Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assist professor of Medical- Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt.
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Lecturer of Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt.
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Lecturer of Medical- Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Abstract
Awareness level and compliance of students can be vital in timely prevention and control of
COVID-19 crisis. Negative attitudes and practices towards novel infectious diseases can intensify
epidemics which may ultimately consequence in pandemics. Aim of the study: To assess the
sustainability awareness and preparedness of COVID-19 pandemic among university students.
Research design: Descriptive exploratory survey research design was used to carry out this study.
Setting: Five faculties from the medical sector including; “Faculty of Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy,
Dentistry, and Faculty of Science”, and four faculties from non-medical sector including;" Faculty
of Law, Education, Arts, and Faculty of commerce” are affiliated to Alexandria University.
Subjects: Convenience sample of 850 university students from the previously mentioned settings.
Tool: COVID-19 awareness & p < /span>reparedness questionnaire was used. Results: The results of this
study showed that most of the students had high level of awareness and preparedness level toward
COVID19, additionally, the highest percent of them had good knowledge, satisfactory practice as
well as positive attitude, and there was highly statistically significant relation between students 'total
awareness and preparedness level and their gender, religious, residence, specialty and acquiring
COVID-19 infection as P=<0.001*. Conclusion: The highest percent of the students under the
study had good knowledge, satisfactory practice and positive attitude toward COVID-19. There
was also a strong positive, statistically significant correlation between students' knowledge, practice
of preventive measures and their total awareness and preparedness level toward COVID 19.
Recommendations: Focusing on supplying scientific information through academic courses and
other workshops, presentations, and modeling learning are all key tools for transferring information
into real-world applications.
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