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Journal of Integrative Nursing ›› 2020, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (4): 186-189.doi: 10.4103/jin.jin_43_20

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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 OSAJI1, Augusta Nkechi EMEH2, Chinedu Godwin AWO2   

  1. 1 Department of Nursing Science, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria; 2 Department Of Nursing Science, Ebonyi State University, Abakiliki, Ebonyi, Nigeria
  • Received:2020-06-25 Revised:2020-07-16 Accepted:2020-09-29 Online:2020-12-30 Published:2020-12-30
  • Contact: Dr. Emilia James OYIRA, Department of Nursing Science, University of Calabar, 5 MCC Crescent, Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, Nigeria. E-mail: emioyira@yahoo.com

Abstract:

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.