Investigation of perceived fear of COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy in nursing students

Autor: Akgün Yeşiltepe, Sinan Aslan, Semra Bulbuloglu
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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