COVID-19 vaccination knowledge, attitudes and practices among the general population of Romania during the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic
Autor: | Armin Šljivo, Arian Abdulkhaliq, Nermir Granov, Leopold Reiter, Eljakim Mahendran, Ioannis Zeglis, Mohammed Abdulkadir Mohammed, Assy Yousef, Ilma Dadić, Katarina Ivanović, Amina Selimović, Ermina Mujičić, Florina Maria Gabor-Harosa |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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Zdroj: | SAGE Open Medicine, Vol 11 (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 2050-3121 20503121 |
DOI: | 10.1177/20503121231165670 |
Popis: | Objective: Romania began its COVID-19 immunization programme with approved vaccinations in three stages, as follows: The first step of vaccination is for health and social professionals, the second stage is for high-risk persons and the third stage is for the remainder of the general public. This study aims at assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 and vaccination against COVID-19 in the Romanian population during the third wave of the pandemic. Methods: This cross-sectional study was based on a Bosnian and Herzegovinian study on COVID-19 vaccination during the country’s third wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Results: Our study sample, dominantly female (629; 61.0%), with a bachelor’s degree (734; 71.2%), either single (539; 52.3%) or in a relationship (363; 35.2%), engaged in intellectual labour (910; 88.3%) and living in an urban environment (874; 84.8%) with a mean age of 25.07 ± 8.21 years, 294 (28.5%) people with COVID-19 symptoms and 86 (8.3%) were tested COVID-19 positive, had a mean knowledge score of 16.38 ± 4.0 with correct answer rates on questions ranging from 30.1% to 88.2%. Being single (odds ratio = 3.92, p = 0.029) or in a relationship (odds ratio = 3.79, p = 0.034), having a bachelor’s degree and higher (odds ratio = 1.61, p = 0.006) and being COVID-19 tested (odds ratio = 1.82, p 15 points) (odds ratio = 1.66, p = 0.002) and positive attitudes of this study (odds ratio = 1.59, p = 0.001, odds ratio = 4.16, p |
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