Lee Nari, Kim Hae Ran
Chosun University Hospital, Gwangju 61453, Republic of Korea.
Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju 61452, Republic of Korea.
Healthcare (Basel). 2024 Jan 23;12(3):285. doi: 10.3390/healthcare12030285.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a pandemic to which nursing students are particularly susceptible. This study aims to comprehensively examine nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, risk perceptions, preventive behaviors related to COVID-19, and nursing intentions toward patients with the virus. A questionnaire was administered to 149 nursing students from two universities. Data on the respondents' general characteristics, knowledge levels, attitudes, perceived risk, preventive behaviors toward COVID-19, and nursing intentions toward COVID-19 patients were collected. The collected data were statistically analyzed using SPSS software (version 26.0). This involved descriptive statistics, independent -tests, one-way ANOVA, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and stepwise multiple regression analyses. The analyses of the factors affecting nursing students' nursing intentions for COVID-19 patients showed that the most predictive factor was perceived risk (β = -0.38, < 0.001), followed by attitudes (β = 0.29, < 0.001) and preventive behaviors (β = 0.17, = 0.017), which explained 26% of the variance in nursing intentions. Lowering the perceived risk of infectious diseases and cultivating positive attitudes and preventive behaviors can increase nursing students' intentions toward COVID-19 patients. Finally, infection management education programs and research on interventions for nursing students are necessary to enhance the quality of nursing care provided to patients with novel infectious diseases.
冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是一种大流行病，护理专业学生尤其易受感染。本研究旨在全面考察护理专业学生关于COVID-19的知识、态度、风险认知、预防行为以及对感染该病毒患者的护理意愿。对来自两所大学的149名护理专业学生进行了问卷调查。收集了受访者的一般特征、知识水平、态度、感知风险、针对COVID-19的预防行为以及对COVID-19患者的护理意愿等数据。使用SPSS软件（版本26.0）对收集到的数据进行统计分析。这包括描述性统计、独立样本t检验、单因素方差分析、皮尔逊相关系数以及逐步多元回归分析。对影响护理专业学生对COVID-19患者护理意愿的因素分析表明，最具预测性的因素是感知风险（β = -0.38，P < 0.001），其次是态度（β = 0.29，P < 0.001）和预防行为（β = 0.17，P = 0.017），它们解释了护理意愿方差的26%。降低对传染病的感知风险并培养积极的态度和预防行为可以增加护理专业学生对COVID-19患者的护理意愿。最后，有必要开展感染管理教育项目并对护理专业学生的干预措施进行研究，以提高为新型传染病患者提供的护理质量。
