Assessment of knowledge attitude and acceptance of health care workers and visitors regarding COVID 19 Vaccines. | ||||
| Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 January 2024 | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2024.258738.3072 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Amany Abdallah Abdraboh  1; Howida Henry Fahmy2; Sami Mohamed Selim3; Hana Abu-Elazayem Nofal2
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| 1Public health and community medicine , Zagazig university, Zagazig, Egypt | ||||
| 2Public health and community medicine faculty of medicine Zagazig university Zagazig Egypt | ||||
| 3Public health and community medicine, faculty of medicine Zagazig university Zagazig Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Vaccinations against COVID-19 are essential for preventing infections and managing the pandemic, however, there may be hesitancy and negative perceptions towards vaccination, which may reduce the willingness to be vaccinated. This cross-sectional study investigated the knowledge, attitudes, acceptance of health care workers and visitors regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Objectives: this study aimed to compare knowledge of healthcare workers and visitors regarding COVID-19 vaccines, to determine their attitudes and to identify factors affecting acceptance toward COVID-19 vaccines. methodology: This was a comparative cross-sectional study conducted on 110 comprising 55 health care workers and 55 Visitors of dermatology and ophthalmology departments of zagazig university hospitals from November2022 to November 2023. A survey was used to collect the questionnaire, which was subsequently analyzed using SPSS 25 statistical software. The statistical test of chi-square was employed for analysis. Results: (70.9%) of health care workers group and (61.8%) of visitors group were females in comparison to (29.1%) and (38.2%) were male among health care workers and visitors groups respectively. there was a highly statistically significant difference between groups as (63.6%) of health care workers group had postgraduate higher education in comparison to only (5.5%) among visitors group. Although healthcare workers were more knowledgeable, positive attitudes, and more acceptance regarding COVID-19 vaccines than visitors, there was no significant difference between them. Conclusion: The current study was able to provide a thorough review of Egyptian understanding, attitudes, and practices regarding COVID-19. Healthcare workers have more knowledge, positive attitudes, and more acceptance than visitors regarding COVID-19 vaccines. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| COVID-19; Knowledge; Attitude; Acceptance; Vaccine | ||||
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