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Nurses’ preparedness has been very important for them to treat patients effectively during the COVID-19 pandemic and serve the community. Nurses provide a vital role in mitigating the effects of health crises. In order to help nurses better understand their skills, abilities, and knowledge, as well as the actions that they should take to manage care, the research aims of this study are to (1) investigate the level of preparedness, readiness, and anxiety among nurses during the COVID-19 outbreak in Sabah, Malaysia; (2) examine the effects of various differences in preparedness and readiness among nurses; and (3) examine the effect of COVID-19 preparedness on anxiety among nurses. The results revealed that the nurses were moderately competent in managing the COVID-19 care situation. Each of the 3 differentiating characteristics (age, work experience, and previous disaster experience) did not predict how nurses would manage COVID-19 preparedness significantly. Besides, we also found only 2 dimensions of preparedness (familiarity with epidemiology and surveillance and familiarity with psychological issues) significantly predicted nurses’ anxiety levels. Familiarity with epidemiology and surveillance predicted nurses’ anxiety positively; in contrast, familiarity with psychological issues negatively influenced nurses’ anxiety.

AimsThis study aims to investigate 5 types of work environment influencing nurses' caring behavior, namely (i) participation in hospital affairs, (ii) foundations for quality of care, (iii) manager ability, leadership, and support of nurses, (iv) staffing and resource adequacy, and (v) nurse-physician relations.DesignThis research is a cross-sectional study using the survey method.MethodsData were collected from 3,532 nurses working in public hospitals and health clinics within Sabah, Malaysia in 2015. The hypothesized model was evaluated using partial least squares method.ResultsThe findings reveal that all forms of work environment have a positive effect on nurses' caring behavior except for staffing and resource adequacy which shows a negative effect on caring behavior.ConclusionOverall, this study has added to theoretical contributions in the academic and research fields as well as in practical implications in the field of nursing practice by addressing the influence of work environments on caring behavior.Implications for Nursing ManagementThe present research has provided convergent evidence on the role of the working environment in influencing the behavior of nurses working in hospitals and health clinics in Sabah, Malaysia.

Background: The uniqueness of nursing profession contributes to the development in knowledge, and experience along with increasing age, education, economy, and position as well as forming a unique gender role throughout the life of this profession. Thus, the development and advancement of the demographic characteristics of nurses developed while in this profession exerts a very large influence on the caring behaviour of nurses. The aim of this study was to identify the effect of work setting and demographic factors on nurses’ caring behaviour and to identify the differences in nurses’ caring behaviors based on demographic factors between nurses in public hospitals and in public health services in Sabah, Malaysia.Methods: This research is a cross-sectional study using the survey method. Data were collected from 3,532 nurses in public hospitals and public health services within Sabah, Malaysia. Data were analysed using two-way ANOVA.Results: The findings reveal that age, education, economy, position, and experience had a significant effect on caring behaviour. Additionally, there are differences in nurses’ caring behaviors based on demographics factors between nurses working in public hospitals and public health services.Conclusion: The present research has provided convergent evidence on the effect of demographic factors on nurses caring behavior and the differences in caring behavior based on demographic factors among nurses in public hospitals and public health services in Sabah, Malaysia.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the lives of the entire population of the world. The effect is also experienced by university students who must be independent in learning. Therefore, self-regulation is needed in the management of their life at the university. The concept of self-regulation is an individual's belief about his ability to plan and control behavior. Students at university need these factors to ensure that the patterns of thinking and feeling produced are in line with their actions of completing tasks and at the same time control their behavior from harmful social and environmental effects. Demographic factors such as gender, ethnicity, place of residence of students, field of study and duration of study are focused as variables that are assumed to influence differences in student self-regulation. This study was conducted using a quantitative method involving 590 students of Universiti Malaysia Sabah who were selected through random sampling. The Adolescent Self-Regulation Inventory instrument was used to obtain feedback from the sample. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS 26.0 software. The results of the study found that self-regulation does not differ significantly based on gender, ethnicity, student's place of residence, field and period of study. This study contributes to the addition of psychological knowledge related to student self-regulation during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Background:Nurses’ knowledge, skills and competencies are paramount for their preparedness to respond to emergency situations. This paper aims to test the psychometric properties and to determine the factor structure of the Emergency Preparedness Information Questionnaire (EPIQ) among nurses in Malaysia.Methods:There were 418 nurses in Sabah, Malaysia participated in this study. Besides, EPIQ, The Nurse Assessment of Readiness scale and the self-regulation scale were used to the validity of EPIQ.Results:The study revealed that the nine dimensions of EPIQ demonstrated very good reliability and construct validity. All the items showed good intercorrelation. The result of Exploratory Factor Analysis revealed a 3-factor solution model of EPIQ. The first factor was recategorized into four sub-factor due to the large number of the items loaded in this factor.Conclusions:The findings revealed that the EPIQ has strong psychometric properties. This scale can be used to measure nurses’ preparedness in managing the emergency event in Malaysia.

