ELmetwaly, A., Ibrahim, A., El-Gilany, A., elsayed, I. (2020). Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students about COVID-19: An Intervention Study in Egypt. test, 11(2), 393-407. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.127998
Aml Ahmed Mohammed ELmetwaly; Ateya Megahed Ibrahim; Abdel-Hady El-Gilany; Islam Mokhtar Mokhtar elsayed. "Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students about COVID-19: An Intervention Study in Egypt". test, 11, 2, 2020, 393-407. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.127998
ELmetwaly, A., Ibrahim, A., El-Gilany, A., elsayed, I. (2020). 'Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students about COVID-19: An Intervention Study in Egypt', test, 11(2), pp. 393-407. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.127998
ELmetwaly, A., Ibrahim, A., El-Gilany, A., elsayed, I. Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students about COVID-19: An Intervention Study in Egypt. test, 2020; 11(2): 393-407. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.127998

Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students about COVID-19: An Intervention Study in Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Article 26, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2020, Pages 393-407    PDF (274.81 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.127998
Authors
Aml Ahmed Mohammed ELmetwaly1; Ateya Megahed Ibrahim2; Abdel-Hady El-Gilany3; Islam Mokhtar Mokhtar elsayed4
1Medical Surgical Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University
2PhD Family and Community Health Nursing, Family and Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Port-said University
3Professor of public Health, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University
4Medical Surgical Nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Beni- Suef University
Abstract
COVID-19 is one of the major pathogens that triggered a great public health
threat. The study aimed to compare the level of knowledge and attitude of the
nursing students about COVID-19 before and after implementation of an
intervention educational guideline at four nursing faculties selected to represent
different geographical regions of Egypt; namely Cairo, Mansoura, Port Said, and
Beni- Suef Nursing faculties. Through using a quasi-experimental study of 1550
nursing students. A self-administered questionnaire was used composing of three
parts; Nursing students' personal characteristics, Knowledge about COVID-19,
and attitude towards the COVID-19 scale. The findings showed that the mean
difference in scores of both knowledge and attitude was significantly higher in
older students, urban residence, living in students’ hostile and achieving grade C
in the past year.However, the mean difference in knowledge score is
significantly higher in students affiliated to Mansoura University compared to
those of Port Said University. The present study concluded a good knowledge
and a high attitude among the targeted students towards COVID-19 post
implementation of the guidelines.
Keywords
Attitude; Covid19; Knowledge; Nursing Students
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