Table 3.
Comparison of mean OCS and WCI scores of nursing students in terms of their descriptive features (n = 628)
| Descriptive features | OCS Total (Mean ± SD) | WCI total and subdimensions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self‐confident approach | Optimistic approach | Social support approach | Helpless approach | Submissive approach | WCI Total | ||
| Gender | |||||||
| Female | 4.00 ± 3.00 | 13.69 ± 4.64 | 8.95 ± 3.31 | 7.42 ± 2.24 | 11.38 ± 4.31 | 6.28 ± 3.07 | 47.75 ± 10.95 |
| Male | 3.50 ± 3.07 | 13.48 ± 5.48 | 8.79 ± 3.49 | 6.71 ± 2.16 | 9.66 ± 4.58 | 6.12 ± 3.58 | 44.77 ± 13.56 |
| Test and significance | U = 31,687.00 | U = 34,981.000 | U = 34,771.500 | U = 29,219.000 | U = 28,122.000 | U = 34,229.000 | U = 31,191.500 |
| p = 0.04 | p = 0.77 | p = 0.69 | p = 0.001 | p = 0.000 | p = 0.50 | p = 0.02 | |
| Year of study | |||||||
| 1st year | 3.51 ± 2.81 | 13.41 ± 4.87 | 8.83 ± 3.33 | 7.18 ± 2.28 | 11.30 ± 4.75 | 6.18 ± 3.20 | 46.91 ± 11.51 |
| 2nd year | 4.38 ± 3.31 | 14.31 ± 4.55 | 9.21 ± 3.29 | 7.16 ± 2.18 | 10.94 ± 3.95 | 6.28 ± 3.16 | 47.92 ± 9.39 |
| 3rd year | 3.85 ± 2.97 | 13.69 ± 4.87 | 8.94 ± 3.40 | 7.21 ± 2.30 | 10.75 ± 4.28 | 6.26 ± 3.14 | 46.86 ± 12.17 |
| 4th year | 4.10 ± 3.11 | 13.11 ± 5.15 | 8.60 ± 3.39 | 7.68 ± 2.13 | 10.68 ± 4.66 | 6.30 ± 3.41 | 46.39 ± 14.15 |
| Test and significance | KW = 6.206 | KW = 4.084 | KW = 1.656 | KW = 4.208 | KW = 1.922 | KW = 0.230 | KW = 0.592 |
| p = 0.102 | p = 0.253 | p = 0.647 | p = 0.240 | p = 0.589 | p = 0.973 | p = 0.898 | |
| Family type | |||||||
| Nuclear family | 3.88 ± 3.04 | 13.94 ± 4.58 | 9.09 ± 3.23 | 7.36 ± 2.19 | 10.95 ± 4.30 | 6.27 ± 3.22 | 47.63 ± 11.03 |
| Extended family | 3.80 ± 2.33 | 11.86 ± 5.18 | 8.40 ± 3.08 | 5.80 ± 2.80 | 12.46 ± 4.27 | 6.53 ± 2.55 | 45.06 ± 7.37 |
| Broken family | 3.90 ± 3.04 | 12.82 ± 5.55 | 8.39 ± 3.71 | 7.07 ± 2.30 | 10.88 ± 4.89 | 6.11 ± 3.20 | 45.29 ± 13.84 |
| Test and significance | KW = 0.077 | KW = 5.120 | KW = 4.092 | KW = 6.611 | KW = 1.985 | KW = 0.391 | KW = 2.423 |
| p = 0.962 | p = 0.077 | p = 0.129 | p = 0.037 | p = 0.371 | p = 0.822 | p = 0.298 | |
| Region nurses lived in | |||||||
| South‐eastern Anatolia Region | 3.95 ± 3.15 | 13.27 ± 4.95 | 8.92 ± 3.38 | 7.14 ± 2.30 | 10.82 ± 4.32 | 6.17 ± 3.22 | 46.33 ± 12.04 |
| Eastern Anatolia Region | 3.98 ± 3.06 | 14.21 ± 4.73 | 9.12 ± 3.38 | 7.33 ± 2.17 | 11.18 ± 4.56 | 6.33 ± 3.17 | 48.19 ± 11.11 |
| Mediterranean Region | 3.29 ± 2.49 | 14.20 ± 4.70 | 9.15 ± 3.07 | 7.34 ± 2.36 | 11.34 ± 4.69 | 6.38 ± 3.43 | 48.43 ± 12.02 |
