Intolerance to Uncertainty and Health Anxiety as the Predictors of Nursing Students’ COVID-19 Phobis

Yıl 2022, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1, 49 - 59, 06.04.2022

Fatma Dilek Turan

https://doi.org/10.38108/ouhcd.911750

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Objective: To evaluate nursing students’ intolerance to uncertainty, health anxiety as predictors of COVID-19 phobias.
Methods: The data collection of the cross-sectional study was carried out by “Student Introduction Form”, “COVID-19 Phobia Scale”, “Intolerance to Uncertainty Scale”, “Health Anxiety Scale” with 184 students from all classes of the nursing department of a state university on January-March 2021. The increase in scale scores shows high coronophobia, high level of intolerance to uncertainty, health anxiety. Independent t test, One Way ANOVA, Pearson Correlation, Multiple Linear Regression analyzes were used. The confidence interval in the study was determined as 95%, the statistical significance level was accepted as p<0.05.
Results: The general COVID-19 phobia score average of the students is 68.39±18.11. It was determined that the higher the grade, the lower the scale scores. In addition, the scale scores of student whose gender is female, live in provinces/Southeastern Anatolia Region, have high academic success, have career goals were found to be higher (p<0.05). The most common anxiety was expressed as death / illness, economical, being far from clinic and occupational inadequacy, respectively. A significant relationship was found between COVID-19 phobias and their intolerance to uncertainty, health anxiety (p<0.05). It was determined that the scales/subscales used in the study explained 53% of the variance regarding COVID-19 phobia scores (p<0.05, R2=0.53).
Conclusion: The needs of the students should be determined, the students should be consulted, therapy programs should be planned.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Coronophobia , intolerance to uncertainty , health anxiety , nurse , student

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Hemşirelik Öğrencilerinin COVID-19 Fobisinin Yordayıcısı Olarak Belirsizliğe Karşı Tahammülsüzlükleri ve Sağlık Anksiyeteleri

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Amaç: Araştırmada hemşirelik öğrencilerinin COVID-19 fobilerinin yordayıcısı olarak, belirsizliğe karşı tahammülsüzlükleri ve sağlık anksiyetelerinin değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.
Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki araştırmanın veri toplama aşaması, Ocak-Mart 2021 tarihlerinde bir devlet üniversitesinin hemşirelik bölümü tüm sınıflarından 184 öğrencinin katılımı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler, “Öğrenci Tanıtım Formu”, “COVID-19 Fobisi Ölçeği”, “Belirsizliğe Karşı Tahammülsüzlük Ölçeği”, “Sağlık Anksiyetesi Ölçeği” ile toplanmıştır. Ölçek puanlarının artması sırasıyla; yüksek düzeyde koronofobiyi, belirsizliğe tahammülsüzlüğü ve sağlık anksiyetesini göstermektedir. Araştırmada bağımsız iki örneklem t testi (Independent t Test), One Way ANOVA, Pearson Korelasyonu ve yordayıcıların tespiti için Çoklu Doğrusal Regresyon analizleri kullanılmıştır. Araştırmada güven aralığı %95, istatistiksel olarak anlamlılık düzeyi p<0.05 olarak kabul edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Öğrencilerin genel COVID-19 fobisi puan ortalaması 6.39±18.11’dir. Sınıf arttıkça koronafobinin azaldığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca cinsiyeti kız olan, ilde yaşayan, akademik başarısı yüksek, geleceğe yönelik kariyer hedefi olan öğrenci hemşirelerin COVID-19 fobisi ölçek puanları daha yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0.05). En sık yaşanan kaygı; ölüm/hastalanma, ekonomi, klinikten uzak olma ve mesleki yetersizlik şeklinde sıralanmıştır. COVID-19 fobileri ile belirsizliğe karşı tahammülsüzlükleri ve sağlık anksiyeteleri arasında anlamlı ilişki bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Araştırmada kullanılan ölçek/alt ölçeklerin, COVID-19 fobisi puanlarına ilişkin varyansın %53’ünü açıkladığı görülmüştür
(p<0.05, R2=0.53).
Sonuç: Öğrencilerin gereksinimlerinin tespit edilmesi, bunlara ilişkin danışmanlık yapılması, korku ve anksiyetelerini kontrol etmeleri hususunda desteklenmeleri, yönlendirilmeleri, terapi programlarının planlanması önerilmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Covid-19 fobi , belirsizliğe karşı tahammülsüzlük , sağlık anksiyetesi , hemşire , öğrenci

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