Percepción de riesgo de contagio por COVID-19 en estudiantes de enfermería / Perception of risk of contagion by COVID-19 in nursing students

RESUMEN

La identificación de un evento amenazante en el individuo desencadena comportamientos consecuentes. Se realizó un estudio no experimental, descriptivo y transversal en una población de 263 estudiantes de la carrera de Enfermería de la Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, con el propósito de describir la percepción de setos ante el riesgo de contagio por COVID-19. Los datos relativos a las variables de interés se obtuvieron mediante la aplicación en línea de la encuesta de percepción de riesgo de COVID-19, elaborada por investigadores de la Universidad Europea. El 95,44% de los participantes eran menores de 26 años y el 49,05% se catalogó con un nivel medio de riesgo de contagio de Covid-19. Entre los alumnos involucrados predomina-ron los que dijeron sentir miedo estando fuera de sus casas y aquellos que utilizaban mascarilla y practicaban la higiene de manos como medidas de protección para evitar el contagio.

ABSTRACT

The perception of a threatening event in the individual produces consequent behaviors in this one. A non-experimental, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was carried out in a population of 263 nursing students at the National University of Chimborazo in order to describe the perception of hedges in the face of the risk of contagion by COVID-19. The data related to the variables of interest were obtained by applying the online adaptation of the COVID-19 risk perception survey, prepared by researchers from the European University. 95.44% of the participants were under 26 years of age and 49.05% were classified as having a medium level of risk of contagion from Covid-19. Among the students involved, those ones who said they felt fear being outside their homes and those ones who used a mask and practiced hand hygiene as protective measures to avoid contagion predominated.