Baykara Mat Seda Tugba, Yilmaz Buse Nur
Istanbul Beykent University, Turkey.
Istanbul Beykent University, Turkey.
Nurse Educ Today. 2024 Sep;140:106274. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106274. Epub 2024 Jun 6.
Understanding nursing students' awareness of climate change and its impact on their anxiety levels is crucial in representing a significant research area for the sustainability of healthcare services and the development of strategies to address climate change.
This study aims to determine nursing students' awareness of global climate change and eco-anxiety levels. Additionally, it seeks to uncover the relationship between these two factors.
During the academic year 2022-2023, this research was conducted with nursing students at a university in Istanbul, utilizing a cross-sectional and exploratory correlational design. The study involved 390 nursing students at the same university, aiming to reach the entire population without using any sampling method. Valid data were obtained from 374 students. The Student Information Form, University Students' Climate Change Awareness Scale and the Eco-anxiety Scale used as instruments for data collection. Subsequently, the data underwent analysis in a computational environment utilizing descriptive statistical methods and Pearson correlation analysis.
Most of the participants were female and single. The mean "total global climate change awareness" of the students was 75.072 ± 15.094, and the mean "general eco-anxiety" of the students was 1.158 ± 0.629. A weak positive relationship was found between the total global climate change awareness and general environmental concerns of the students participating in the study at r = 0.233 (p = 0.000 < 0.05). The level of awareness of climate change explains 5 % of nursing students' eco-anxiety levels.
This study emphasizes a significant relationship between climate change awareness and increased ecological anxiety. Filling a gap in the field due to the lack of specific research focusing on nursing students highlights the importance of maintaining awareness to prevent ecological anxiety from reaching undesirable levels. This approach is crucial in actively encouraging nurses to contribute to developing educational curricula and environmentally friendly health policies.
了解护理专业学生对气候变化的认识及其对焦虑水平的影响，对于代表医疗服务可持续性的重要研究领域以及制定应对气候变化的策略至关重要。
本研究旨在确定护理专业学生对全球气候变化的认识和生态焦虑水平。此外，它还试图揭示这两个因素之间的关系。
在2022-2023学年期间，本研究在伊斯坦布尔一所大学的护理专业学生中进行，采用横断面和探索性相关设计。该研究涉及同一所大学的390名护理专业学生，旨在不使用任何抽样方法覆盖全体学生。从374名学生那里获得了有效数据。使用学生信息表、大学生气候变化意识量表和生态焦虑量表作为数据收集工具。随后，在计算环境中利用描述性统计方法和皮尔逊相关分析对数据进行了分析。
大多数参与者为女性且未婚。学生的平均“全球气候变化总意识”为75.072±15.094，学生的平均“一般生态焦虑”为1.158±0.629。参与研究的学生的全球气候变化总意识与一般环境关注度之间存在微弱的正相关，r = 0.233（p = 0.000 < 0.05）。气候变化意识水平解释了护理专业学生生态焦虑水平的5%。
本研究强调了气候变化意识与生态焦虑增加之间的重要关系。由于缺乏针对护理专业学生的具体研究，填补了该领域的空白，突出了保持意识以防止生态焦虑达到不良水平的重要性。这种方法对于积极鼓励护士为制定教育课程和环保健康政策做出贡献至关重要。
