COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic among health-science students of Lithuania: a national cross-sectional online survey
| Autor: | Jonas Montvidas, Milda Basevičiūtė, Kamilė Burokaitė, Virginija Adomaitienė, Sigita Lesinskienė |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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COVID-19 Vaccines
Students Medical SARS-CoV-2 Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis education Vaccination Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Lithuania Article Sveikata / Health Cross-Sectional Studies Lietuva (Lithuania) vaccine hesitancy health-science students Humans Medicine Vakcinacija Pandemijos / Pandemics Vaccination Hesitancy Pandemics Studentai / Students |
| Zdroj: | International journal of environmental research and public health 2021, 18, 12870, 1 pdf (9 p.) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 18; Issue 24; Pages: 12870 International journal of environmental research and public health, Basel : MDPI, 2021, vol. 18, no. 24, art. no.12870, p. 1-9 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12870, p 12870 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | (1) Background: the relationship between the psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is understudied. Moreover, health science students are the future leaders and advocates of vaccination efforts. Therefore, it is essential to understand the origins of vaccine hesitancy and evaluate if the adverse psychosocial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic influence it. (2) Methods: we shared an anonymous questionnaire among health-science students via institutional emails of two Lithuanian universities. Results were summarized with odds ratios and mean differences. (3) Results: a total of 1545 health sciences students answered the questionnaire. Almost a fifth of the respondents claimed that they were unsure about getting vaccinated, and nearly one out of ten claimed that they would not get vaccinated. Medicine students, non-infected students, and students who volunteered in a COVID-19 ward were significantly more willing to get vaccinated compared to other health science students. Vaccine hesitant respondents reported a more significant negative effect of COVID-19 on their income and belief in the future. (4) Conclusions: the results of this study showed that negative psychosocial impact on income and ‘belief in future’ were positively associated with vaccine hesitancy. Having been diagnosed with COVID-19 was significantly associated with being doubtful towards vaccination. |
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