Coping strategy with coronavirus disease-2019 health anxiety in nursing students.

Anxiety coronavirus disease-2019 education nursing student

Journal

Journal of education and health promotion
ISSN: 2277-9531
Titre abrégé: J Educ Health Promot
Pays: India
ID NLM: 101593794

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2022
Historique:
received: 11 06 2021
accepted: 25 01 2022
entrez: 9 1 2023
pubmed: 10 1 2023
medline: 10 1 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

The high prevalence of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has a lot of stress on medical students. This study was conducted to investigating the adaptation strategy with COVID-19 health anxiety in nursing students. This study was designed as a cross-sectional study. Participants of the study were 431 students of the Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Inclusion criteria were studying at the time of the outbreak of COVID-19 and willingness to participate in the study. Data collection tools included participated in the study. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire, Health Anxiety and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (Short Form). Reliability of tools was assessed and confirmed with Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of health anxiety was 0.76 and Cronbach's alpha coefficient of Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations was 0.79. Data were collected between July 2020 and September 2020. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between the data. Data were analyzed with SPSS 26. Findings indicated that most of the participants were female, single, 22-28 years old, and undergraduate students. The mean of COVID-19 health anxiety was 5.59 ± 17.04. Results showed that 19.58 ± 5.05 of the participants used avoidance-focused adaptation strategies, 25.12 ± 3.88 problem-focused adaptation strategies, and 19.32 ± 5.13 emotion-focused adaptation strategies. The COVID-19 health anxiety was higher in female, young, and married students. The problem-focused adaptation strategy should be further taught so that students can better coping with COVID-19 health anxiety.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The high prevalence of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has a lot of stress on medical students. This study was conducted to investigating the adaptation strategy with COVID-19 health anxiety in nursing students.
MATERIALS AND METHODS METHODS
This study was designed as a cross-sectional study. Participants of the study were 431 students of the Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences. Inclusion criteria were studying at the time of the outbreak of COVID-19 and willingness to participate in the study. Data collection tools included participated in the study. Data collection tools included a demographic questionnaire, Health Anxiety and Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (Short Form). Reliability of tools was assessed and confirmed with Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of health anxiety was 0.76 and Cronbach's alpha coefficient of Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations was 0.79. Data were collected between July 2020 and September 2020. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between the data. Data were analyzed with SPSS 26.
RESULTS RESULTS
Findings indicated that most of the participants were female, single, 22-28 years old, and undergraduate students. The mean of COVID-19 health anxiety was 5.59 ± 17.04. Results showed that 19.58 ± 5.05 of the participants used avoidance-focused adaptation strategies, 25.12 ± 3.88 problem-focused adaptation strategies, and 19.32 ± 5.13 emotion-focused adaptation strategies.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The COVID-19 health anxiety was higher in female, young, and married students. The problem-focused adaptation strategy should be further taught so that students can better coping with COVID-19 health anxiety.

Identifiants

pubmed: 36618466
doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_861_21
pii: JEHP-11-381
pmc: PMC9818706
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

381

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Education and Health Promotion.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

There are no conflicts of interest.

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Auteurs

Raziyeh Ghafouri (R)

Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.

Arezoo Qadimi (A)

Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.

Hosna Karami Khomaam (H)

Department of Medicine, School Of Medical Science, Student Research Committee, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.

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