Factors Affecting COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Prevalence of Post-COVID Syndrome

Year 2024, Volume: 34 Issue: 4, 429 - 434, 31.08.2024

Berkhan Topaktaş , Meryem Çetin , Aslı Memiş , Zeliha Karapelit

https://doi.org/10.54005/geneltip.1346388

Abstract

Background/Aims: Determining the attitudes and confidence levels of society towards vaccines is important even after administering vaccinations. The aims of this study are: to determine the prevalence of post-COVID syndrome, the side effects after COVID-19 vaccinations, and the factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine confidence in individuals aged eighteen years old and over.
Methods: The population of this cross-sectional study consisted of people aged eighteen years old and above living in the city center of Amasya. In total, 762 people were reached. Data collection was carried out between August 15 – September 15, 2022 by applying the questionnaire form prepared by the researchers face-to-face in rural areas and face-to-face or online in urban areas.
Results: The number of people having chronic COVID disease was 55 (20.0%). Three hundred nine people (43.2%) developed side effects after at least one dose of the vaccine. The rate of trusting all the vaccines was higher among those who did not develop side effects after vaccination, who did not use social media as a source of information, who were aged 65 and over, who resided in rural areas, who had secondary school education and below, who did not work and who were housewives (p<0.001).
Conclusions: One in five people who have had the disease developed chronic COVID syndrome and almost half of respondents trusted all types of COVID-19 vaccines. For vaccines to be accepted by the society, the ways in which media such as social media reduce the trust in the vaccine should be examined and the reasons for the lack of confidence in the vaccine should be determined, especially in people with a high education level.

Keywords

COVID-19, Vaccine, Side effect, Confidence, Attitude

COVID-19 Aşılarına Yönelik Güven Durumlarını Etkileyen Faktörler ve Post COVID Sendromu Prevalansı

Abstract

Amaç: Toplumun aşılara yönelik tutum ve güven düzeylerinin belirlenmesi, aşı uygulaması sonrası da oldukça önem taşımaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amaçları Amasya il merkezinde yaşayan on sekiz yaş ve üstü bireylerde; post COVID prevalansını, COVID-19 aşıları sonrası görülen yan etkileri ve COVID-19 aşılarına yönelik güven durumunu etkileyen faktörleri belirlemektir.
Yöntem: Kesitsel tipteki çalışmanın evrenini Amasya il merkezinde yaşayan on sekiz yaş ve üzeri kişiler oluşturdu. Toplamda 762 kişiye ulaşıldı. Veri toplama işlemi araştırmacılar tarafından hazırlanan anket formunun kırsal kesimde yüz yüze, kentsel bölgede ise yüz yüz veya çevrimiçi uygulanmasıyla 15/08/2022 - 15/09/2022 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirildi.
Bulgular: Kronik COVID tanımına uyan kişi sayısı 55 (%20,0) olarak tespit edildi. Üç yüz dokuz kişide (%43,2) en az bir doz aşı sonrası yan etki geliştiği bulundu. Aşıların tümüne güvenme oranı aşı sonrası yan etki gelişmeyenlerde, bilgi kaynağı olarak sosyal medya kullanmayanlarda, 65 yaş ve üzeri grupta, köylerde ikamet edenlerde, öğrenim durumu ortaokul ve altı olan bireylerde ve çalışmayanlar ile ev hanımlarında daha yüksekti (p<0,001).
Sonuç: Hastalığı geçiren her beş kişiden birinde kronik COVID sendromu geliştiği ve katılımcıların neredeyse yarısının tüm COVID-19 aşı tiplerine güvendiği tespit edilmiştir. Aşıların toplum tarafından kabul edilmesi için sosyal medya gibi mecraların aşıya olan güveni hangi yollarla azalttığı incelenmeli ve yapılacak çalışmalarla özellikle eğitim düzeyi yüksek olan kişilerde aşıya olan güvensizliğin nedenleri belirlenmelidir.

Keywords

COVID-19, Aşı, Yan etki, Güven, Tutum

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