BACKGROUND: While the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic creates fear and anxiety on the students’ academic achievement, the risk of an infectious disease may negatively affect education by reducing the concentration ability of students. Thus, it is essential to evaluate the knowledge, behaviors, anxiety levels, and hygiene status of students. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the knowledge, behavior change, anxiety, and hygiene status of university students about COVID-19. METHODS: The investigation was conducted with students of three vocational schools of health services located in different provinces of Turkey (n = 1055). Data collected by an online survey consisted of knowledge questions about COVID-19, items about behavior change, the hygiene behavior scale (HBS), and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD-7) scale. RESULTS: The knowledge scores of women were significantly higher than the scores of men. Of the students, 59.6%showed positive hygiene behaviors, and 31.5%had anxiety. Female students’ total HDC scale score was significantly lower than that of men, and the total HDC scale score of those who received hand hygiene education was significantly lower than that of participants who did not receive training, which shows a positive hygiene behavior. The total GAD-7 scale score of women was significantly higher than that of men. More than half of the students showed positive hygiene behaviors, and about a third had anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: Based on the study’s results, psychological support and training should be provided to students.
Bu çalışmada Elazığ merkeze bağlı acil sağlık hizmetleri istasyonları (ASHİ) çalışanlarında var olabilecek kaygı düzeylerini ve ilişkili faktörleri belirleyebilmek amaçlanmıştır. Kesitsel tipte olan bu çalışma Elazığ Merkeze Bağlı ASHİ'de çalışan 282 kişi arasında yapılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamına alınan kişilere; sosyo-demografik özellikler, kaygı ile ilişkili olduğu düşünülen sağlık, sosyal ve demografik faktörler ve Durumluk-Sürekli Kaygı Envanteri'nden oluşan bir soru takımını içeren anket uygulanmıştır. Araştırma kapsamına alınanların %62.8'i erkek olup, yaş ortalamaları 33.60±1.10'dur. Çalışanların Durumluk Kaygı puan ortalaması 36.70±10.34, Sürekli Kaygı puan ortalaması ise 40.34±8.13 olarak bulunmuştur. Sağlık durumunu orta/kötü olarak algılayanların iyi olarak algılayanlara, uyku sorunu varlığını ifade edenlerin böyle bir sorunu olmayanlara, dinlenme için özel zaman ayıramayanların zaman ayırabilenlere göre durumluk/sürekli kaygı puan ortalamalarının daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır (p<0.05). ASHİ çalışanlarından mesleğine olumlu baktığını ifade edenlerin, mesleğinden memnun/orta düzeyde memnun ve çalışma ortamından memnun olanların durumluk/sürekli kaygı puan ortalamaları mesleğe bakış açısından olumsuz olanlara göre daha düşüktür (p<0.05). Sonuç olarak, bu araştırmada ASHİ çalışanlarının sürekli kaygı puan ortalaması, durumluk kaygı puan ortalamasından daha yüksek bulunmuştur. ASHİ çalışanlarının sağlık durumlarını, mesleğe olumlu bakış ve yaklaşımlarını geliştirebilecek iyileştirme çalışmalarının planlanması ve uygulamaya geçirilmesinin kaygı düzeylerini azaltabileceği düşünülmüştür. Anahtar Kelimeler: Acil sağlık hizmetleri istasyonu çalışanları, kaygı, durumluk-sürekli kaygı envanteri. THE SURVEY of STATE/TRAIT ANXIETY SITUATION of EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES STATIONS STAFF BELONGING to ELAZIG CITY CENTER In this work, it's aimed to specify the levels of anxiety and related factors by observing personnel from emergency health service stations (EHSS) within the borders of Elazig. This cross-sectional study has been done among 282 people who are the personnel of EHSS. A questionnaire which includes questions to determine participants' health sociodemographic features, and factors that are thought to be related to anxiety and some questions from constant state anxiety inventory were applied to participants. 62.8% of the participants were male. Their average of age is 33.60±1.10. The personnel's state anxiety point average (SAPA) is 36.70 ± 10.34 and constant anxiety point average (CAPA) is 40.34± 8.13. It was discovered that the CAPA/SAPA of those who see their health conditions as medium/bad compared to the ones who see theirs as good, who say they have some sleeping disorders compared to the ones who haven't,who haven't any spare time for relaxing compared to the ones who have some, are higher (p<0.05). The CAPA/SAPA of EHSS personnel who think positively about their work, who is satisfied or mildly satisfied with their job, who is satisfied with work place and conditions , have been found out to be high...
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