| Marmara Region | 3.93 ± 3.01 | 13.86 ± 5.54 | 9.06 ± 3.82 | 7.86 ± 2.23 | 12.80 ± 4.32 | 7.13 ± 3.37 | 50.73 ± 12.95 |
| Central Anatolia Region | 3.50 ± 2.72 | 11.67 ± 5.05 | 7.73 ± 3.20 | 7.08 ± 2.39 | 9.11 ± 4.31 | 5.79 ± 3.43 | 41.41 ± 13.11 |
| Black Sea Region | 3.63 ± 2.73 | 11.81 ± 3.60 | 7.50 ± 2.54 | 7.18 ± 2.17 | 10.77 ± 2.95 | 5.63 ± 2.32 | 42.90 ± 7.26 |
| Test and significance | KW = 2.281 | KW = 17.641 | KW = 13.054 | KW = 3.056 | KW = 9.691 | KW = 2.924 | KW = 19.396 |
| p = 0.809 | p = 0.003 | p = 0.023 | p = 0.691 | p = 0.084 | p = 0.712 | p = 0.002 | |
| The state of having sufficient information about COVID‐19 | |||||||
| Yes | 3.86 ± 3.04 | 14.11 ± 4.70 | 9.19 ± 3.21 | 7.40 ± 2.19 | 10.85 ± 4.32 | 6.12 ± 3.22 | 47.69 ± 11.34 |
| No | 4.59 ± 3.89 | 11.10 ± 5.70 | 7.56 ± 3.85 | 6.51 ± 1.96 | 12.21 ± 5.55 | 7.13 ± 3.10 | 44.54 ± 15.24 |
| Undecided | 3.76 ± 20.7 | 12.83 ± 4.81 | 8.38 ± 3.51 | 7.00 ± 2.42 | 11.05 ± 4.46 | 6.38 ± 3.14 | 45.66 ± 11.55 |
| Test and significance | KW = 1.003 | KW = 15.770 | KW = 10.895 | KW = 8.675 | KW = 3.242 | KW = 4.335 | KW = 4.928 |
| p = 0.606 | p = 0.000 | p = 0.004 | p = 0.013 | p = 0.198 | p = 0.114 | p = 0.085 | |
| The state of thinking that COVID‐19 measures are sufficient | |||||||
| Yes | 3.64 ± 2.95 | 14.14 ± 4.73 | 9.31 ± 3.15 | 7.32 ± 2.15 | 10.49 ± 4.18 | 5.83 ± 3.09 | 47.11 ± 11.15 |
| No | 4.45 ± 3.52 | 13.02 ± 5.18 | 8.37 ± 3.60 | 7.04 ± 2.44 | 11.55 ± 5.11 | 6.50 ± 3.37 | 46.50 ± 13.07 |
| Undecided | 3.88 ± 2.68 | 13.19±4.72 | 8.58 ± 3.43 | 7.30 ± 2.25 | 11.45 ± 4.23 | 6.82 ± 3.17 | 47.36 ± 11.53 |
| Test and significance | KW = 6.246 | KW = 7.333 | KW = 9.058 | KW = 1.550 | KW = 7.986 | KW = 12.426 | KW = 0.044 |
| p = 0.044 | p = 0.026 | p = 0.011 | p = 0.461 | p = 0.018 | p = 0.002 | p = 0.978 | |
| The state of having someone around diagnosed with COVID‐19 | |||||||
| Yes | 4.76 ± 3.51 | 13.86 ± 4.77 | 8.86 ± 3.18 | 7.06 ± 2.26 | 10.90 ± 4.10 | 6.68 ± 3.27 | 47.37 ± 10.84 |
| No | 3.63 ± 2.82 | 13.58 ± 4.88 | 8.93 ± 3.40 | 7.31 ± 2.24 | 11.00 ± 4.53 | 6.11 ± 3.17 | 46.95 ± 11.91 |
| Test and significance | U = 27,493.500 | U = 33,225.500 | U = 34,231.000 | U = 32,617.500 | U = 34,240.500 | U = 30,364.000 | U = 32,781.500 |
| p = 0.000 | p = 0.558 | p = 0.957 | p = 0.360 | p = 0.961 | p = 0.035 | p = 0.413 | |
Abbreviations: OCS, Obsession with COVID‐19 Scale; KW, Kruskal Wallis testi; U, Mann Whitney U testi; WCI, Ways of Coping Inventory.