Open AccessKNOWLEDGE AND REASONS FOR ANXIETY AMONG NURSES TOWARDS COVID -19 IN NIGERIA
Author(s) -
Linda C Odikpo,
Helen Ogechi Abazie,
D.E. Emon,
Mary Oluwafunmilola Mobolaji-Olajide,
Dorothy Dooshima Gbahabo,
Aisha Musa-Malikki
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2505-0419
pISSN - 2006-0165
DOI - 10.21010/ajid.v15i2.4
Subject(s) - anxiety , covid-19 , pandemic , medicine , statistical significance , cross sectional study , front line , test (biology) , psychology , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , disease , pathology , geography , paleontology , archaeology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology
Nurses in Nigeria and the whole world are facing an unprecedented severe level of anxiety in their professional and individual lives, compounded by not knowing what the future holds especially with regards to the present COVID-19 pandemic. This research is to evaluate the knowledge and reasons for anxiety toward COVID 19 among nurses in Nigeria.