Assessment of COVID-19 Fear in Five European Countries before Mass Vaccination and Key Predictors among Nurses and Nursing Students

Background: Levels of fear have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The absence of a safe and effective vaccine for mass-vaccination deteriorates this situation, which has a significant impact on mental health. This study aimed to assess the feelings of fear among nurses and nursing students in five European countries. Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted in five European countries (Greece, Albania, Cyprus, Spain, and Kosovo) before the start of mass vaccination in Europe. Data collection was conducted in December 2020–January 2021 using an online questionnaire for nursing students and professional nurses. Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) was used for measuring levels of fear. IBM SPSS version 21.0 was used for statistical analysis. Results: The study population included 1135 nurses and 1920 nursing students from Kosovo (n = 1085), Spain (n = 663), Greece (n = 534), Albania (n = 529), and Cyprus (n = 244). According to multivariable analysis, females (OR = 2.53, 95% CI = 1.89–3.15), married (OR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.24–1.48), nurses (OR = 0.87, 95% CI = 0.28–1.45) and those with a chronic disease (OR = 0.86, 95% CI = 0.11–1.62) were more fearful of COVID-19. Conclusions: It is important to decrease fear in the population of nurses who are at the frontlines of the pandemic. The provision of appropriate education and training activities for nurses and students to manage their stress levels is of high importance. Future studies should focus on levels of fear after the administration of several safe and effective vaccines worldwide.

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Habilidades psicomotoras, administrativas e segurança autorreferida de discentes de enfermagem: estudo transversal

Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing ◽

10.17665/1676-4285.20185629 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 2

Author(s):

Flávia Ximenes Vasconcelos ◽

Grazielle Roberta Freitas da Silva ◽

Raylane Da Silva Machado ◽

Odinéa Maria Amorim Batista ◽

Benevina Maria Vilar Teixeira Nunes

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Extracurricular Activities ◽

Education Institution ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Academic Experience ◽

Skills Acquisition ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Questionnaire Result ◽

The University

im: To investigate the psychomotor and administrative abilities of nursing students of a higher education institution of Piauí, by means of frequency and self-reported confidence regarding the accomplishment of adult hospital care procedures. Method: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study, developed with nursing students, from April to May 2015, using an online questionnaire. Result: Procedures for drug administration and related to the integumentary system were the ones that were most carried out. Students were confident in performing few procedures. Discussion: The frequency of completion of the procedures is related to the opportunities offered by the university and the internship fields. The safety of the students is associated with the frequency of the procedures (p<0.00). Extracurricular activities complement academic experience and skills acquisition. Conclusion: The psychomotor and administrative skills presented by the students were insufficient to ensure that they feel safe in carrying out care procedures

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Self-Efficacy and Readiness Towards Early Clinical Exposure Among Nursing Students

Indonesian Journal of Nursing Practices ◽

10.18196/ijnp.v5i2.13460 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Shinta Antin Kumalasari ◽

Sri Suparti ◽

Kala Raani

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Clinical Exposure ◽

Early Clinical Exposure

Background: Early Clinical Exposure is a learning approach that integrates classroom learning with the clinical practice at the students' academic stage. Based on an interview with 3rd-semester Nursing Students, the results showed that they had low self-efficacy and readiness towards early clinical exposure. Objective: This study aims to evaluate self-efficacy and readiness towards early clinical exposure among nursing students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto (UMP). The study design was a cross-sectional study involving 218 undergraduate students at a private Islamic university in their third semester. Methods: Data were collected using an online questionnaire of Google Form developed by the researcher, and the questions were valid and reliable based on a reliability test. The sampling method in this study was the total sampling technique. There were 50 questions of the item in the questionnaire and 6 items for demographic data. Result: The majority of pupils showed strong self-efficacy (98.2%) according to the findings of this study and moderate self-efficacy (1.8%). The majority of students presented high readiness (97.7%) and moderate readiness (2.3%). According to the correlation test results, a correlation (r = 0.545, p0.05) was found between self-efficacy and readiness for early clinical exposure. Conclusion: The higher the student's self-efficacy is, the more the readiness will be to face the practice of early clinical exposure.

