The Effectiveness of Covid-19 Disease Prevention Training on Corona Disease Anxiety in Students

COVID-19, an acute respiratory disease, was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The emergence of mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic was not entirely unexpected. There have been reports of increases in stress symptoms, confusion, anger, anxiety, and depression. The literature regarding interventions or guidelines for managing the mental health impacts of the virus is limited. Therefore, purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of Covid-19 disease prevention training on reduction of corona disease anxiety in Farhangian University students.

The present study was an empirical design with a pretest and posttest design. The statistical population of this study included students in Farhangian University in Shiraz who were selected by available sampling method 30 subjects (in two groups of 15 experimental and control group). The instrument used in this study was the Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS). Data were analyzed using covariance analysis.

Findings of this study showed that after the educational intervention, the mean anxiety scores of corona disease and its components (physical and psychological symptoms) in the experimental group decreased significantly compared to the control group in the posttest.

The findings of this study showed that a combination of training protocols to increase awareness of the coronavirus and how it spreads, teaching mindfulness techniques and correcting defective thinking has significantly reduced corona disease anxiety.