Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students regarding Sexually Transmitted Infections

Tag Elden Okba, Rasha Ahmed Fouad; Ahmed, Manal Hassan; El-Adham, Azza Fouad Mohammed; EL-Refaey, Alya Mohamed

doi:10.21608/tsnj.2025.424739

Knowledge and Attitude of Nursing Students regarding Sexually Transmitted Infections

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ 1 Nursing teacher at secondary technical nursing school, Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt. 2Master student of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

² Professor of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt

³ Lecturer of Maternal and Neonatal Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Tanta University, Egypt.

10.21608/tsnj.2025.424739

Abstract

Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are major health problems and mostly affect young people in developing and developed countries. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding sexually transmitted infections. Subjects and method: Design: A descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. Setting: This study was carried out in Egypt at Faculty of Nursing Tanta University. Subjects: A purposive sample of 250 first and second academic year nursing students was included in the study. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection: Tool (I): Sexual Transmitted Infection Questionnaire included two parts. Part one: Personal characteristics of the faculty nursing students. Part two: Nursing students' knowledge regarding sexually transmitted infections. Tool (II): Sexually Transmitted Infection Attitude Scale. Results: The current study revealed that 68,2% of the studied nursing students had low level of Knowledge regarding sexually transmitted infections with 67.6% of them had positive attitude regarding sexually transmitted infections in addition, there were highly statistically significant relations between the studied nursing students‘ knowledge and their level of attitude regarding sexually transmitted infections. Conclusion and Recommendations: The studied nursing students had poor level of knowledge and positive attitude towards sexually transmitted infections. Strengthen training of nursing students to better prepare themselves for providing effective healthcare for patients who actually have sexually transmitted infection.