Awareness Levels of Health Technician Candidates About the Knowledge and Prevention Ways of the New Type Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
Introduction: World Health Organization declared a disease as pandemic caused by a newly identified β-coronavirus, and named it as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The awareness of health workers about their knowledge, behavior, and attitudes about COVID-19 is vital to find an effective solu...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi |
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| Online Access: | http://www.floradergisi.org/managete/fu_folder/2021-01/67-77%20Elif%20Burcu%20Bali.pdf |
| Summary: | Introduction: World Health Organization declared a disease as pandemic caused by a newly identified β-coronavirus, and named it as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The awareness of health workers about their knowledge, behavior, and attitudes about COVID-19 is vital to find an effective solution to this pandemic disease. Therefore, in this study, it was aimed to reveal the awareness levels of health technician candidates about the knowledge and prevention ways of COVID-19.
Materials and Methods: A total of 906 health technician candidates studying at Gazi University participated in the study. A questionnaire form prepared according to the literature was sent to the candidates via e-mail. The data were analyzed using Kruskal Wallis, Mann Whitney U, and correlation tests.
Results: A moderate positive correlation (r= 0.512, p= 0.000) was determined between the anxiety level of COVID-19 and the anxiety level of COVID-19 against the precautions taken by the world. The precautions in the world in first-year students, the scores of knowledge in graduates, and disease prevention ways in women were found to be higher (p< 0.05). The precautions sufficiency in the world and in Turkey and the scores of knowledge were significantly (p< 0.05) different among the programs.
Conclusion: Health technicians candidates had a good level of knowledge about COVID-19 as well as a high awareness of the precautions to be taken for the current pandemic disease. Moreover, candidates’ anxiety levels were found to be high, in particular of those with chronic diseases and the female gender. Despite being worried about the disease, candidates found the precautions taken by Turkey more sufficient than the world. In this respect, the candidates trust their country’s health policies. Consequently, this study revealed that the investigations about awareness should be carried out more comprehensively in Turkey to take precautions and to produce solutions for pandemic diseases. |
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| ISSN: | 1300-932X 1300-932X |