Assessment of awareness about COVID-19 disease and vaccine uptake.
J Pak Med Assoc
; 73(1): 88-91, 2023 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2230423
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the awareness of individuals about coronavirus disease-2019 disease and vaccines during the pandemic.METHODS:
The descriptive, cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted at family health centres in the Bursa province of Turkiye from July 1 to 7, 2021. The face-to-face survey of registered individuals had 20 items that measured coronavirus disease-2019 and vaccines. The scale was named the Coronavirus Disease-2019 and Vaccine Awareness level. It was carried out by family physicians using an online weblink. The Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.87. Data was analysed using SPSS 25.RESULTS:
Of the 228 subjects, 129(56.6%) were males and 99(43.4%) were females. The overall mean age was 27.82±10.28 years. Awareness levels were high with a mean value of 2.41±0.31. Female participants were more aware than males (p=0.04) and those with monthly income between 2000-10000 Turkish lira had lower awareness level compared to other income groups (p=0.03). Marital status (p=0.32), education level (p=0.49) comorbidities (p=0.23), regular drug usage (p=0.13) and exercise status (p=0.24) did not affect the awareness levels. Non-smokers were more aware than the smokers (p=0.01).CONCLUSIONS:
The level of awareness about coronavirus disease-2019 and its vaccine was higher in the female gender and non-smokers, it was lower in the middle-income group.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Young adult
Language:
English
Journal:
J Pak Med Assoc
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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