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- Title
Sağlık Alanında Eğitim Gören Öğrenciler ve Sağlık Profesyonellerinin COVID-19'a Bakış Açısının ve Pandemi Döneminde Empati Düzeylerinin Karşılaştırılması: Kesitsel Çalışma.
- Authors
KÜLÜNKOĞLU, Bahar ANAFOROĞLU; BAŞ, Sevilay Seda; BALAK, Büşra KALKAN; SAYAN, Melahat
- Abstract
Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the perspective of students and professionals from different fields of health sciences on coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) and to compare their empathy levels. Material and Methods: The study was carried out through an online questionnaire with 181 individuals aged 18 and over, volunteering to participate in the study, students from different universities studying in the field of health at the undergraduate or associate degree level, and health professionals graduated from institutions providing undergraduate or associate degree health education. Participants' general information, perspective of COVID-19 (first transmission route of COVID-19, first symptoms, protective equipment preferences, immune enhancement methods and information tracking platform on the pandemic process) and empathy status [Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ)] were evaluated. Results: The contact of health professionals with the patient with COVID-19 was found to be significantly higher than the students (p<0.001). There were no differences between health professionals and students about preference for information platform, the first transmission route of COVID-19 and the most effective protective equipment preferences (p>0.05). It was observed that joint pains and symptoms of loss of smell and taste were statistically more frequently reported by healthcare professionals (p=0.006, p=0.002, p=0.010). There were no significant differences between students and healthcare professionals in immune enhancement methods and TEQ scores (p>0.05). Conclusion: In our study, the perspective to COVID-19 and empathy levels of students and health professionals from different fields of health sciences were mostly similar. We think that more comprehensive studies should be conducted to examine the perspectives and empathy levels of health professionals and students during the pandemic period and the relationship between health and empathy should be included more in education.
- Publication
Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Health Sciences / Türkiye Klinikleri Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2021, Vol 6, Issue 4, p845
- ISSN
2536-4391
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5336/healthsci.2020-80551