Attitudes of Physicians and Nurses in Oman Toward Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination.

Autor: Badahdah AM; Department of Sociology and Rural Studies, School of Psychology, South Dakota State University, South Dakota, USA., Al Mahyijari N; Department of Psychiatry, Sultan Qaboos Comprehensive Cancer Care and Research Center, Muscat, Oman., Badahdah R; Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, North Dakota, USA., Al Lawati F; Department of Psychiatry, Al Masarra Hospital, Muscat, Oman., Khamis F; Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Oman medical journal [Oman Med J] 2022 Sep 30; Vol. 37 (5), pp. e429. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Sep 30 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2022.87
Abstrakt: Objectives: To investigate the relationship between attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines and disapproval of the policy of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination among unvaccinated physicians and nurses in Oman.
Methods: The subjects were (N = 346) unvaccinated physicians and nurses in Oman. Their demographic data and attitudes regarding COVID-19 vaccines and mandatory vaccination policy were collected through an anonymous web-based survey and statistically analyzed.
Results: The participants' negative attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines were positively related ( r = 0.68, p < 0.001) to the extent of their non-support for COVID-19 mandatory vaccination policy. Analysis of variance test showed that after controlling for age, male healthcare providers were more likely to endorse mandating COVID-19 vaccinations. There was no difference between physicians and nurses in support of mandatory vaccination, after controlling for age.
Conclusions: Regardless of job type, male, and older physicians, and nurses in Oman were more supportive of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination than their younger and female counterparts. This research provides insights from an Arabian Gulf country about the attitudes of its unvaccinated healthcare providers toward compulsory COVID-19 vaccination.
(The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2022 by the OMSB.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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