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ArticleNursing reports (Pavia, Italy)2020

Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Knowledge of and Attitude toward COVID-19 among Nursing Students in Greece.

Athina E Patelarou, Theocharis Konstantinidis, Evangelia Kartsoni, Enkeleint A Mechili, Petros Galanis, Michail Zografakis-Sfakianakis, Evridiki Patelarou

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Article in Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Athina E PatelarouDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71140 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0300-0650
Theocharis KonstantinidisDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71140 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6990-2585
Evangelia KartsoniDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71140 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1432-8715
Enkeleint A MechiliClinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, 70013 Crete, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-4072-296X
Petros GalanisCenter for Health Services Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1308-5782
Michail Zografakis-SfakianakisDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71140 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5376-9580
Evridiki PatelarouDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Estavromenos, 71140 Heraklion, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0892-3200
Hellenic Mediterranean University · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Crete · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing students have had a key role in supporting the healthcare sector. They can join healthcare professionals in clinical practice or provide information to increase citizens' levels of knowledge and their compliance with the restriction measures. The study aimed to develop and validate a tool to measure knowledge of and attitudes toward COVID-19 among nursing students in Greece.

methodsA questionnaire was developed through theoretical research and expert consultation. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 348 undergraduate nursing students of the Department of Nursing, Hellenic Mediterranean University, recruited by convenient sampling. Validity and reliability were analyzed.

resultsThe Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure was 0.84, indicating that the sample size was adequate for factor analysis. In addition, the p-value for Bartlett's test of sphericity was <0.001, denoting that the correlation matrix was suitable for factor analysis. The construct validity of the questionnaire was determined through exploratory factor analysis (EFA), which revealed that 16 items lead to four factors: knowledge, attitude toward restriction measures, compliance with them, and volunteering. One of the key findings of this study was that participants preferred to receive information from valid sources rather than social media during the crucial period of the "infodemic".

conclusionsThe questionnaire was shown to have satisfying psychometric properties and, therefore, can be used as a tool in future research in the area of nursing students' knowledge, attitudes, compliance, and volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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