Anxiety among nursing students during the Covid-19 pandemic: A web-based cross-sectional survey()

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 f...

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Autores principales: Zukhra, Ririn Muthia, Nauli, Fathra Annis, Konadi, Alfian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier España, S.L.U. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8600945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34812244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enfcli.2021.04.016
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Sumario: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.

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