Attitude of Healthcare providers to COVID-19 disease prevention – Personal risk perception and vaccine uptake
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چکیده
Background: Vaccine hesitancy remains a barrier to
the uptake of vaccines, achieving immunity and
prevention of the spread of COVID-19. Healthcare
providers are at the forefront in the prevention of
COVID-19 and the care of affected individuals; thus,
they are at increased risk of contracting the infection.
The definitive treatment for COVID-19 is yet
unknown; vaccines have been developed and
available for the prevention of SARS-CoV-2
infection.
Objective: To assess the attitude of healthcare
providers to COVID-19 vaccine and factors
associated withuptake of the vaccine
Design anda Setting: A cross-sectional study of
healthcare workersin a tertiary health institution
using self-administered onlineGoogle-survey
questionnaire.
Participants: Healthcare workers in a tertiary health
institution
Data Collection: Information obtained included
socio-demographic and professional characteristics,
knowledge about vaccines, perception, and
willingness to get vaccinated. Datawas analysed
using IBM SPSS version 23. Descriptive statistics
and Chi-square testswere done. Level of significance
was set at p<0.05.
Result: About 170 medical healthcare workers
participated in the study - medical doctors-62.9%,
nurses-34.7% and dentists-2.9%; majority-66.5%
had practiced for <10years.Mean age was
36.86(±7.82) years; mostly female(55.9%) and
married (78.2%). About 93.3% considered
themselves at risk of infection and 71.2% perceived
themselves as high-risk. Routine screening was
acceptable to 78.8%; 29.4% had previous positive
test, 93.5% had contact with persons positive for
coronavirus infection and 80% had managed affected
patients. Majority believedvaccine was safe (82.9%)
and prevented infection(80.6%); 27.1% and 67.7%
were concerned about the constituents of the vaccine
and long-term adverse effects respectively. 73.5%
of the respondents were willing to receive
vaccination, 70% were vaccinated and 74.7% were
willing recommend it to others. Uptake of vaccine
was associated with perceived risk(p=0.035), level
of perceived risk(p=0.01) and previous infection/
COVID-19 disease(p=0.03).
Conclusion: Healthcare workers constitute are a
high-risk group; and an important source of
counselling and health education for the general
population. Therefore, positive perception about
safety and efficacy, knowledge, and uptake of
vaccine among healthcare providers must be
optimized.
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