Comportamiento preventivo de estudiantes de enfermería frente a COVID-19 y factores asociados

Cortes, Ana Paula Faria; Cortes, Vanessa Faria; Lucena, Olga Luisa; Campos, Cezenário Gonçalves; Schlosser, Thalyta Cristina Mansano; Otoni, Alba; Teixeira Neto, Rafael Gonçalves; Romano, Márcia Christina Caetano

doi:10.1590/1983-1447.2025.20240221.en

person Ana Paula Faria Cortes

conceptualization · data curation · formal analysis · investigation · methodology · project administration · writing – original draft · writing – review & editing

school Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

0000-0001-8737-6622

person Vanessa Faria Cortes

conceptualization · data curation · formal analysis · investigation · methodology · project administration · supervision · writing – original draft · writing – review & editing

school Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

0000-0002-6464-7634

person Olga Luisa Lucena

data curation · writing – review & editing

school Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

0000-0002-6426-1766

person Cezenário Gonçalves Campos

writing – review & editing

school Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

0000-0001-5650-0096

person Thalyta Cristina Mansano Schlosser

writing – review & editing

school Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil.

0000-0002-4487-1639

person Alba Otoni

writing – review & editing

school Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

0000-0002-8126-3026

person Rafael Gonçalves Teixeira Neto

data curation · investigation · project administration · supervision · writing – review & editing

school Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

0000-0002-5732-2380

person Márcia Christina Caetano Romano

conceptualization · data curation · formal analysis · investigation · methodology · project administration · supervision · writing – original draft · writing – review & editing

school Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei, Campus Centro-Oeste Dona Lindu, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

0000-0002-1819-4689

personCorresponding author: Márcia Christina Caetano Romano Email:
marciachristinacs@ufsj.edu.br

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Associate editor:

Heloísa Garcia Claro Fernandes

Editor-in-chief:

João Lucas Campos de Oliveira

Variable	N(%)
*Position in regard to mandatory isolation and social distancing*
Would completely adopt isolation and distancing	78(61.9)
Would not adopt isolation and social distancing	1 (0.8)
Would partially adopt isolation and social distancing	46 (36.5)
Cannot answer	1 (0.8)
*Mask use by the participant*
Does not use	49 (38.9)
Uses when in crowds	13 (10.3)
Uses when there is a large group of people in a closed space	52 (41.3)
Cannot answer	12 (9.5)
*Type of mask used by the participant in cases where it is mandatory*
Fabric mask	3 (2.4)
Surgical mask	96 (76.2)
N95 or PFF2 mask	26 (20.6)
Cannot answer	1 (0.8)
*Hand hygiene per day*
1 to 2 times	19 (15.1)
3 to 4 times	44 (34.9)
Over 5 times	59 (46.8)
Never	1 (0.8)
Cannot answer	3 (2.4)
*Follows guidance about how to prevent the dissemination of the virus*
No	8 (6.3)
Yes	69 (54.8)
Sometimes	47 (37.3)
Cannot answer	2 (1.6)

Variable	N(%)
*Is the participant concerned about being infected by COVID-19*
No	3 (2.4)
Yes	121 (96.0)
Sometimes	2 (1.6)
*Degree of risk of acquiring COVID-19*
Very high risk	7 (5.6)
High risk	44 (34.9)
Low risk	70 (55.6)
No risk	2 (1.6)
Does not know/prefers not to answer	3 (2.4)
*Participant source of information about COVID-19*
Traditional media (television. radio. pamphlets)	18 (14.3)
Social media (Facebook. Instagram. WhatsApp. Twitter)	20 (15.9)
Health professionals	78 (61.9)
Friends and family	3 (2.4)
Does not know/prefers not to answer	7 (5.6)

	Odds Ratio	S.E.	Wald test	P-value	Confidence interval
*Participant's skin color*
Black	3.748	0.565	5.461	0.019	1.237	11.352
Brown	1.700	0.502	1.118	0.290	0.636	4.542
*Mask use by the participant*
When in crowds	9.236	0.730	9.279	0.002	2.209	38.611
When in crowds in closed spaces	2.974	0.480	5.156	0.023	1.161	7.617
*Constant*	6.175	0.442	16.972	0.000

[TFN1] Source: The authors.