Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour to assess nursing and allied health students' knowledge and intention to care for patients with COVID‐19

Autor: Mohammed A Al Maskari, Amal Said Alshidi, Hamed Khamis Al Reesi, Turkiya Saleh Al Maskari, Saada Al Barwani, Salwa S Al Alawi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Nursing
ISSN: 1365-2702
0962-1067
Popis: Aims and Objectives To assess nursing and allied health students' demographics, knowledge and intentions to care for patients with an infectious disease, COVID‐19. Background COVID‐19 has caused a public health crisis and worldwide panic. Little is known about students' knowledge levels and intentions to care for infected patients during pandemics. Design A quantitative, cross‐sectional study. Method A cross‐sectional study with a convenience sample (N = 480) of nursing and allied health students was analysed using the Mann–Whitney and Spearman's correlation tests. Results At least 60% of the participants attained high scores for 16 of the 22 items on the knowledge scale. Knowledge was positively associated with attitude (r s = .19, p
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