Evaluation of Vaccination Hesitancy in Medical Faculty Students

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 19 Sayı: 1, 98 - 105

Mustafa Çakır , Deniz Elbay Durmaz , Cem Malakcıoğlu , Merve Kırlangıç , Hatice İkiışık , Hasan Hüseyin Mutlu , Işıl Maral

https://doi.org/10.21763/tjfmpc.1554100

Öz

Aim: This research aims to assess vaccine hesitancy among medical students.
Method: This descriptive study was conducted with 615 students in years 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 at a medical faculty in Istanbul. The first nine questions of the online survey developed by the researchers focused on socio-demographic characteristics, while the next 14 questions were prepared to address vaccine hesitancy. A significance level of p < 0.05 was considered in all analyses.
Results: The participants in the study were between the ages of 17 and 29; 58% were female. General vaccine hesitancy was observed in 7.6% of the students. The frequency of hesitancy regarding the COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) vaccine among the participants was 17.4%, and a higher rate of indecision regarding the COVID-19 vaccine was found (18.9%). The frequency of general vaccine hesitancy in preclinical students was higher than in clinical students (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: In this study, COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rates were higher compared to the general population, and general vaccine hesitancy was significantly lower in clinical term students compared to preclinical students. Vaccine information and advocacy training starting from the first year of medical education could help future physicians guide society.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Vaccination, Hesitancy, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccination, Anti-vaccination

Etik Beyan

Ethics committee approval of the study was obtained from Göztepe Education and Research Hospital, Clinical Research Ethics Committee (issue date: October 27,2021 and decision number: 2021/0540).

Destekleyen Kurum

There are no funding sources available

Tıp Fakültesi Öğrencilerinde Aşı Tereddütünün Değerlendirilmesi

Öz

Amaç: Araştırmada tıp fakültesi öğrencilerinde aşı tereddütünün değerlendirilmesi amaçlanmaktadır.
Yöntem: Araştırma tanımlayıcı tipte olup, İstanbul’da bir tıp fakültesinde dönem 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ve 6 olan 615 öğrencide yürütülmüştür. Araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen çevrimiçi anketin ilk dokuz sorusu sosyo-demografik özelliklere odaklanırken, sonraki 14 soru aşı tereddüdüne yönelik hazırlanmıştır. Tüm analizlerde anlamlılık düzeyi p< 0,05 olarak kabul edilmiştir.
Bulgular: Çalışmaya katılanların yaşları 17-29 arasında değişmektedir; %58'i kadındır. Öğrencilerin %7,6’sı genel olarak aşılarla ilgili tereddütlü bulunmuştur. Araştırmaya katılanların koronavirüs (Coronavirus disease 2019-COVID -19) aşısı ile ilgili tereddütlü olma sıklığı %17,4’tür ve COVID-19 aşı tereddütü konusunda kararsız kalanların oranı daha yüksek saptanmıştır (%18,9). Preklinik öğrencilerin genel aşılarla ilgili tereddütlü olma sıklığı klinik öğrencilere göre daha yüksek tespit edilmiştir (p<0.05).
Sonuç: Araştırmamızda genel popülasyona kıyasla COVID-19 aşılama kabul oranları daha yüksek bulunmuş ve genel aşı tereddütü klinik dönem öğrencilerinde preklinik döneme kıyasla anlamlı bir şekilde düşük bulunmuştur. Tıp fakültesi öğrencilerine ilk sınıftan itibaren başlanacak aşı bilgilendirme ve savunuculuk eğitimleri geleceğin hekimlerinin bu konuda topluma ışık tutmalarının yolunu açacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Aşılama, Tereddüt, COVID-19, COVID-19 Aşılama, Aşı Karşıtlığı

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