Table 1.
Students’ characteristics (n = 301)
| Characteristics | Categories | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (18–35) | |||
| Gender | Male | 65 | 21.59 |
| Female | 236 | 78.41 | |
| Year Level | 1 | 75 | 24.92 |
| 2 | 122 | 40.53 | |
| 3 | 73 | 24.25 | |
| 4 | 31 | 10.30 | |
| Type of Nursing School | Private | 98 | 32.56 |
| Public | 203 | 67.44 | |
| Location of Nursing School | Urban | 204 | 67.77 |
| Rural | 97 | 32.23 | |
| Readiness to care for COVID-19 patients | |||
| Unprepared | 51 | 16.94 | |
| Somewhat unprepared | 124 | 41.20 | |
| Somewhat prepared | 102 | 33.89 | |
| Prepared | 24 | 7.97 | |
| Willingness to care for COVID-19 patients | |||
| Absolutely not | 17 | 5.65 | |
| Probably not | 41 | 13.62 | |
| Unsure | 124 | 41.20 | |
| Probably yes | 87 | 28.90 | |
| Absolutely yes | 32 | 10.63I | |
| Intention to abandon nursing studies | Strongly disagree | 118 | 39.20 |
| Disagree | 82 | 27.24 | |
| Sometimes | 57 | 18.94 | |
| Agree | 26 | 8.64 | |
| Strongly agree | 18 | 5.98 | |
| COVID-19 phobia (cut off score of > 9) | > 9 | 127 | 42.2 |
| < 9 | 174 | 57.8 |