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Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University

2602-2109

Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi

10.17343/sdutfd.1355089

Medical Education Health Services and Systems (Other)

Tıp Eğitimi Sağlık Hizmetleri ve Sistemleri (Diğer)

HOW DID ONLINE LEARNING AFFECT PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?

COVID-19 SALGINI SIRASINDA ÇEVRİMİÇİ ÖĞRENME FİZYOTERAPİ ÖĞRENCİLERİNİ NASIL ETKİLEDİ?

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6945-7194

Bulut

Muhammet Fatih

DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1329-7870

Kalkan

Aybüke Cansu

DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ENSTİTÜSÜ

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9481-6083

Genç

Arzu

DOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNVERSİTESİ FİZİK TEDAVİ VE REHABİLİTASYON FAKÜLTESİ

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8586-7214

Özyürek

Seher

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Fakültesi

12 30 2023

30 4 652 660 09 04 2023 10 25 2023

1994

Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi

ObjectiveThe COVID-19 pandemic, which affected almost allareas of life, has had serious effects on educationas well. This study aimed to investigate the effectsof the online education process on physicalactivity, perseverance, and coronaphobia amongundergraduate physiotherapy students duringCOVID-19 pandemic.Material and MethodA total of 185 undergraduate physiotherapy studentswere included in the study. Physical activity levelwas assessed with the International Physical ActivityQuestionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF), perseverancewith the Short Perseverance Scale (Grit-S), andcoronaphobia with the COVID-19 Fear Scale. Inaddition, the perceived changes in physical activityand perseverance levels during the pandemicwere evaluated. The academic performance wasdetermined with the grade point average (GPA).ResultsIt was determined that most of the students perceiveda decrease in their physical activity (82.7%) andperseverance (69.2%) levels. There was a moderatepositive correlation between GPA and COVID-19Fear Scale score (rho:0.407, p

AmaçHayatın hemen her alanını etkisi altına alan COVID-19salgınının eğitim üzerinde de ciddi etkileri olmuştur.Bu çalışma, COVID-19 salgını sırasında fizyoterapi lisansöğrencilerinde çevrimiçi eğitim sürecinin fizikselaktivite, azim ve koronafobi üzerine etkilerini araştırmayıamaçladı.Gereç ve YöntemÇalışmaya toplam 185 fizyoterapi lisans öğrencisidahil edildi. Fiziksel aktivite düzeyi Uluslararası FizikselAktivite Anketi-Kısa Formu (IPAQ-SF), azim KısaAzim (Sebat) Ölçeği (Grit-S) ve koronafobi ise COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği ile değerlendirildi. Ek olarak,salgın döneminde fiziksel aktivite ve azim düzeylerindealgılanan değişiklikler değerlendirildi. Akademikperformans, genel not ortalaması (GPA) ile belirlendi.BulgularÖğrencilerin çoğunun fiziksel aktivite (%82,7) ve azim(%69,2) düzeylerinde azalma algıladıkları belirlendi.GPA ile COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği skoru arasındaorta düzeyde pozitif korelasyon (rho:0,407, p

Online Learning Physiotherapy Student COVID-19

Çevrimiçi Öğrenme Fizyoterapi Öğrenci COVID-19

This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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