Assesment of Occupational Anxiety of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management Students

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the level of occupational anxiety of students in the emergency aid and disaster management department of a university. Method: In this cross-sectional epidemiological study, the number of students was 114 and 83.82% of the population was reached. Data on variables were collected using a questionnaire prepared by the researchers and the Occupational Anxiety Scale. In the analyses, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis H analyses were performed between socio-demographic variables and the occupational anxiety scale. Results: Of those who agreed to participate in the study (114 participants), 56.1% (n=64) were female and the mean age (SD) was 20.81 (1.78) years. The mean score on the occupational anxiety scale was 58.3511.87 points. In bivariate analyses, a higher relationship was found between the female variable and the occupational anxiety scale and its sub-dimensions, and between the variable being 20 years or younger and the occupational anxiety scale and its sub-dimensions of occupational knowledge, occupational health and communication skills (p