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

Covid19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04802642
• Other study ID #: 2020-4-25
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: March 2021
• Source: Ufuk University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 80
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety and Fear
• Anxiety Disorders
• Covid19

Intervention

Other:
• Survey
Survey

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Ufuk University	Ankara	Çankaya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ufuk University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Coronavirus anxiety scale	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.	2 months
Primary	The Fear of COVID-19 Scale	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.	2 months