Evaluation of Vaccine Hesitancy, Anti-Vaccination, and Anxiety Levels for Medical Secretaries During COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor:	Sami AKBULUT, Ayse GOKCE, Gulseda BOZ, Zeynep KUCUKAKCALİ, Hasan SARİTAS, Selver UNSAL, Ali OZER, Mehmet Serdar AKBULUT, Cemil COLAK
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Health Care Sciences and Services COVID-19 pandemic Medical Secretaries Coronavirus anxiety scale Vaccine hesitance scale Anti-vaccination scale Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri
Zdroj:	Volume: 49, Issue: 3 455-467 Dicle Medical Journal Dicle Tıp Dergisi
ISSN:	1300-2945 1308-9889
DOI:	10.5798/dicletip.1170166
Popis:	Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the vaccine hesitancy, anti-vaccination, and anxiety levels of medical secretaries during the pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 161 medical secretaries working at the time of the Study. Sociodemographic characteristics form, Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS), Vaccine Hesitancy Scale (VHS) adapted to the pandemic, and Anti-vaccination Scale (AVS) were used in the questionnaire form used to collect the data of the study. Results: Median (IQR) CAS, VHS, and AVS scores of the participants were 2 (IQR=3), 32 (IQR=10), and 58 (IQR=16), respectively. 35.4 % of the participants were exposed to the COVID-19, and 87% were vaccinated against COVID-19. Participants' hesitations about the childhood and COVID-19 vaccines were 15.5 % and 49.1%, respectively. A significant relationship was found between the presence of Coronavirus anxiety and educational status (p=0.035), hesitancy against childhood vaccine (p=0.016), and working in COVID-19 Units (p=0.044). A statistically significant relationship was found between VHS scores and hesitancy against childhood vaccine (p=0.001), hesitancy against COVID-19 vaccine (p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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