Abstract
In the study, it was aimed to determine the COVID-19 fear levels of Faculty of Health Sciences students and its related factors. This descriptive study was completed with the participation of 341 volunteer students studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences of a university. The students were chosen by non-probable sampling method. The Questionnaire Form and the Coronavirus Fear Scale were used as data collection tools, and the Questionnaire Form and the Coronavirus Fear Scale were prepared on the internet and applied by sending a link to the students on social media. Ethics committee and institution permissions were obtained for the research. Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, t-test, One Way Anova, and LCD as Post Hoc test were used to evaluate the data. The average age of the students is 21.19 ± 0.13 years, 8.2% are men, 78.3% live in the urban area, 12.6% smoke, 8.2% drink alcohol and 8.8% of them have chronic diseases and 9.1% of them use drugs continuously. The average score the students got from the Coronavirus Fear Scale is 17.70 ± 5.84. While the coronavirus fear levels of students who express their economic situation as bad and follow the news about COVID-19 were higher, there was not a meaningful difference between smoking, having an individual diagnosed with COVID-19 nearby, and having a family member aged 65 and over, and coronavirus fear level. Similar to other studies on the subject, it has been found that the Faculty of Health Sciences students have a moderate fear of coronavirus and that the economic situation and following various news sources increase the fear of coronavirus. After the study was terminated, it will be useful to carry out new studies to reveal whether the general rise in the number of cases both in the world and in Turkey has made any changes in the level of fear of the students.
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Abstract
Çalışmada Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi öğrencilerinin COVID-19 korku düzeylerinin ve ilişkili faktörlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Tanımlayıcı nitelikte olan bu çalışma bir üniversitenin Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi’nde öğrenim gören olasılıksız örnekleme yöntemi ile seçilen 341 gönüllü öğrencinin katılımıyla tamamlanmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak anket formu ve Koronavirüs Korku Ölçeği kullanılmış olup anket formu ve Koronavirüs Korku Ölçeği internet ortamında hazırlanıp sosyal medya üzerinden öğrencilere link gönderilerek gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma için etik kurul ve kurum izni alınmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Shapiro-Wilk, t-testi, One Way Anova, Post Hoc testi olarak LCD kullanılmıştır. Öğrencilerin yaş ortalaması 21,19±0,13 yıl, %8,2’si erkek, %78,3’ü kentsel bölgede yaşamakta, %12,6’sı sigara içmekte, %8,2’si alkol tüketmekte ve %8,8’inin kronik hastalığı mevcut olup %9,1’i sürekli ilaç kullanmaktadır. Öğrencilerin Koronavirüs Korku Ölçeğinden aldıkları puan ortalaması 17,70±5,84’tür. Ekonomik durumunu kötü olarak ifade eden ve COVID-19 ile ilgili haberleri takip eden öğrencilerin koronavirüs korku düzeyleri daha yüksek bulunurken, sigara kullanımı, yakınında COVID-19 tanısı almış birey bulunma ve ailede 65 yaş ve üstü birey olma durumu ile koronavirüs korku düzeyi arasında fark bulunmamıştır. Konuyla ilgili diğer çalışmalara benzer şekilde Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi öğrencilerinin koronavirüs korkusunun orta düzeyde olduğu ve ekonomik durum ile çeşitli haber kaynaklarının takibinin koronavirüs korkusunu arttırdığı bulunmuştur. Çalışmanın sonlandırıldığı tarihten sonra dünya genelinde ve Türkiye’de görülen vaka artışlarının öğrencilerin korku düzeylerinde bir değişikliğe yol açıp açmadığını ortaya koyacak yeni çalışmaların yapılması faydalı olacaktır.
Keywords
References
- Ahorsu, D. K., Lin, C. Y., Imani, V., Saffari, M., Griffiths, M. D., …Pakpour, A. H. (2020). The fear of COVID-19 scale: development and initial validation. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 1-9
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- Bozkurt, Y., Zeybek, Z., Aşkın, R. (2020). Covid-19 pandemisi: Psikolojik etkileri ve terapötik müdahaleler. İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi. 19(37), 304-318
- Brooks, S. K., Webster, R. K., Smith, L. E., Woodland, L., Wessely, S., Greenberg, N., … Rubin, G. J. (2020). The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence. The lancet. 395(10227), 912-920
- Cao, W., Fang, Z., Hou, G., Han, M., Xu, X., Dong, J., & Zheng, J. (2020). The psychological impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on college students in China. Psychiatry Research. 287, 112934
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2020). https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/reducing-stigma.html, 05.05.2020
- Doğan, M. M., Düzel, B. (2020). Covid-19 Özelinde Korku-Kaygı Düzeyleri. Electronic Turkish Studies. 15(4), 739-752 Duman, N. (2020). Üniversite öğrencilerinde COVID-19 korkusu ve belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlük. The Journal of Social Science. 4(8), 426-437
- El-Hage, W., Hingray, C., Lemogne, C., Yrondi, A., Brunault, P., Bienvenu, T., ... Aouizerate, B. (2020). Health professionals facing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: What are the mental health risks?. Encephale, 46, 73-80
- Gölbaşı, S. D., Metintas, S. (2020). Covıd-19 pandemisi ve infodemi. Estüdam Halk Sağlığı Dergisi. 5, 126-137
- Haktanir, A., Seki, T., Dilmaç, B. (2020). Adaptation and evaluation of Turkish version of the fear of COVID-19 scale. Death Studies. 1-9 Huang, L., Lei, W., Xu, F., Liu, H., & Yu, L. (2020). Emotional responses and coping strategies in nurses and nursing students during Covid-19 outbreak: A comparative study. PLoS One. 15(8), e0237303
- İnönü, H. (2021). COVID-19 pandemisi ve uyku bozuklukları: COVID-somnia. Tuberk Toraks. 69(3), 387-391
- Jones, J. H., Salathe, M. (2009). Early assessment of anxiety and behavioral response to novel swine-origin influenza A (H1N1). PLoS One. 4(12), e8032
- Koçak Tufan, Z., Kayaaslan, B. (2020). Crushing the curve, the role of national and international institutions and policy makers in covid-19 pandemic. Turk J Med Sci. 21, (50), 495-508
- Kutlu, R. (2020). Yeni koronavirüs pandemisi ile ilgili öğrendiklerimiz, tanı ve tedavisindeki güncel yaklaşımlar ve türkiye’deki durum. Turkish Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care. 14(2), 329-344
- Lai, J., Ma, S., Wang, Y., Cai, Z., Hu, J., Wei, N., ... Hu, S. (2020). Factors associated with mental health outcomes among health care workers exposed to coronavirus disease 2019. JAMA network open. 3(3), e203976-e203976
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- World Health Organization (WHO), (2020c). https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus#tab=tab_2, 07.07.2020
- World Health Organization (WHO), (2022a). https://covid19.who.int, 04.01.2022
- Yanıkkerrem, E., Topsakal, Ö., Boz, A. (2020). Sağlık bilimleri fakültesi öğrencilerinin toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği tutumlarının incelenmesi. DÜ Sağlık Bil Enst Derg. 10(2), 164-171
- Yıldırım, S. (2020). Salgınların Sosyal-Psikolojik Görünümü: Covid-19 (Koronavirüs) Pandemi Örneği. Electronic Turkish Studies. 15(4), 1331-1351
Details
| Primary Language | Turkish |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Health Policy |
| Journal Section | Research Articles |
| Authors | |
| Early Pub Date | June 29, 2022 |
| Publication Date | December 15, 2022 |
| Submission Date | January 8, 2022 |
| Acceptance Date | June 28, 2022 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2022 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 |
