Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students about COVID-19: An Intervention Study in Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 26, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 393-407 PDF (274.81 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.127998 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Aml Ahmed Mohammed ELmetwaly1; Ateya Megahed Ibrahim2; Abdel-Hady El-Gilany3; Islam Mokhtar Mokhtar elsayed4 | ||
| 1Medical Surgical Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University | ||
| 2PhD Family and Community Health Nursing, Family and Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port-said University | ||
| 3Professor of public Health, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University | ||
| 4Medical Surgical Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| COVID-19 is one of the major pathogens that triggered a great public health threat. The study aimed to compare the level of knowledge and attitude of the nursing students about COVID-19 before and after implementation of an intervention educational guideline at four nursing faculties selected to represent different geographical regions of Egypt; namely Cairo, Mansoura, Port Said, and Beni- Suef Nursing faculties. Through using a quasi-experimental study of 1550 nursing students. A self-administered questionnaire was used composing of three parts; Nursing students' personal characteristics, Knowledge about COVID-19, and attitude towards the COVID-19 scale. The findings showed that the mean difference in scores of both knowledge and attitude was significantly higher in older students, urban residence, living in students’ hostile and achieving grade C in the past year.However, the mean difference in knowledge score is significantly higher in students affiliated to Mansoura University compared to those of Port Said University. The present study concluded a good knowledge and a high attitude among the targeted students towards COVID-19 post implementation of the guidelines. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Attitude; Covid19; Knowledge; Nursing Students | ||
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