Knowledge, Attitude, and Emotional Problems Regarding COVID-19 among Undergraduate Nursing Students | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 25, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Page 433-447 PDF (563.9 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.141888 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Safaa Mustafa Mohamed1; Enace Mohamed Abd Elaal2; Eman Ezz Elregal Ibrahim Eisa3; Mona Gamal Abd Elnaser Ahmed4 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Assistant professor of Family and Community Health nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damietta University, Egypt | ||||
| 4Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, ZagaZig University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Undergraduate nursing students considered from the most vulnerable group who are at risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection. To protect undergraduate nursing students' healthcare authorities should keep them away from stress and anxiety and improve their knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19. The study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, and emotional problems regarding COVID-19 among undergraduate nursing students. Methods: Design: A descriptive, web based-cross-sectional study was used. A convenient sample of all 280 undergraduate nursing students in the Faculty of Nursing Sohag University was included in the study from 20 June to 2 July 2020. Tools: A self-administered related questionnaire was designed using Google forms regarding the COVID-19 related KA, the link of the survey was sent to the respondents via Whatsapp groups and depression, anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS). Results: The majority of the undergraduate nursing students were knowledgeable about COVID-19 which indicating a high level of knowledge and indicating optimistic attitudes. As regard emotional problems, the result presents that 70 % of the undergraduate nursing students suffered from a moderate level of stress, while only 11 % were normal. Regarding anxiety level, detected that 60 % of the undergraduate nursing students suffered from moderate anxiety, while 18 % of them were normal. Related to depression level, 35 % of undergraduate nursing students suffered from a moderate level of depression. Conclusion: more than two-thirds of undergraduates nursing students suffered from a moderate level of stress, less than two-thirds of them suffered from moderate anxiety, while around one-tenth of them were normal, and more than one third of them suffered from a moderate level of depression. Recommendations: the study suggested the need for additional research on predictive factors affecting people's stress in the era of COVID-19 outbreak and carried out intervention activities through various mediums to help undergraduates nursing students become more knowledgeable during the COVID-19 epidemic. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Knowledge; attitude; emotional problems; COVID -19; students | ||||
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