Depression and anxiety among nursing students in Greece

Majority of the students (71.8%) perceived stress, most ofthem in mild levels (31.8%). About 12,4% reported veryhigh levels of stress. The mean scores of state anxiety were41, 45, 37.5 and 41, of trait anxiety 40.5, 41, 44, 42 andof depression 12, 13, 13, 9 for the four years respectively.Depressive symptoms were reported by 52,4% of the sam-ple and high depressive symptoms by 4,7%. The averageGHQ score was 5, 6, 5 and 4. The factor analysis of GHQshowed that “severe depression” and “somatic symp-toms” were the primary and secondary factor causingstress. A positive relationship between anxiety, depressionand mental stress was found.