Knowledge and practice of Nursing Students and Their Families during COVID19

Abd El Hamied Abdu EL Sherbeiny, Fatma; Abo-Bakr Abdlelatif, Mona; Sobhy Hassan, Ghada

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2025.444202

Knowledge and practice of Nursing Students and Their Families during COVID19

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1)B.Sc., Mansoura University.

² 2)Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University-Cairo-Egypt.

³ 3)Lecture of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University -Cairo- Egypt

10.21608/ejhc.2025.444202

Abstract

Background: Students nursing are primarily responsible for protecting and maintaining the family members. They can be a role model for their family member and affect positively their health behaviors for protection against the infection with COVID19. The study aimed to: assess knowledge and practice of nursing students and their families. Data collection tools: First tool: A structured interviewing questionnaire for the student and their families. -Second tool: Observational home environment checklist. Results: Knowledge, the current study result illustrated that 63.0% less than two thirds of studied students had unsatisfactory level of knowledge about COVID19.While,37.0% more than one third of them had.19-preventive measures of COVID - Regarding families total knowledge, the current study level of knowledge satisfactory result illustrated that 55.4% more than half of the studied families had unsatisfactory level of knowledge about health practice measures of COVID-19. While,44.6% less than half of them had satisfactory level of knowledge about COVID-19 Conclusion: There was a significant statistical relationship between total level of knowledge of the studied students and their age educational level, history of health problems, family history of COVID-19 and previous infection of COVID-19. There was no significant statistical relationship between total level of practice of the studied families and their income. Recommendation: Design educational program by family and community health nursing to increase families and students knowledge and practice about COVID-19, disseminate multiple communication approaches, digital, paper, prochures, phone messages, etc.

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