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Knowledge of final year medicine, pharmacy, audiology and nursing students in South Africa on drug-induced ototoxicity: A pilot study

South African Journal of Communication Disorders ◽

10.4102/sajcd.v66i1.606 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 66 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Omphile Mogole ◽

Natalie Schellack ◽

Cara Hollander ◽

Lebogang Ramma

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Signs And Symptoms ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Healthcare Team ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Drug Induced ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Effective Care ◽

General Signs

Background: There is a high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), tuberculosis (TB), cancer and malaria in South Africa, and the drugs used to treat these conditions can be ototoxic. It is therefore important that healthcare professionals are able to identify and understand these drugs and their effects to ensure effective care of the patient.Objective: This study aimed to assess the knowledge regarding pharmacotherapy-induced ototoxicity amongst final year, medicine, pharmacy, audiology and nursing students across South African universities.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was used, and data were collected via a self-administered online questionnaire. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to identify the participants at the universities which train audiologists, pharmacists, medical and nursing students.Results: An overall response rate of 41% (n = 720) was obtained. Sixty-four per cent (n = 461) of respondents were women (median age: 23 years). The majority of the respondents (95%) knew what pharmacotherapy-induced ototoxicity was, but a few (39%) knew the general signs and symptoms of ototoxicity. Furthermore, just less than half of the sample (48%) could identify the specific ototoxic medicines and the type of damage caused by this medication.Conclusion: To manage pharmacotherapy-induced ototoxicity effectively, a multidisciplinary healthcare team must have sufficient knowledge about ototoxicity. Therefore, efforts should be made to introduce extensively concepts of pharmacotherapy-induced ototoxicity into the undergraduate curricula of pharmacy, medical, nursing and audiology programmes.

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Child Abuse Awareness and Reporting Intention among Nursing and Education Students

The Journal of Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education ◽

10.5977/jkasne.2019.25.2.216 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (2) ◽

pp. 216-226

Author(s):

Yeseul Jeong ◽

Sang Youn Jang ◽

Min Kyung Song ◽

Da Jeong Kum ◽

Sae Eun Park ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Child Abuse ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Emotional Abuse ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Education Students ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Mean ◽

Nursing College

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate child abuse awareness and reporting intention among nursing and education students and correlations among the variables involved. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by administering an online questionnaire to 70 nursing college students and 70 education college students. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, chi-squared test, the Mann-Whitney U test, and Pearson's correlation in SPSS 21.0 (IBM, Armonk, NY). Results: The mean score of child abuse awareness was $3.61{pm}0.32$ for nursing students and $3.60{pm}0.36$ for education students. The mean score of reporting intention was $5.65{pm}0.90$ for nursing students and $5.38{pm}1.03$ for education students. Females presented higher scores than males in the awareness of sexual abuse. The awareness of emotional abuse was higher in students who knew of reporting obligations or who had experienced abuse. Child abuse awareness and reporting intention were significantly positively correlated. Also, the number of times having received child abuse education was correlated with reporting intention in both mild and severe cases of abuse. Conclusion: Reporting intention is not only related to having received education, but also to the frequency of that education. Child abuse education is important to increase reporting intention and should be delivered repeatedly.

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Assessment of COVID-19 vaccines acceptance in the Lebanese population: a national cross-sectional study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice ◽

10.1186/s40545-021-00403-x ◽

2022 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Philippe Hanna ◽

Aline Issa ◽

Ziad Noujeim ◽

Mira Hleyhel ◽

Nadine Saleh

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Multivariable Analysis ◽

Binary Logistic Regression ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Primary Objective ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Vaccine Acceptance ◽

