[Efficay of consoling guidelines on decreasing of psychological problems of newly arrived students of Shahrekord university of medical sciences]

ABSTRACT

Stress provokes unspecial responses and render necessary changes in life. Universities have many stressful conditions for newly arrived students such as being away from home, economical and communicational problems, etc. This study was performed to find the efficacy of consoling guidelines to decrease psychological problems in newly arrived students of Shahrekord university of medical sciences. The sample consisted of 40 persons out of 148 newly arrived students with a GHQ-28 questionnaire score of equal or more than 23. The sample was randomly divided into two groups of case and control. After 3 months [without any intervention] and 7 months [education of consoling guidelines] the psychological health was assessed by GHQ-28 questionnaire. The data was analyzed by ANOVA, t-test and Dunkan test. There was no significant relation between elapsed time, adaptation with university or being far away from family and psychological problems. But there was a significant correlation between education of life skills, relaxation or psychoanalysis and reduction of psychological problems. There was no reduction of disorders scale in the control group but there was a reduction in summarization scale, anxiety and social dysfunction in the case group. Consoling guidelines and psychological intervention such as education of life skills, psychoanalysis and relaxation could improve the life quality and reduce psychological problems of the students