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

Completed

• Conditions: Covid19; Anxiety and Fear

• Registration Number: NCT04802642
• Lead Sponsor: Ufuk University

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-01
• Status Verified: 2021-03
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-01
• Study Completion: 2021-03-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-17
• Last Update Posted: 2021-03-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Coronavirus anxiety scale	2 months	It 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 Scale	2 months	It 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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ufuk University; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Çankaya, Turkey