Lebanese Population

Abstract Background Vaccines have become the best weapon for epidemic prevention and control in the absence of standard approved effective therapies. However, skepticism about the vaccine efficacy and safety is constantly reported. To our knowledge, there has been no study assessing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Lebanon. The primary objective of this survey is to assess the COVID-19 vaccines’ acceptance and its related determinants in the Lebanese population. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in Lebanon from February 16 through February 25, 2021. Data was collected using an online questionnaire via social media platforms using the snowball technique. The questionnaire consisted of 47 questions related to sociodemographic and medical history, COVID-19 experience, knowledge, practice, and beliefs towards COVID-19 vaccines, including vaccines acceptance. Binary logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with vaccine acceptance. Results A total of 1209 questionnaires were completed; around 63.4% have reported their acceptance for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, while only 57% of participants registered themselves on the national platform. The multivariable analysis showed that a higher knowledge scale, living in an urban residential area, having hypertension, not having a food allergy, reporting a higher fear to experience COVID-19 infection, and receiving or wanting to receive influenza vaccine, were positive predictors of COVID-19 vaccines acceptance. Conclusions Our findings support the need to improve knowledge about COVID-19 infection and vaccination through education and awareness programs. Specifically residents of rural areas should be targeted to optimize COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among the Lebanese population.

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Association between overweight and consumption of ultra-processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages among vegetarians

Revista de Nutrição ◽

10.1590/1678-98652017000400003 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 431-441 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jonas Augusto Cardoso da SILVEIRA ◽

Sabrina Silva MENESES ◽

Patrícia Teles QUINTANA ◽

Valquíria de Souza SANTOS

Keyword(s):

Multivariable Analysis ◽

Daily Intake ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Processed Food ◽

Daily Consumption ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Sugar Sweetened Beverages ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Sweetened Beverages ◽

Excessive Consumption

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the consumption of ultra-processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages and to identify the association of this consumption with overweight among vegetarians. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a convenience sampling method was conducted. Data were collected using an online questionnaire from 8/24/2015 to 10/8/2015. Subjects were male and female vegetarians aged >16 years. Using a food frequency questionnaire, we assessed the weekly consumption of ultra-processed food and sugar-sweetened beverages and described the frequency of daily consumption overall and according to type of vegetarianism. The association between overweight and excessive daily intake of ultra-processed food was analyzed by multiple logistic regression (OR [95CI%]). Results: Information was retrieved from 503 individuals (29.8±8.5 years old); 83.7% were women. The most frequent types of vegetarianism in our sample were ovo-lacto (45.5%) and vegan (41.7%), and the median time of vegetarianism was 5.3 years. The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (≥2x/day) and ultra-processed food (≥3x/day) was 21.0% and 16.0%, respectively, and regarding the different vegetarianism types, vegans showed the lowest frequency of excessive daily sugar-sweetened beverages and ultra-processed food consumption. In the multivariable analysis, consumption of ultra-processed food ≥3x/day (2.33 [1.36-4.03]), male sex (1.73 [1.01-2.96]), age ≥35 years (2.03 [1.23-3.36]) and not preparing one’s food (1.67 [0.95-2.94]) were independently associated with overweight. Conclusion: Although vegetarianism is frequently associated with a healthier diet and, consequently, prevention of poor health outcomes, this study found that the excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and ultra-processed food was associated with overweight.

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Motivation for Critical Thinking in Nursing Students in Chile

Hispanic Health Care International ◽

10.1177/1540415320970110 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 154041532097011

Author(s):

Kareen Berger ◽

Rosina Cianelli ◽

Jorge Valenzuela ◽

Natalia Villegas ◽

Carola Blazquez ◽

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Keyword(s):

Critical Thinking ◽

Nursing Education ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Chi Square ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Academic Factors ◽

Nursing Career ◽

The Cost

Nursing education includes a constant challenge regarding the competencies that nurses must possess to provide high-quality nursing care. One of these competencies is critical thinking (CT), and motivation for critical thinking (MCT) has been identified as an element necessary to develop CT. Expectancy and value are important components of the MCT. This study aimed to analyze sociodemographic and academic factors related to MCT in Chilean nursing students. This study is an analytical–correlational, cross-sectional study conducted with 478 nursing students in Chile. The data were collected using an online questionnaire. The Critical Thinking Motivation Scale was used to measure MCT. Pearson’s square, Chi-square, means comparison test, and binomial logistic regression were used to analyze the data. The expectancy component of the MCT had the lowest scores on the scale. Age was associated with the cost subcomponent ( p < .03), and high school was associated with the interest subcomponent ( p < .01). Academic factors contributing to MCT were problem-based learning, professor motivation, and the inclusion of MCT in nursing disciplinary subjects. Strategies that improve CT and MCT should be implemented and evaluated periodically from the beginning of a nursing career. Faculty should be trained to motivate students to think critically.

