Investigation of perceived fear of COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy in nursing students
Autor: | Akgün Yeşiltepe, Sinan Aslan, Semra Bulbuloglu |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Vol 17, Iss 12, Pp 5030-5037 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 2164-5515 2164-554X 21645515 |
DOI: | 10.1080/21645515.2021.2000817 |
Popis: | This study aims to investigate the perceived fear of COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy in nursing students. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional study with the participation of 1167 nursing students. Personal Information Form, Vaccine Hesitancy Scale and Fear of COVID-19 Scale were used for data collection. The reasons for the vaccine hesitancy of the students were listed as follows: 57.6% of them stated that it had side effects, 17.7% stated there was no conclusive evidence that the vaccine was effective, and 12.6% stated it was not reliable. A positive correlation was found between fear of COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy. |
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