Fear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico

Objective. The study sought to correlate fear, stress, knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing students and recent graduates in Mexico. Methods. Correlational design, sample comprising 912 nursing students and graduates during the last 18 months from public and private universities of Mexico. To mea...

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Autores principales:	Isai Arturo Medina Fernández, Sonia Carreño Moreno, Lorena Chaparro Díaz, Ruth Magdalena Gallegos-Torres, Josué Arturo Medina Fernández, Eva Kerena Hernández Martínez
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Publicado:	Universidad de Antioquia 2021
Materias:	fear psychological stress knowledge nursing students nurses coronavirus infections pandemics Nursing RT1-120
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ccdb3d7ce719415c9f64bfa6329ddb6d2021-11-26T20:06:09ZFear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico2216-028010.17533/udea.iee.v39n1e05https://doaj.org/article/ccdb3d7ce719415c9f64bfa6329ddb6d2021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/iee/article/view/345514https://doaj.org/toc/2216-0280Objective. The study sought to correlate fear, stress, knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing students and recent graduates in Mexico. Methods. Correlational design, sample comprising 912 nursing students and graduates during the last 18 months from public and private universities of Mexico. To measure the variables, the study applied the instrument Fear of COVID-19 Scale, knowledge subscale of the scale Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19, and the instrument COVID Stress Scale. Results. Relationship was found of the age variable with fear, danger of contamination, traumatic stress, knowledge and minor socioeconomic consequences (p<0.05). Likewise, relationship was observed of fear with stress regarding COVID-19, danger of contamination, socioeconomic consequences, xenophobia, traumatic stress, and compulsive checking (p<0.05). Stress and knowledge explain the presence of fear regarding COVID-19 in 50.3%, and fear and knowledge explain stress regarding COVID-19 in 50.4%. Conclusion. Nursing students and recent graduates have high levels of stress and fear, besides low level of knowledge. The presence of high stress and low knowledge predict fear regarding COVID-19. Interventions are required on knowledge, stress, and fear regarding COVID-19 in the population studied.Isai Arturo Medina FernándezSonia Carreño MorenoLorena Chaparro DíazRuth Magdalena Gallegos-TorresJosué Arturo Medina FernándezEva Kerena Hernández MartínezUniversidad de Antioquiaarticlefearpsychological stressknowledgenursing studentsnursescoronavirus infectionspandemicsNursingRT1-120ENInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, Vol 39, Iss 1 (2021)
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spellingShingle	fear psychological stress knowledge nursing students nurses coronavirus infections pandemics Nursing RT1-120 Isai Arturo Medina Fernández Sonia Carreño Moreno Lorena Chaparro Díaz Ruth Magdalena Gallegos-Torres Josué Arturo Medina Fernández Eva Kerena Hernández Martínez Fear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico
description	Objective. The study sought to correlate fear, stress, knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing students and recent graduates in Mexico. Methods. Correlational design, sample comprising 912 nursing students and graduates during the last 18 months from public and private universities of Mexico. To measure the variables, the study applied the instrument Fear of COVID-19 Scale, knowledge subscale of the scale Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19, and the instrument COVID Stress Scale. Results. Relationship was found of the age variable with fear, danger of contamination, traumatic stress, knowledge and minor socioeconomic consequences (p<0.05). Likewise, relationship was observed of fear with stress regarding COVID-19, danger of contamination, socioeconomic consequences, xenophobia, traumatic stress, and compulsive checking (p<0.05). Stress and knowledge explain the presence of fear regarding COVID-19 in 50.3%, and fear and knowledge explain stress regarding COVID-19 in 50.4%. Conclusion. Nursing students and recent graduates have high levels of stress and fear, besides low level of knowledge. The presence of high stress and low knowledge predict fear regarding COVID-19. Interventions are required on knowledge, stress, and fear regarding COVID-19 in the population studied.
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author	Isai Arturo Medina Fernández Sonia Carreño Moreno Lorena Chaparro Díaz Ruth Magdalena Gallegos-Torres Josué Arturo Medina Fernández Eva Kerena Hernández Martínez
author_facet	Isai Arturo Medina Fernández Sonia Carreño Moreno Lorena Chaparro Díaz Ruth Magdalena Gallegos-Torres Josué Arturo Medina Fernández Eva Kerena Hernández Martínez
author_sort	Isai Arturo Medina Fernández
title	Fear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico
title_short	Fear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico
title_full	Fear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico
title_fullStr	Fear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Fear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico
title_sort	fear, stress, and knowledge regarding covid-19 in nursing students and recent graduates in mexico
publisher	Universidad de Antioquia
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ccdb3d7ce719415c9f64bfa6329ddb6d
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Fear, Stress, and Knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Nursing Students and Recent Graduates in Mexico

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