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                                                                <journal-id>jgehes</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>Genel Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2687-5403</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi</publisher-name>
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                                                            <subject>Health Care Administration</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi</subject>
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                                    <trans-title>Hastalarda Ameliyat Öncesi COVID-19 Korkusunun Belirlenmesi: Tanımlayıcı ve Kesitsel Bir Çalışma</trans-title>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                <article-title>Assessing Preoperative Fear of COVID-19 in Patients: A  Descriptive-Cross-Sectional Study</article-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7050-2466</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Arıkan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Adile Nur</given-names>
                                </name>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6519-864X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Erden</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sevilay</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>Çukurova Üniversitesi</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20250425">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>25</month>
                    <year>2025</year>
                </pub-date>
                                        <volume>7</volume>
                                        <issue>1</issue>
                                        <fpage>28</fpage>
                                        <lpage>36</lpage>
                        
                        <history>
                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20230420">
                        <day>04</day>
                        <month>20</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20231031">
                        <day>10</day>
                        <month>31</month>
                        <year>2023</year>
                    </date>
                            </history>
                                        <permissions>
                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2019, Genel Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2019</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Genel Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</copyright-holder>
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                            <p>Çalışma, hastaların ameliyattan önce COVID-19 korkusunu belirlemek için tanımlayıcı kesitsel bir çalışma olarak tasarlandı. Kasım 2021 ile Mayıs 2022 tarihleri arasında bir devlet hastanesinin cerrahi kliniklerinde 281 hasta ile gerçekleştirildi. Çalışmada veri toplamak için Hasta Tanımlayıcı Bilgi Formu ve COVID-19 Korku Ölçeği kullanıldı. Hastaların COVID-19 Korku Ölçeği toplam puan ortalaması 23,43±4,88 idi ve çalışmayan, kronik hastalıkları olan veya majör ameliyat geçiren hastaların toplam puan ortalaması diğerlerinden daha yüksekti (p&amp;lt;.05). Ayrıca, COVID-19 aşısı olan hastalar ve COVID-19 bulaşma endişesi olan hastalar önemli ölçüde daha yüksek ölçek toplam puan ortalamasına sahipti (p&amp;lt;.05). Çalışmamızın bulgularına göre, hastaların çoğunluğunun COVID-19 korku düzeylerinin yüksek olduğu bulundu. Teşhis, hastalık süreci, ameliyat türü, hastaların özellikleri ve olumsuz sosyal medya gönderileri vb. hastaneye yatırılan hastalarda COVID-19 korkusunu dolayısıyla da hastalık sürecini ve hasta sonuçlarını olumsuz etkileyebilir. Bu kapsamda COVID-19 korkusunun nedenleri ve hasta özellikleri göz önünde bulundurularak ameliyat öncesi dönemde başa çıkma yöntemleri değerlendirilmeli ve desteklenmelidir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                                                                                                    <abstract><p>This study aimed to determine patients&#039; fear of COVID-19 before surgery through a descriptive-cross-sectional design. This study was carried out with 281 patients in the surgical clinics of a public hospital between November 2021 and May 2022. The data were collected using the Patient Descriptive Information Form and the COVID-19 Fear Scale. The mean total score on the COVID-19 Fear Scale for patients was 23.43±4.88. Patients who were unemployed, had chronic diseases, or underwent major surgery exhibited higher mean total scores (p&amp;lt;.05). Additionally, individuals vaccinated against COVID-19 and those concerned about transmission had significantly higher scale mean total scores (p&amp;lt;.05). According to our study findings, the majority of patients demonstrated elevated levels of fear regarding COVID-19. Various factors, including diagnosis, disease process, type of surgery, patient characteristics, and negative social media posts, were identified as potential contributors to heightened COVID-19 fear, potentially impacting both patient psychological states and clinical outcomes. In this context, coping methods should be thoroughly evaluated and supported during the preoperative period, considering the sources of COVID-19 fear and individual patient characteristics.</p></abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Pre-operative</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  COVID-19</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Patient</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Nursing</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Fear</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>COVID-19</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Ameliyat Öncesi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  COVID-19</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Hasta</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Hemşirelik</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Korku</kwd>
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                                                    <funding-source>
                                <named-content content-type="funder_name">This study was financially supported by Çukurova University Scientific Research Coordination Unit with the Project No: TYL-2022-14464.</named-content>
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