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Fear of Infectious Contagion/Transmission Among Health Sciences Students and Its Relationship to Their Attitudes Toward The COVID-19 Vaccine
Abstract
Objective: As part of their educational program, health sciences students participate in clinical practice in healthcare institutions. Thus, this group, which is at the center of the risk of infection, is highly likely to encounter infectious diseases. This study aims to investigate the fear of infection contagion/transmission and attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine in health sciences students and examine the relationship between them.
Methods: Data were collected using the “Data Collection Form”, “Fear of Contagion/Transmission Scale”, and “Attitudes Towards the COVID-19 Vaccine (ATV-COVID-19) Scale”.
Results: A total of 303 health sciences students (nursing, nutrition and dietetics, physical therapy and rehabilitation) participated in the study. It was observed that 72.2% of the students lived with their families, and 42.6% had a family member with a chronic disease. In addition, 91.1% reported COVID-19 vaccination, and 48.2% reported COVID-19 infection. The mean score of participants’ fear of contagion/transmission was 89.38±14.58, and the sub-dimension “fear of social transmission” received the highest score. A weakly significant negative relationship existed between fear of contagion/transmission and positive attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccine.
Conclusion: As a result of the study, it was found that fear of infection contagion/transmission among students was associated with a positive attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Supporting Institution
Bu çalışma TÜBİTAK 2209-A Üniversite Öğrencileri Araştırma Projeleri Destekleme Programı kapsamında 1919B012203884 nolu proje TÜBİTAK tarafından desteklenmiştir.
Project Number
1919B012203884
Ethical Statement
Çalışma için İstanbul Kültür Üniversitesi Etik Kurulu'ndan (tarih ve numarası: 14.10.2022/2022.139) onay aldı.
Thanks
Desteklerinden dolayı TÜBİTAK'a teşekkür ederiz.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Internal Diseases Nursing
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
April 29, 2024
Submission Date
March 26, 2024
Acceptance Date
April 11, 2024
Published in Issue
Year 1970 Volume: 28 Number: 1
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