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- Title
Determining Opinions of Individuals About Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines and Evaluation of Covid-19 Phobia.
- Authors
KAYA, Çiğdem; BAŞKAYA, Ebru; SOLMAZ, Perihan
- Abstract
Objective: To determine the opinions of individuals about the Covid-19 disease and vaccines and to evaluate the Covid-19 phobia. Methods: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The data of the study were collected online using the snowball sampling technique between February and March 2021 (n=530). Data collections tools were Participant Information Form and Covid-19 Phobia Scale. Results: It was determined that 17% of the participants had Covid-19 disease, and 40.8% saw themselves at a moderate risk in terms of getting Covid-19. It was determined that 56.1% of those who were not diagnosed with Covid-19 and 52.2% of those who were diagnosed with Covid-19 were slightly afraid of getting Covid-19. It was determined that 44.7% of the participants were indecisive about being vaccinated and 50.2% of these people stated that they were indecisive because the side effects of the vaccines were unknown. There was no statistically significant difference between the total and sub-dimensions mean scores of the Covid-19 Phobia Scale among those who answered yes, no and indecisive about vaccination. A statistically significant difference was found between the fear of catching Covid-19 for the first time and the total and sub-dimension mean scores of the Covid-19 phobia scale (p<0.05). Conclusion: Our study showed that individuals were afraid of getting Covid-19 and most people were indecisive about being vaccineted due to the unknown side effects.
- Subjects
TURKEY; VACCINATION; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; PHOBIAS; COVID-19 vaccines; ATTITUDE (Psychology); CROSS-sectional method; ONE-way analysis of variance; AGE distribution; MANN Whitney U Test; FEAR; PATIENTS' attitudes; CRONBACH'S alpha; T-test (Statistics); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; EMPLOYMENT; STATISTICAL sampling; DATA analysis software; MARITAL status; COVID-19 pandemic; EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Publication
Balikesir Health Sciences Journal / Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 3, p525
- ISSN
2146-9601
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.53424/balikesirsbd.1221247