Stigmatizing attitudes of nursing students towards people with severe acute respiratory syndrome
Keywords:
Post-pandemic conceptions, attitudes of nursing students, nursing, stigma in care, patient with SARS.Abstract
Introduction: Marked discrimination against people affected by respiratory infections persists due to the myths that have been developed in society following the pandemic itself. In this context, the attitudes generated by the nursing care for patients with SARS, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, warrant further study.
Objective: To explore nursing students' conceptions and attitudes associated with stigma in the care of people with SARS.
Material and Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted. The sample was selected from a population of 239 nursing students in their last two academic terms (cycles) at two Health Sciences faculties.
Results: For the stigma scale developed, the most representative scores were found for questions 10, 6, and 1, in decreasing order. Item 10 is associated with the risk of infection (61.3%), while items 6 (55.8%) and 1 (52.3%) relate to the individualized treatment that would be provided to people with SARS. Regarding the scale with a directionality from positive attitudes towards "strongly disagree," item P5 is the one with the highest mean score ("I would not care for a person with SARS").
Conclusions: The results obtained imply that it is necessary to incorporate content related to managing the stigma of patients suffering from this type of infection into the nursing curriculum.
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