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Nursing Students' Perceptions of Factors Influencing Nursing Intentions toward COVID-19 Patients.
- Source :
- Healthcare (2227-9032); Feb2024, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p285, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a pandemic to which nursing students are particularly susceptible. This study aims to comprehensively examine nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions, preventive behaviors related to COVID-19, and nursing intentions toward patients with the virus. A questionnaire was administered to 149 nursing students from two universities. Data on the respondents' general characteristics, knowledge levels, attitudes, perceived risk, preventive behaviors toward COVID-19, and nursing intentions toward COVID-19 patients were collected. The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS software (version 26.0). This involved descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analyses. The analyses of the factors affecting nursing students' nursing intentions for COVID-19 patients showed that the most predictive factor was perceived risk (β = −0.38, p < 0.001), followed by attitudes (β = 0.29, p < 0.001) and preventive behaviors (β = 0.17, p = 0.017), which explained 26% of the variance in nursing intentions. Lowering the perceived risk of infectious diseases and cultivating positive attitudes and preventive behaviors can increase nursing students' intentions toward COVID-19 patients. Finally, infection management education programs and research on interventions for nursing students are necessary to enhance the quality of nursing care provided to patients with novel infectious diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGY of college students
COVID-19
HEALTH occupations students
ONE-way analysis of variance
MULTIPLE regression analysis
HEALTH status indicators
HYGIENE
T-test (Statistics)
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
QUESTIONNAIRES
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
INFECTIOUS disease transmission
RESEARCH funding
STUDENT attitudes
NURSING students
DATA analysis software
HAND washing
COVID-19 pandemic
NURSING interventions
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Healthcare (2227-9032)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175371657
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12030285