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Objective: To determine the degree of psychological distress and fear of COVID-19 experienced by undergraduate student nurses who were about to begin their clinical placements. Method: A cross-sectional study was carried out with 100 second and third-year undergraduate student nurses of the University of Zaragoza (Spain). Measures included the Fear of COVID-19 Scale and the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales. Results: Regularly, student nurses did not think of themselves as vulnerable to COVID-19. However, a significant association was observed between the student nurses' level of psychological distress and cohabiting with relatives or people who were considered vulnerable to the infection (p = 0.035). The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale results revealed a low level of psychological distress in general;the Fear of COVID-19 Scale indicated moderate fear (2.94). Conclusion: Student nurses who lived with their relatives experienced higher levels of stress due to the perceived risk of transmission, but were less fearful of loss of work and income. Anxiety in our sample was associated principally with not knowing their upcoming placement location © Este é um artigo de acesso aberto distribuído sob os termos da Licença de Atribuição Creative Commons
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Introduction: The COVID-19 crisis has positioned podcasting as a resourceful tool to combat misinformation. Objective: To describe the production and dissemination of podcast related to COVID-19 in Spain by analyzing their relationship with the phases of the pandemic -from January 2020 to March 2021.Methodology: An analytical study of time trend was conducted. The COVID-related podcasts hosted on Ivoox platform were analyzed contrasting the virus mortality data in Spain. Results: Firstly, from the 65,825 podcasts analyzed in the study, 67% were classified as instances of podcasting genre and 31% as radio sound episodes. Secondly, it was found that the existence of positive correlation and linearity between deaths from COVID-19 and podcast production was significant during pre-confinement (R2 = 0.7745, p = 0.0002) and in confinement (podcast: R2 = 0.643, p = 0.0003), as well as during the first months of 2021 (R2 = 0.5098, p = 0.003). Conclusion: Within the logic of the peripheral digital public sphere, podcasting not only did truthfully reflect the reality of the health crisis, but also anticipated the devastating situation derived from the pandemic in Spain.