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Evaluation of COVID-19 Fear, Anxiety and Their Effects in Physiotherapy Technician Students

Evaluation of COVID-19 Fear, Anxiety and Their Effects in Physiotherapy Technician Students

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04802642
Enrollment
80
Registered
2021-03-17
Start date
2021-01-01
Completion date
2021-03-01
Last updated
2021-03-17

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Conditions

Anxiety and Fear, Covid19

Brief summary

80 participants studying in the physiotherapy technician department were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants' age, gender, year of being a student, the people they live with, the precautions they take regarding COVID-19, whether there is a history of COVID-19 in them or their immediate surroundings, and whether they have COVID-19 transmission and / or contagion fears during their vocational training, whether there are fears of achieving professional goals and competence because of COVID-19 and / or its consequences were recorded. Afterwards, the participants were asked to answer the questions on the coronavirus anxiety scale, the fear of COVID-19 scale and the cognitive and behavioral avoidance subscales of the Avoidance Attitudes from COVID-19 scale.

Interventions

OTHERSurvey

Survey

Sponsors

Ufuk University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Being between the ages of 18-65 2. Being a physiotherapy technician student

Exclusion criteria

1\. Being under the age of 18, over the age of 65

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Coronavirus anxiety scale2 monthsIt is a 5-item scale developed by Lee at all. to evaluate coronavirus-related anxiety. Participants indicate how often they have experienced the situations stated in each item with a 5-point Likert-type scale (0 = none, 1 = rare \[less than 1 or 2 days\], 2 = several days, 3 = more than 7 days, 4 = last 2 almost everyday a week). The total score is obtained by adding the item scores. The higher total score is higher coronavirus-related anxiety.
The Fear of COVID-19 Scale2 monthsIt is a 7-item scale developed by Ahorsu et all. to evaluate coronavirus-related fear. Participants indicate how often they experience the situations stated in each item with a 5-point Likert-type scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = undecided, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree). The total score is obtained by summing the item scores, the higher total score is higher the coronavirus-related fear.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026