inclusion in the systematic review. Test anxiety was assessed by different scales. Aromatherapy hand massage, aromatherapy using a diffuser in combination with music therapy, confidence training for test relaxation, coping program, music therapy, emotional freedom technique, animal-assisted intervention, and guided imagery were all found to be effective in reducing test anxiety. In conclusion, while numerous interventions to reduce test anxiety in nursing students were found to be effective, the quality of the studies investigating these interventions was varied with generally small sample sizes and limited follow-up. Future research should be conducted, and the same interventions should be carried out using a larger sample size to strengthen the body of evidence.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
卷号:20|期号:2
收录类别:SCIE
语种
英语
来源机构
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
资助机构
Fundamental Research Grant, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
资助信息
The authors received funding from the Fundamental Research Grant, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (FF-2021-388).
被引频次(WOS)
0
被引频次(其他)
0
180天使用计数
8
2013以来使用计数
8
EISSN
1660-4601
出版年
2023-1
DOI
10.3390/ijerph20021233
学科领域
循证公共卫生
关键词
test anxiety nursing students interventions systematic review
WOS学科分类
Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health