Tempoh pandemik telah menyebabkan semua individu sosial bertanggungjawab memutuskan rantaian virus Covid-19. Hal ini telah memaksa individu untuk beraktiviti pada ruang lingkup persekitaran yang selamat seperti di rumah kediaman. Di antara aktiviti sosial yang masih diteruskan adalah permainan online. Kecanggihan internet dan perkembangan teknologi permainan online telah menyebabkan ramai individu tertarik dengan aktiviti ini sewaktu pandemik. Oleh itu, kajian ini dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti tahap pengalaman emosi menerusi tiga dimensi permainan online yang terdiri daripada sewaktu permainan, kehadiran sosial dan selepas permainan serta memberi fokus kepada peranan jantina dalam menentukan perbezaan pengalaman emosi permainan online. Soal selidik yang digunakan adalah Game Experience Questionnaire (GEQ) yang mempunyai 48 item. Responden terdiri daripada 185 orang belia yang berusia di antara 20-29 tahun yang dipilih menggunakan persampelan bertujuan. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis dengan menggunakan Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) versi 26. Analisis min digunakan untuk mengukur tahap dimensi-dimensi permainan online dan Ujian Mann Whitney digunakan untuk analisis kesan. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan terdapat perbezaan pengalaman emosi permainan online berdasarkan jantina bagi dua dimensi permainan online iaitu sewaktu permainan dan dimensi kehadiran sosial. Sementara dimensi selepas permainan online tidak menunjukkan perbezaan. Implikasi kajian ini dapat memberikan maklumat yang berguna untuk pembinaan modul dan program kesedaran. Perkaitannya dengan pemboleh ubah psikologi dan kontekstual pada kajian yang akan datang adalah digalakkan.

Background The nursing profession's uniqueness contributes to the development of knowledge, experience, age, education, economy, and position, as well as a unique gender role. Thus, the development and advancement of demographic characteristics of nurses while in this profession influences their caring behavior. Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of work setting and demographic factors on nurses' caring behaviour, as well as the differences in nurses' caring behaviour based on demographic factors between nurses in public hospitals and nurses in public health services in Sabah, Malaysia. Methods This research is a cross-sectional study using the survey method. Data were collected from 3,532 nurses (88.3% response rate) in public hospitals and public health services within Sabah, Malaysia. Data were analysed using two-way ANOVA. Results The two-way ANOVA test revealed no significant impact of the work setting on CB, nor was there a notable interaction between the work setting and demographic factors influencing nurses’ CB. However, demographic factors such as gender, age, education, economic status, position, and experience had a significant effect on CB. Conclusion The present research has provided convergent evidence on the effect of demographic factors on nurses caring behavior and the differences in caring behavior based on demographic factors among nurses in public hospitals and public health services in Sabah, Malaysia.