The Effect of the Coronavirus Disease-19 Pandemic Process on Midwifery and Nursing Students’ Tendency to Violence

Abstract

Objective: This study was carried out to determine the effect of the coronavirus disease-19 pandemic process on midwifery and nursing students’ tendency toward violence. Materials and Methods: The study, which used a cross-sectional descriptive design, was carried out with 549 university students studying midwifery and nursing. Data were collected using “Socio-Demographic Data Form” and “Violence Tendency Scale.” Research data were collected between March 23, 2020 and September 15, 2020. The study was implemented online. The questionnaires were uploaded to https://docs.google.com/forms/ and the link to the questionnaires was sent to the students through e-mail and WhatsApp. Results: The pre-pandemic and while-pandemic median values of the violence tendency scale of the students were found to be 35 (min: 20–max: 86) and 34 (min: 20–max: 71), respectively, and the difference between the two was statistically significant (p=0.004). The tendency of students to violence who were male was studying nursing, was 2nd and 3rd-year students, graduated from a health vocational high school, had inadequate income, had a nuclear family, and were placed in their departments with low scores, statistically significantly decreased during the pandemic process (p