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Attitudes of Nursing Students towards Vaccination and Other Preventive Measures for Limitation of COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Study in Three European Countries

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9070781 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 781

Author(s):

Nevenka Kregar Velikonja ◽

Beata Dobrowolska ◽

Sanja Stanisavljević ◽

Karmen Erjavec ◽

Vislava Globevnik Velikonja ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Nursing Students ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Sampling Strategy ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

European Countries ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Trust In Institutions ◽

Vaccination Hesitancy

Several preventive measures have been applied to limit the COVID-19 pandemic, including successful the development and introduction of vaccines. The aim of this study was to investigate adherence to preventive measures and vaccination intentions among nursing students in three European countries and the factors associated with vaccination intention and advising vaccination. A cross-sectional study using convenience/snow-ball sampling strategy was performed in Slovenia, Poland, and Serbia between 12 February and 5 March 2021. Data from 872 eligible respondents were analyzed (mean age 23.5 ± 6.5 years, 89% female). Higher adherence to preventive behavior was declared by those working in healthcare (p < 0.001), engaged in COVID-19 departments (p < 0.001), had not had the disease yet (p < 0.001), and had children (p = 0.01). Those groups also expressed higher vaccination intention and advised vaccination to others. Higher vaccination intention and advising vaccination were mostly associated with belief in benefits of vaccine, trust in institutions, perceived effectiveness of vaccine, influence of social environment, protection of patients and perceived health care professionals’ duty. Fear of side effects and general refusal of vaccines are the main reasons for vaccination hesitancy. The results of the study indicate how higher education institutions can support the development of appropriate professional attitudes and behaviors among nursing students.

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Cow’s milk exposure and atopic dermatitis after six months of age

Paediatrica Indonesiana ◽

10.14238/pi56.6.2016.325-9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 56 (6) ◽

pp. 325

Author(s):

Surya Jayanti Kadek ◽

Dewi Kumara Wati Ketut ◽

Karyana Putu Gede

Keyword(s):

Atopic Dermatitis ◽

Maternal Diet ◽

Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Cow’S Milk ◽

Milk Formula ◽

Sectional Study ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cow's Milk ◽

Study Population

Background About 60% of individuals with atopic dermatitis (AD) develop their first manifestation during infancy. Cow’s milk (CM) exposure is considered to be a risk factor for AD.Objective To evaluate for an association between cow’s milk exposure and atopic dermatitis in infants > 6 months of age. Methods This cross-sectional study consisted of subjects from a previous study and new subjects recruited in order to meet the minimum required number of subjects. Our study population comprised 120 infants, born between 1 February and 30 November, 2012 in Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar. Subjects were divided into CM and non-CM groups and analyzed for their risk of AD. Subjects were included to CM group if they were fed with cow’s milk/formula and included to non-CM group if they were breastfeed exclusively in the first six months of life. Other possible risk factors were assessed by multivariate analysis. Results One hundred twenty subjects were enrolled and analyzed (59 in the CM and 61 in the non-CM groups). The prevalence of AD was 30%. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed a significant association between CM exposure and AD, with odds ratio (OR) 2.37 (95%CI 1.036 to 5.420; P=0.04). In addition, maternal diet including eggs and/or cow’s milk during the breastfeeding period was significantly associated with AD in infants (OR 3.18; 95%CI 1.073 to 9.427; P=0.04).Conclusion Cow’s milk exposure is significantly associated with atopic dermatitis in infants > six months of age.

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