COVID-19 FEAR AND AGGRESSION LEVELS OF NURSING STUDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC

Year 2024, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 1 - 13, 18.03.2024

Ayşe Gümüşler Başaran , Özlem Akın

https://doi.org/10.46236/umbd.1422257

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the fear of COVID-19 in nursing students and to reveal its effect on aggression levels. The research was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The study was conducted with 183 students in the Black Sea region in May-July 2021. The data were collected using the sociodemographic information form, the Fear of Coronavirus Scale, and the Aggression Scale: Short Form. 69% of the students were female, and their average age was 21.22±2.05. 83.6% thought that not participating in the hospital practice during the pandemic affected their readiness for the profession, and 63.4% felt inadequate. Fear and aggression levels were found to be moderate. Fear of coronavirus was significantly higher in female students, health high school graduates, unemployed students, smokers, and alcohol users. In terms of Aggression Scale total and sub-dimensions, gender, class, employment status, place of residence, mother's education level, number of siblings, and sleep pattern were the factors that led to a significant. No significant relationship was found between the fear of coronavirus and aggression scale and its sub-dimensions. Students experienced moderate levels of fear and aggression. Delivering practice-based courses with distance education negatively affected the students' readiness for the profession.

Keywords

Aggression, Coronavirus, Fearof Covid-19, Nursing student.

Ethical Statement

The research was conducted with the approval of the Social and Humanities Ethics Committee of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University ( 27.04.2021 and numbered 2021/109). Permission was also obtained from the university.

Supporting Institution

None

Pandemi Sürecinde Hemşirelik Bölümü Öğrencilerinin Covid-19 Korkusu Ve Saldırganlık Düzeyleri

Abstract

Bu çalışma hemşirelik öğrencilerinde COVİD-19 korkusunu belirlemek ve saldırganlık düzeylerine etkisini ortaya koymak amacıyla yapılmıştır. Araştırma tanımlayıcı tipte kesitsel bir çalışmadır. Araştırma, Mayıs-Temmuz 2021 tarihleri arasında Karadeniz bölgesinde 183 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirildi. Veriler, sosyodemografik bilgi formu, Coronavirüs Korkusu Ölçeği ve Saldırganlık Ölçeği: Kısa Form kullanılarak toplandı.. Çalışmaya katılan öğrencilerin %69’u kadın, yaş otalamaları 21.22±2.05’tir. Öğrencilerin %83.6’sı pandemi sürecinde hastane uygulamasına çıkılmamasının mesleğe hazır oluşlarını etkilediğini düşünmekte, %63.4’ü kendini yetersiz hissetmektedir. Öğrencilerde korku ve saldırganlık orta düzeyde saptandı. Koronavirüs korkusu kadınlarda, sağlık lisesi mezunlarında, çalışmayanlarda, sigara ve alkol kullananlarda anlamlı düzeyde yüksek bulundu. Saldırganlık Ölçeği toplam ve alt boyutları açısından cinsiyet, sınıf, çalışma durumu, yaşadığı yer, anne eğitim durumu, kardeş sayısı ve uyku düzeni anlamlı farklılık oluşturdu. Koronavirüs korkusu ile saldırganlık ölçeği ve alt boyutları arasından anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmadı.Öğrenciler orta düzeyde korku ve saldırganlık yaşamaktadır. Uygulama eğitimlerinin uzaktan yapılması mesleğe hazır oluşlarını olumsuz etkilemiştir.

Keywords

Saldırganlık, koronavirüs, Covid-19 korkusu, hemşirelik öğrencisi

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