Assessment of the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of individuals presenting to family medicine polyclinics for COVID-19 and influenza vaccines: a study in a Turkish population
Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche
; 182(4):184-190, 2023.
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Dans Anglais
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-20244043
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Vaccines are one of the most important weapons in protection against diseases, especially pandemics lacking available treatment. The objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of individuals presenting to family medicine polyclinics for COVID-19 and influenza vaccines. METHOD(S) The cross-sectional descriptive study comprised healthy individuals who presented to family medicine polyclinics in Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkiye between 10 December 2020 and 31 January 2021. Data on participants' knowledge and attitudes for COVID-19 and influenza vaccines were collected through questionnaire surveys. In total, 521 individuals aged older than 18 years were included in the study. RESULT(S) If a COVID-19 vaccine were available, 34.4% (N.=179) of respondents would be vaccinated, and 35.3% (N.=184) of respondents would not consider vaccination. Of those considering COVID-19 vaccination, 55.3% (N.=99) of respondents deemed the vaccine an effective way of providing protection against the virus. Increased willingness to have the COVID-19 vaccine was associated with the following factors considering the influenza vaccine an effective protection method (P<0.001), a history of influenza vaccination (P=0.003), and concern about COVID-19 related death rates (P=0.008). CONCLUSION(S) The most common reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and refusal were fear of vaccine-related side effects and a lack of perceived research evidence on the vaccine. Having a positive view of the influenza vaccine had a positive impact on attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine.Copyright © 2022 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA.
Attitude; Behavior; covid-19; Influenza; human; Knowledge; Vaccines; adult; article; awareness; coronavirus disease 2019; cross-sectional study; death; family medicine; female; human; human experiment; Likert scale; male; observational study; outpatient department; questionnaire; vaccination; vaccine hesitancy; influenza vaccine; SARS-CoV-2 vaccine
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Bases de données des oragnisations internationales
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EMBASE
Type d'étude:
Étude observationnelle
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Étude pronostique
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Essai contrôlé randomisé
Les sujets:
Vaccins
langue:
Anglais
Revue:
Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche
Année:
2023
Type de document:
Article
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