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Camille Francine Modena1, Moisés Kogien1, Samira Reschetti Marcon1
1Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Objective:
to analyze the factors associated with the perception of fear of COVID-19 in Brazilian university students.
Methods:
this is an online, cross-sectional analytical study conducted at a Brazilian public university with 1,437 undergraduate students between September and November 2020. The Fear of COVID-19 Scale was used to measure the main construct. Data analysis was performed using Mann-Whitney U test, Cohen's r test and multiple linear regression analysis.
Results:
factors associated with fear of COVID-19 in university students were the variables biological sex, perception of good sleep quality, many days of access to information, not complying with social distancing, reporting sufficient hours of sleep, not having a partner, guidance sexual non-heterosexual, being in the risk group for COVID-19 and tobacco consumption.
Conclusions:
the study findings can contribute to the discussion about the weaknesses that the university population is experiencing in this pandemic period.
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