APPROACHES OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL RESEARCH OFFICER DOCTOR AND NURSE/MIBES TO VACCINE HESITANCY

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the approaches of research assistant doctors and midwives/nurses in a training and research hospital to vaccine hesitancy. The research is of descriptive type and was carried out on 263 participants. The data were collected under observation with a questionnaire consisting of 14 items. Of the research participants, 74.9% are women, and 57.4% are research assistant doctors, 10.3% of the participants stated that they knew all the vaccine contents, 88.1% of the research assistant doctors and 50.9% of the nurses/midwives stated that they always directed their patients to have vaccines appropriate for their risk group and age (p<0.001), 52.5% of the participants stated that those who were hesitant about vaccination were absolutely are absolutely unjustified, 50% of the staff working in the family medicine department state that they try to persuade a patient who refuses to get vaccinated until they get vaccinated, 43% state that they explain its necessity and leave it to the individual’s discretion whether to have it or not (inter-segment p=0.037). The percentage of those who regarded their knowledge level as good (86.7%) and always referred their patients to vaccination were higher than those who evaluated their knowledge level as moderate (30.5%) and poor (11.1%). Recently, the question of the most important reason for vaccine hesitancy was answered by social media (37.7%), and the question of what should be done to reduce vaccine hesitancy was to increase public education (81.0%). Higher knowledge, awareness and attitudes among healthcare professionals may be associated with higher societal and individual vaccination intentions.

Keywords

• Vaccine
• vaccine hesitancy
• Healthcare worker

BİR EĞİTİM VE ARAŞTIRMA HASTANESİNDE ARAŞTIRMA GÖREVLİSİ DOKTORLAR İLE EBE VE HEMŞİRELERİN AŞI KARARSIZLIĞINA YAKLAŞIMLARI

Abstract

Bu çalışmada bir eğitim ve araştırma hastanesindeki araştırma görevlisi doktor ve ebe/hemşirelerin aşı kararsızlığına yaklaşımlarını değerlendirmek amaçlanmaktadır. Araştırma tanımlayıcı tipte olup, 263 katılımcı üzerinde gerçekleştirilmiştir. Veriler 14 sorudan oluşan anket ile gözlem altında toplanmıştır. Araştırmaya katılanların %74.9’u kadın, %57.4’ü araştırma görevlisi doktordur. Katılımcıların %10.3’ü tüm aşı içeriklerini bildiklerini ifade etmiştir. Araştırma görevlisi doktorların %88.1’i, hemşire/ebelerin %50.9’u her zaman hastalarını risk grubuna ve yaşına uygun aşıları yaptırmaları için yönlendirdiğini belirtmiştir (p<0.001). Katılımcıların %52.5 aşı kararsızlığındaki kişileri kesinlikle haksız bulduklarını ifade etmektedirler. Aile hekimliği bölümünde çalışanların %50’si aşı yaptırmayı kabul etmeyen bir hastayı aşı yaptırana kadar ikna etmeye çalıştığını, %43’ü gerekliliğini anlatıp, yaptırıp yaptırmamayı kişilere bıraktığını ifade etmektedir (bölümler arası p=0.037). Bilgi düzeyini iyi (%86.7) olarak ifade edenlerin hastalarını her zaman aşıya yönlendirme durumu da bilgi düzeyini orta (%30.5) ve kötü (%11.1) olarak değerlendirenlere göre daha yüksekti. Son zamanlarda aşı kararsızlığının en önemli nedeni sorusuna en sık olarak sosyal medya (%37.7), aşı kararsızlığını azaltmak için neler yapılması gerektiği sorusuna halk eğitimleri arttırılması gerektiği (%81.0) şeklinde cevap vermişlerdir. Sağlık çalışanları arasında daha yüksek bilgi, farkındalık ve tutumlar daha yüksek toplumsal ve bireysel aşılama niyeti ile ilişkilendirilebilir.

Keywords

• Aşı
• Aşı kararsızlığı
• Sağlık Çalışanı

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