Critical Care Nurses Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines and its Side Effects at Upper Egypt
Ahmed Ahmed, N., Gamal Eldien Abdelhafez Hrariedy, N., M. Abdelbaky, M., Ramadan Abouzied, W. (2022). Critical Care Nurses Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines and its Side Effects at Upper Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 13(3), 1045-1059. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.256648
Naglaa Ahmed Ahmed; Naglaa Gamal Eldien Abdelhafez Hrariedy; Marwa M. Abdelbaky; Warda Ramadan Abouzied. "Critical Care Nurses Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines and its Side Effects at Upper Egypt". EKB Journal Management System, 13, 3, 2022, 1045-1059. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.256648
Ahmed Ahmed, N., Gamal Eldien Abdelhafez Hrariedy, N., M. Abdelbaky, M., Ramadan Abouzied, W. (2022). 'Critical Care Nurses Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines and its Side Effects at Upper Egypt', EKB Journal Management System, 13(3), pp. 1045-1059. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.256648
Ahmed Ahmed, N., Gamal Eldien Abdelhafez Hrariedy, N., M. Abdelbaky, M., Ramadan Abouzied, W. Critical Care Nurses Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines and its Side Effects at Upper Egypt. EKB Journal Management System, 2022; 13(3): 1045-1059. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.256648

Critical Care Nurses Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines and its Side Effects at Upper Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Article 79, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Page 1045-1059  XML PDF (340.66 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.256648
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Authors
Naglaa Ahmed Ahmed1; Naglaa Gamal Eldien Abdelhafez Hrariedy2; Marwa M. Abdelbaky* 3; Warda Ramadan Abouzied4
1Assistant Professor, Critical Care Nursing and Emergency, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt
2Assistant Professor, Critical Care Nursing and Emergency, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt
3Assistant Professor, Critical Care Nursing and Emergency, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt
4Lecturer of Critical Care Nursing and Emergency Department, Faculty of Nursing South Valley University
Abstract
Background: Despite all the efforts that have been made to fasten vaccine development
many critical care nurses staff were worried and hesitated from the vaccine. Aim of the study: is to
assess critical care nurses perception of covid-19 vaccines and its side effects at Upper Egypt.
Sample: 2429 critical care nurses from five Upper Egypt Governorates, Minia, Assiut, Sohage,
Qena and Aswan. Tools: the study included two tools, Critical Care Nurses’ knowledge
questionnaire and Critical Care Nurses’ attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine. Result: the included
ICU’s nurses 88.4% of them were under the age of 29 years, and 57.8 % had a technical institute of
nursing. Regarding to the nurses’ knowledge it was noticed that 79.5 % of the nurses believed that
taking COVID-19 vaccine did not provide protection. But 55.2 % critical care nurses had positive
attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines. Regarding to the vaccines side effects, sit pain, swelling fever
and redness were the most reported manifestations among nurses. Conclusion: critical care nurses
had positive attitude about COVID-19 vaccine but hesitated to be vaccinated because of the fear
from its side effect. Recommendations: Future research evaluating the side effects of all types
covid -19 vaccines in all Egypt.
Keywords
Critical nurses; Perception; COVID-19 vaccines; side effects; Upper Egypt
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