Anxiety among nursing students during the Covid-19 pandemic: A web-based cross-sectional survey.
Enferm Clin
; 31: 580-582, 2021 12.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1520891
ABSTRACT
Objective:
The objective of this study was to assess levels of anxiety and ways of coping among nursing students in The School of Nursing, University of Riau during the COVID-19 Outbreak.Method:
This study was conducted among 247 students through the web-based cross-sectional survey.Results:
The findings show that more than one in three students 87 (35.3%) had mild to severe anxiety. Many students experienced anxiety when doing activities outside, having no use personal protection equipment (PPE), worrying about being infected if they have a cough, fever, or sore throat. The top three ways of coping to reduce student's anxiety are implemented healthy lifestyle behaviors (46.56%), staying at home and doing activities together with family (44.94%), and doing positive activities (22.67%).Conclusions:
The school should give attention to the mental health of students by providing psychological support to reduce student's anxiety.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Students, Nursing
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Enferm Clin
Journal subject:
Nursing
/
Medicine
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.enfcli.2021.04.016
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