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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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Estudantes de Enfermagem , Estudos Transversais , Humanos , Psicometria , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Espanha , Inquéritos e Questionários , UniversidadesRESUMO
La acreditación como grupo asociado del Grupo de Investigación en Enfermería (GRItaulí) por el Instituto de Investigación e Innovación Parc Taulí es el último paso en un camino iniciado por las enfermeras del Consorcio Corporación Sanitaria Parc Taulí (CCSPT) hace más de 20 años. La investigación desarrollada por enfermeras en el CCSPT de Sabadell tiene una larga trayectoria, entre 1997 y 2020 un total de 228 proyectos de investigación con investigador principal una enfermera han sido aprobados por el Comité de Ética de Investigación con medicamentos del Parc Taulí. En la actualidad el GRItaulí está compuesto por 13 enfermeras y matronas. Desde su acreditación en 2017, el grupo ha obtenido un total de 577.770 euros en financiación de proyectos competitivos y las investigadoras del grupo han publicado siete artículos como primeros firmantes con un factor de impacto acumulado de 8,024. Las estrategias actuales del GRItaulí son: la incentivación de actividades formativas y de divulgación del conocimiento y visibilidad del grupo; la obtención de financiación para conseguir tiempo, elemento cuya escasez se ha identificado como barrera para la investigación; el trabajo en red con otros grupos de investigación de Cataluña y resto de España, y la consolidación de líneas de investigación. Todo ello con el objetivo de promover los cuidados basados en la evidencia y el crecimiento del grupo, posibilitando así la acreditación del GRItaulí en una categoría superior
The accreditation of the Nursing Research Group (GRItaulí) as an associate group by the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute is the last step in the journey started by the nurses of the Consorcio Corporación Sanitaria Parc Taulí (CCSPT) over 20 years ago. The CCSPT nurses in Sabadell have conducted research for a long time, between 1997 and 2020, with 228 research projects in total with a nurse as Primary Investigator which have been approved by the Parc Taulí Ethics Committee for Investigation with Medicinal Products. Currently, the GRItaulí consists of 13 nurses and midwives. Since its accreditation in 2017, the group has obtained 577,770 euros in total as funding for competitive products, and the group researchers have published seven articles as first signatories with a 8,024 cumulative impact factor. The current GRItaulí strategies are: to encourage training and transfer of knowledge and group visibility; to obtain funding in order to achieve time, the lack of which has been identified as a barrier for research; to promote network with other research groups in Catalonia and the rest of Spain, and to strengthen lines of research; all this with the goal to promote evidence-based nursing and group growth, thus enabling the GRItaulí to be accredited in a superior category
