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| Year : 2020 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 186-189 |
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Anxiety and perception among nurses toward the outbreak of COVID-19 in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa Ibom State
Emilia James Oyira1, Easter Chukwudi Osuchukwu1, Margaret Mombel Opiah1, Ndukaku Nwakwe Chinazaekpere1, Teresa Achi Osaj1, Augusta Nkechi Emeh2, Chinedu Godwin Awo2
1 Department of Nursing Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria
2 Department Of Nursing Science, Ebonyi State University, Abakiliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Emilia James Oyira
Department of Nursing Science, University of Calabar, 5 MCC Crescent, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State
Nigeria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 1 |
DOI: 10.4103/jin.jin_43_20
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Purpose: This study sought to examine the anxiety and perception of nurses toward the outbreak of COVID-19 in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH). Two research questions one hypothesis were used. What is the level of anxiety among nurses toward the outbreak of COVID-19? What is the perception of nurses toward the outbreak of COVID-19? The hypothesis states that there is no significant relationship between anxiety and perception of nurses toward the outbreak of COVID-19. Literature was reviewed based on the research variables.
Methods: The research instrument used in collecting the data for the analysis was a questionnaire administered to 100 nurses in UUTH, Uyo. Their responses were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, and Chi-square analysis, and the following results were obtained.
Results: The results indicated that 36 (36%) of the respondents strongly agreed that most nurses perceive that poor provision of equipment's in the hospital result into the transmission of COVID-19 to another person, 35 (35%) agreed, 20 (20%) of the respondents strongly agreed, whereas 9 (9%) of the respondents disagreed. Majority of the respondents 56 (56%) strongly agreed that nurses sometimes perceive that patients sometimes harbor COVID-19 without showing the symptoms.
Conclusion: The above data, therefore, showed that nurses in UUTH, Uyo, had moderate perception toward COVID-19.
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