Factors influencing preventive behavior against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus among nursing students in South Korea

Factors influencing preventive behavior against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus among nursing students in South Korea

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), an emerging infectious disease introduced in South Korea in 2015, spreads quickly through hospitals, and Korea became one of the major areas affected by the disease after the Middle East region. To stop the spread of an emerging disease, it is...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nurse education today 2016-05, Vol.40, p.168-172
Hauptverfasser: Choi, Jeong-Sil, Kim, Ji-Soo
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Attitudes
Behavior
College students
Communicable Diseases
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - nursing
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data analysis
Disease Outbreaks
Disease prevention
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Hospitals
Humans
Infection prevention
Infectious diseases
Knowledge Level
Medical education
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - isolation & purification
Nursing
Nursing education
Nursing Students
Professional knowledge
Questionnaires
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Risk Factors
Risk perception
Students, Nursing - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Viruses
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Zusammenfassung:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), an emerging infectious disease introduced in South Korea in 2015, spreads quickly through hospitals, and Korea became one of the major areas affected by the disease after the Middle East region. To stop the spread of an emerging disease, it is important to practice prevention guidelines correctly. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing preventive behavior against MERS-CoV among Korean nursing students. This is a cross-sectional study using a questionnaire survey. Data were collected from 429 nursing students from three colleges of nursing in Korea from June 25 to July 3 in 2015. Preventive behavior against MERS-CoV was affected mostly by attitude (β=.243, p
ISSN:0260-6917
1532-2793
DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2016.03.006