Investigation of the Fear Level and Health-Protective Behaviors Related to COVID-19 of the Faculty of Health Sciences Students Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin COVID-19 ile İlişkili Korku Düzeyi ve Sağlığı Koruyucu Davranışlarının İncelenmesi

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Sümer Dalkiran S., BÜYÜKYILMAZ F.

Nefroloji Hemsireligi Dergisi, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.1-11, 2023 (Scopus)

Özet

Aim: The study was planned to determine the relationship between the level of fear related to COVID-19 and health protective behaviors of faculty of health sciences students. Methods: 846 students studying at a university participated in the descriptive study conducted in April 2021. Data was collected via Google Forms via Student Information Form and COVID-19 Fear Scale. Results: It was determined that 89.24% of the students participating in the study were women and 86.17% did not smoke. The mean score of the COVID-19 Fear Scale was found to be 18.74±5.20 (moderate). It was seen that the fear levels of students who had a chronic disease, who thought that they were infected with COVID-19 during the pandemic, who had a test for it, who were hospitalized due to positivity, who were in isolation, and who followed the developments regarding COVID-19, were statistically significantly higher than the other students. Conclusion: It was determined that the students participating in the study were moderately afraid of COVID-19. Some individual characteristics are influential (female gender, non-smoking and “partially” regular diet). Differences differ according to certain factors (chronic illness, thoughts of COVID-19 transmission, testing, inpatient treatment, isolation and following developments related to COVID-19) and protective behaviors (use of protective equipment, paying attention to social distance, giving importance to hand hygiene, disinfectant/antiseptic use) at different levels.