Abd-Alfatah, A., Mohammed, Y., Abdalfatah, W., Husien, M., Hussien, A. (2023). Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and psychological response of Pediatric nursing students toward COVID-19 in Assiut University. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11(34), 260-269. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2023.150514.1407
Amira Hassan Abd-Alfatah; Yasmen Adel Mohammed; Walaa Hassan Abdalfatah; Mona Fawzy Husien; Amal Abdrbou Hussien. "Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and psychological response of Pediatric nursing students toward COVID-19 in Assiut University". Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11, 34, 2023, 260-269. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2023.150514.1407
Abd-Alfatah, A., Mohammed, Y., Abdalfatah, W., Husien, M., Hussien, A. (2023). 'Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and psychological response of Pediatric nursing students toward COVID-19 in Assiut University', Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 11(34), pp. 260-269. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2023.150514.1407
Abd-Alfatah, A., Mohammed, Y., Abdalfatah, W., Husien, M., Hussien, A. Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and psychological response of Pediatric nursing students toward COVID-19 in Assiut University. Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal, 2023; 11(34): 260-269. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2023.150514.1407
Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and psychological response of Pediatric nursing students toward COVID-19 in Assiut University
1Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
2. Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mirs University for Science and Technology, Egypt
3Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
4Lecturer of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University, Egypt
5Assistant Professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: The World Health Organization has specified (COVID-19) to be a contagion. People's communicable disease information, attitude, and practices (KAP) might have a great effect on whether they might detect the protective procedures. The study aimed to assess Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and psychological response of Pediatric nursing students toward COVID-19 at Assiut University. Method A descriptive research design was used. The study was done at Faculty of Nursing, Assuit University with A convenient sample of all third year the pediatric nursing students who approved to contribute in the study. Tool of data collection: four tools were used in this study Tool I: It included personal data, Tool II: It includes 28 questions about student’s attitude toward spread of Covid 19, Tool III: It includes 9 questions about psychological response, Tool IV: It includes 14 questions about students practice Results: The result indicates that more than half of studied sample have adequate knowledge and negative attitude regarding covid19. The majority of studied sample (80.6%) had unsatisfactory practice and negative psychological reaction towards covid19. There is a very highly statistical significance difference between total knowledge and total practice and between total knowledge and total attitude as well. Conclusion: This study showed that the pediatric nursing students had adequate knowledge, unsatisfactory practices, negative attitude and psychological response toward the COVID19 outbreak. Recommendations: Health education programs should be developed according to their areas of knowledge and practice deficits and provided for students