A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Stress-Related Hair Fall Among Nursing Students in Selected Nursing Colleges, Mangaluru
June 2026
in “
PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH
”
TLDR Most nursing students have average knowledge about stress-related hair fall.
The study assessed the knowledge of stress-related hair fall among 90 first-year BSc nursing students in Mangaluru. It found that 71% of the students had an average level of knowledge about hair fall due to stress, while 19% had poor knowledge and 10% had good knowledge. The study concluded that there was no significant association between the students' baseline variables and their knowledge scores on the topic, leading to the acceptance of the null hypothesis that no significant association exists.