The Relationship Between Preventive Health Behaviors and College Life Adaptation Among Nursing Students

This descriptive survey study aimed to investigate the relationship between nursing students' knowledge of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19; hereafter referred to as Novel infectious diseases), preventive health behaviors, and adaptation to College life Adaptation, in order to provide fundamental data for nursing education and Novel infectious disease response training tailored to current situations.The study was conducted with 190 nursing students enrolled in G City.Data were collected and analyzed using SPSS 29.0, employing descriptive statistics, t-tests, and ANOVA.The results showed that the mean score for knowledge of Novel infectious diseases was 25.33, preventive health behaviors averaged 4.29, and college life adaptation averaged 3.60.Preventive health behaviors significantly differed by academic year (F=4.39,p