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The exploration of patterns of health beliefs about COVID-19 among nursing students may be beneficial to identify behaviors, attitudes and knowledge about contagion risk. We sought to analyze the variables of risk perception, perceived risk factors, coping style, sense of coherence and knowledge of preventive measures as possible predictors of having suffered from COVID-19. Participants were nursing students from 13 universities in Spain. Sociodemographic and health variables were collected. To test the independent variables, the Perception Risk Coping Knowledge (PRCK-COVID-19) scale was created and validated because there was no specific survey for young people adapted to the pandemic situation of COVID-19. It was validated with adequate psychometric properties. A total of 1562 students (87.5% female, mean age 21.5 ± 5.7 years) responded. The high perception of the risk of contagion, the high level of knowledge and a coping style focused on the situation were notable. Significant differences by gender were found in the coping styles, problem-focused, avoidance and knowledge scales, with women scoring higher in all categories. The multiple regression analysis was significant (F = 3.68; p < 0.001). The predictor variables were the coping styles subscale search for support and the intrinsic and extrinsic perceived risk factors. Our model predicts that nursing students with a social support-based coping style are at a higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19, based on their own health belief model.
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BACKGROUND: Twenty years after the degree in nursing was introduced in Spain, the subject of evidence-based nursing is still unstructured and unestablished in most faculties. Moreover, there are hardly any rigorous studies at a national level that evaluate the current state of this competence in our faculties. Understanding the starting point is essential for the curricular design to ensure that evidence-based practice is implemented among future professionals. AIM: To design and validate an evidence-based nursing competency questionnaire for fourth-year nursing students. METHODS: A specific questionnaire was developed and validated (EBE-ST). A cross-sectional survey design with psychometric validation of an instrument. Participants were 304 senior year nursing students from eight universities in Spain (2020). RESULTS: The EBE-ST questionnaire is composed of 33 items that determine eight factors. It presents adequate reliability and validity (alpha = 0.882), measuring knowledge, attitudes and the practical application of evidence-based practice. CONCLUSIONS: We have created an instrument with good psychometric properties to measure evidence-based practice competence among senior nursing students. The heterogeneity of knowledge regarding evidence-based nursing in our country suggests that further reflection is warranted on the incorporation of this topic during undergraduate training. We have designed and validated an evidence-based nursing competency questionnaire specific to nursing students.
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Students, Nursing , Cross-Sectional Studies , Humans , Psychometrics , Reproducibility of Results , Spain , Surveys and Questionnaires , UniversitiesABSTRACT
El fenómeno de la inmigración ha experimentado en nuestro país un importante cambio cuantitativo que ha llevado a triplicar el número de inmigrantes registrados en los últimos tres años. El hecho de que ciertos colectivos de inmigrantes se hayan vinculado actos y organizaciones terroristas ha sugeridora idea de un posible deterioro de la actitud hacia los inmigrantes por parte de la población española. Los objetivos de este trabajo fueron realizar, mediante un estudio descriptivo transversal, una comparación entre las puntuaciones obtenidas en la Escala de Actitud ante la Inmigración en una muestra accidentadle 204 estudiantes de enfermería que respondieron la escala en febrero de 2003 y abril de 2004.Los resultados obtenidos permiten concluir quela actitud hacia la inmigración en los estudiantes es significativamente más positiva en el curso 2003-04que en el curso anterior (p<0,05), lo que se interpretaren términos de eficacia del énfasis docente en el principio de equidad hacia todos los usuarios, independientemente de su etnia o cultura (AU)
The phenomenon of immigration in our country has experienced an important quantitative change with the number of registered immigrants having trebled in the last three years. The fact that certain immigrant communities have been involved in terrorist attacks and organizations points to the idea of a possible deterioration of the attitudes of Spanish people toward immigrants. The aim of this study was to compare by means of a transversal descriptive study, the results obtained in the Attitude towards Immigration Scale answered by an accidental sample of 204 nursing students in February 2003 and April 2004. The findings suggest that the attitude toward immigration of those nursing students was significantly higher in the academic year 2003-2004 than in the previous year (p<0,05), which can be accounted for by the efficiency of the educational emphasis on the equity principle for all students, regardless of ethnic and cultural variables (AU)
