Factors Influencing Preventive Behavior of COVID-19 among Nursing Students in South Korea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Instruments
2.3.1. COVID-19 Stress
2.3.2. Risk Perception
2.3.3. Self-Efficacy
2.3.4. Prevention of COVID-19
2.4. Data Collection
2.5. Statistical Analyses
2.6. Ethical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Demographics
3.2. Degree of COVID-19 Stress, Risk Perception, Self-Efficacy, and COVID-19 Preventive Behavior
3.3. Differences in the Preventive Behavior for COVID-19 According to Participant Characteristics
3.4. Correlation among COVID-19 Stress, Risk Perception, Self-Efficacy, and COVID-19 Preventive Behavior
3.5. Influencing Factors on COVID-19 Preventive Behavior
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristics | Categories | N (%) |
---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 24 (13.4) |
Female | 155 (86.6) | |
Grade | 1st | 47 (26.3) |
2nd | 59 (33.0) | |
3rd | 47 (26.3) | |
4th | 26 (14.5) | |
Education experience | Yes | 114 (63.7) |
about Respiratory Infection | No | 65 (36.3) |
Necessity of COVID-19 | Yes | 167 (93.3) |
prevention education | No | 12 (6.7) |
COVID-19 testing experience | Yes | 134 (74.9) |
No | 34 (25.1) | |
Subjective health status | Very healthy | 43 (24.0) |
Healthy | 94 (52.5) | |
Moderate | 39 (21.8) | |
Unhealthy | 3 (1.7) |
Variables | Item M ± SD or M ± SD | Range |
---|---|---|
COVID-19 stress | 3.60 ± 0.57 | 1–5 |
Fear of infection | 3.70 ± 0.73 | |
Difficulties due to social distancing | 3.08 ± 0.80 | |
Anger towards others | 3.97 ± 0.69 | |
Risk perception | 4.91 ± 1.26 | 2–8 |
Self-efficacy | 5.92 ± 0.84 | 1–7 |
COVID-19 preventive behavior | 3.10 ± 0.44 | 1–4 |
Distancing | 2.58 ± 0.62 | |
Prevention rules | 3.59 ± 0.46 | |
Personal hygiene rules | 3.44 ± 0.46 | |
High-risk facilities | 3.06 ± 0.76 |
Characteristics | Categories | COVID-19 Preventive Behavior | |
---|---|---|---|
M ± SD | t /F/z (p) | ||
Sex | Male | 2.90 ± 0.57 | −2.40 (0.018) |
Female | 3.13 ± 0.41 | ||
Grade | 1st | 2.94 ± 0.52 | 3.52 (0.016) |
2nd | 3.18 ± 0.41 | ||
3rd | 3.08 ± 0.36 | ||
4th | 3.22 ± 0.42 | ||
Education experience about | Yes | 3.14 ± 0.39 | 1.68 (0.097) |
Respiratory Infection | No | 3.03 ± 0.51 | |
Necessity of COVID-19 | Yes | 3.11 ± 0.43 | −1.69 (0.092) * |
prevention education | No | 2.93 ± 0.52 | |
COVID-19 testing experience | Yes | 3.10 ± 0.45 | 0.14 (0.886) |
No | 3.10 ± 0.41 | ||
Subjective health status | Very healthy | 3.06 ± 0.51 | 2.28 (0.517) † |
Healthy | 3.14 ± 0.40 | ||
Moderate | 3.02 ± 0.45 | ||
Unhealthy | 3.15 ± 0.33 |
Variables | COVID-19 Stress | Risk Perception | Self-Efficacy |
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r (p) | r (p) | r (p) | |
Risk perception | 0.41 (<0.001) | 1 | |
Self-efficacy | 0.42 (<0.001) | 0.05 (0.505) | 1 |
COVID-19 preventive behavior | 0.51 (<0.001) | 0.21 (0.006) | 0.62 (<0.001) |
Variables | B | S.E | β | t | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Constant) | 0.17 | 0.24 | - | 0.69 | 0.488 | |
Sex * (ref = male) | female | −0.14 | 0.09 | −0.09 | −1.47 | 0.143 |
Grade * (ref = 1st) | 2nd | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.71 | 0.481 |
3rd | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.36 | 0.717 | |
4nd | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.70 | 0.486 | |
Self-efficacy | 0.34 | 0.04 | 0.53 | 7.76 | <0.001 | |
Risk perception | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.71 | 0.478 | |
COVID-19 stress | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 3.25 | 0.001 | |
R2 = 0.47 Adjusted R2 = 0.45 F = 22.03 p < 0.001 |
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Yang, S.-K.; Kim, M. Factors Influencing Preventive Behavior of COVID-19 among Nursing Students in South Korea. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912094
Yang S-K, Kim M. Factors Influencing Preventive Behavior of COVID-19 among Nursing Students in South Korea. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912094
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Seung-Kyoung, and Minji Kim. 2022. "Factors Influencing Preventive Behavior of COVID-19 among Nursing Students in South Korea" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912094