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Covid-19 Fear and Compliance With Protective Measures of Students

Covid-19 Fear and Compliance With Protective Measures of Students Continuing Face-to-Face Education in the Covid-19 Pandemic Process

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04849611
Enrollment
188
Registered
2021-04-19
Start date
2020-11-12
Completion date
2021-05-01
Last updated
2022-10-17

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Conditions

Covid-19

Keywords

Covid-19, School, Student, Fear, Protective Measure

Brief summary

This study was carried out to determine the fear of Covid-19 and the compliance with protective measures of students who continue their education face-to-face during the covid-19 pandemic process.

Detailed description

The study was carried out descriptively. The study population of a province pandemic period junior ongoing training to face in Turkey. Sample constituted reached 188 students with snowball sampling method. The data of the study were collected using the Questionnaire Form prepared by the researchers and the Covid-19 Fear Scale. Data collection tools were applied to the participants electronically via Google Forms.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Ordu University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

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

Inclusion criteria

Students who volunteered to participate in the study, had their parents' consent, had a web-based smart device, and continued face-to-face education were included.

Exclusion criteria

\-

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Covid-19 FearNovember-MarchCovid-19 Fear Scale: The scale developed by Ahorsu et al. (2020) was adapted to Turkish by Bakioglu, Korkmaz and Ercan (2020). The scale, consisting of seven questions, is a 5-point Likert (1: Strongly disagree, 5: Strongly agree) type. The scale consists of one dimension. The scores that can be obtained from the scale range from 7 to 35. The total score obtained from all items of the scale reflects the level of Covid-19 fear experienced by the individual. A high score means experiencing a high level of fear.

Other

MeasureTime frameDescription
Information FormNovember-MarchThe form consists of two parts. In the first part, there are 14 questions that determine the socio-demographic characteristics of the students (age, gender, class, family type, mother education, father education, monthly income level, knowledge about Covid-19, information source, catching Covid-19, family's catching Covid-19, worrying about the family in terms of the illness, thinking that they can be protected from Covid-19 and being knowledgeable about the methods of protection from Covid-19). In the second part, the practices of students on protection methods from Covid-19 were prepared within the framework of mask (14 questions), hand washing (8 questions) and social distance (17 questions) measures. No scoring will be made in this section. Students' compliance with protective measures will be evaluated as yes no sometimes.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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