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ArticleAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2023

Nursing Students' Computer Anxiety and Attitudes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Ioanna V Papathanasiou, Dimitrios Mantzaris, Evangelos C Fradelos, Nikolaos G Christodoulou, Ka Yiu Lee, Areti Tsaloglidou, Eleni Albani, Foteini Malli, Konstantinos I Gourgoulianis

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Article in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ioanna V PapathanasiouCommunity Nursing Lab, Nursing Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Dimitrios MantzarisComputational Intelligence and Health Informatics Lab, Nursing Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Evangelos C FradelosCommunity Nursing Lab, Nursing Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Nikolaos G ChristodoulouDepartment of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Ka Yiu LeeSwedish Winter Sports Research Centre, Department of Health Sciences, Mid Sweden University, Östersund, Sweden.
Areti TsaloglidouNursing Department, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eleni AlbaniNursing Department, University of Patras, Patra, Greece.
Foteini MalliRespiratory Disorders Lab, Nursing Department, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
Konstantinos I GourgoulianisRespiratory Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece.
University of Thessaly · GRInternational Hellenic University · GRMid Sweden University · SEUniversity of Patras · GR

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Abstract

Purpose of this research was to investigate how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the level of computer anxiety of nursing students and also their attitude related to computer use. A cross-sectional study was conducted in two periods, one before the COVID-19 pandemic (1st period) and the second during the COVID-19 pandemic (2nd period). The research instrument consisted of three parts, a questionnaire with questions about demographic and educational characteristics such as gender and semester of study, the Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS), that used to assess the nursing students' levels of computer anxiety and the Computer Attitude Scale (CAS) that used to measure nursing students' positive and negative attitudes towards computers. Data from 957 undergraduate nursing students were obtained. Specifically, in the 1st period, 370 nursing students participated (38.66%), while in the 2nd period 587 (61.34%) undergraduates participated. The anxiety of participants during COVID-19 pandemic period was reduced compared to that of participants before the COVID-19 period. Respondents during the COVID-19 pandemic have fewer negative feelings towards computers, based on their answers in contrast to the participants in the study before the COVID-19 pandemic. Computer anxiety and attitudes have change among nursing students among COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing students after the implementation of online training are reporting positive feeling towards computer use and are more confident for their ICT skills.

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COVID-19Education, Nursing, BaccalaureateStudents, NursingAnxietyAttitude to ComputersComputersCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPandemicsComputer anxietyComputer useCOVID-19Nursing students

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