The Relationship Between Fear Of Injection, Vaccine Attitude, and Vaccine Hesitance: A Study On The Turkish Vaccine "Turkovac"

Mehmet Emin Yaşar; Fuat Yalman

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The Relationship Between Fear Of Injection, Vaccine Attitude, and Vaccine Hesitance: A Study On The Turkish Vaccine "Turkovac"

Abstract

This study aims to examine the relationship between blood-injection-injury phobia, attitudes towards COVID-19 Turkovac vaccine and hesitation regarding Turkovac vaccine. The study is a cross-sectional study conducted in the population. The research population consists of patients who applied to a family medicine clinic in the city center of Sakarya and their family members over the age of 18. The research data was collected from 574 participants through a face-to-face survey technique. IBM SPSS and AMOS programmes were used to analyse the data. The conclusions of the showed that the majority of participants had a low fear of injections and their attitudes and hesitancy towards the Turkovac vaccine was partially high. Furthermore, the empirical results of the study indicated that there was a strong positive correlation between attitudes towards Turkovac and hesitancy towards Turkovac vaccine, and a low negative correlation between injection fear and attitudes and hesitancy towards Turcovac vaccine.

Keywords

Fear of Injection, , Vaccine Attitude, , Vaccine Hesitance, , Turkovac

Enjeksiyon Korkusu, Aşı Tutumu Ve Aşı Tereddütü Arasındaki İlişki: Türk Aşısı "Turkovac" Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Öz

Bu araştırma, kan-enjeksiyon-yaralanma korkusu, COVID-19 Turkovac aşısına karşı tutum ve Turkovac aşısına karşı tereddüt arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Çalışma toplum üzerinde yapılmış kesitsel bir araştırmadır. Araştırmanın evreni Sakarya il merkezindeki bir aile hekimliği birimine başvuran 18 yaş üzeri hasta ve hasta yakınlarından oluşmaktadır. Araştırma verileri yüz yüze anket tekniği ile 574 kişi üzerinden elde edilmiştir. Veriler IBM SPSS23 ve AMOS paket programları kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları, katılımcıların büyük bölümünün enjeksiyon korkusu seviyelerinin düşük, Turkovac aşısına yönelik tutumlarının ve tereddüt durumlarının kısmen yüksek olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Ayrıca araştırmanın ampirik sonucu, enjeksiyon korkusu ile Turkovac aşı tutumu arasında ve enjeksiyon korkusu ile Turkovac aşı tereddütü arasında düşük düzeyde bir negatif korelasyonun olduğunu; Turkovac aşı tutumu ile Turkovac aşı tereddütü arasında ise yüksek düzeyde pozitif bir korelasyonun olduğunu ortaya koymuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Enjeksiyon Korkusu , , Aşı Tutumu ve Aşı Tereddütü , , Turkovac

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The Relationship Between Fear Of Injection, Vaccine Attitude, and Vaccine Hesitance: A Study On The Turkish Vaccine "Turkovac"

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