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Abstract
COVID-19 is a SARS-related coronavirus infection that has been around since 2003. China recorded the first human case of the disease in December of 2019. COVID-19 may cause a wide range of symptoms (fever , sore throat, loss of taste and smell, shortness of breath, dry cough, muscle aches and pains,). The air or human touch are both viable transmission routes for COVID-19. Population vaccination or spontaneous infection, along with strict hand-washing, mask use, and social isolation, are all effective methods for preventing the spread of COVID-19. Preventing the spread of COVID-19 by mass immunisation has shown to be an effective method. When it comes to the spread of the pandemic, healthcare workers (HCWs) are most vulnerable because of their close contact with patients in COVID-19-designated care locations. Not only that, but these HCWs may also spread disease to the people closest to them, including their own families and patients. Health care workers (HCWs) may serve as positive examples by being vaccinated themselves against COVID-19 and spreading the word to others about the need of doing the same. It’s crucial to take into account the vaccination’s acceptance, knowledge, awareness, and attitudes among healthcare professionals.
This research set out to determine whether or not health care workers in El-Edwa central hospital were aware of COVID-19 vaccination, how they felt about it, whether or not they had been vaccinated against it, what kinds of barriers prevented them from getting vaccinated, and what effect getting vaccinated against COVID-19 had on their lives.
The majority of healthcare workers (91%) agreed that they should practise hand cleanliness after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, and 85% said they would keep social distance after receiving the vaccine. After receiving the COVID-19 vaccination, 80% of HCWs reported changing their minds about not wearing face masks outside of the hospital. Sixty percent were unsure whether or not vaccinations were safe. Of those who took part in the trial, over half (46%) were concerned about side effects, and nearly a third (28.7%) believed that natural immunity lasted longer than COVID-19 vaccination. About forty-one percent of those who were vaccinated against COVID-19 expressed concern about potential long-term negative effects.
This research also indicated that 88% of HCWs had received the COVID-19 immunisation. Among those who received the vaccine, almost 72% were college degrees or above. Seventy-eight percent of the research participants who were not vaccinated against COVID-19 were females, whereas only 22.2% of the study participants who were not vaccinated were men, suggesting a gender preference for vaccination. A whopping 64% of research participants who weren’t vaccinated didn’t get the shot because they were afraid of the vaccine’s negative effects, making this worry the most frequently cited reason for vaccination rejection. One-quarter of those who took part in the research were sceptical about the vaccine’s effectiveness. Almost all of the study’s unvaccinated participants had faith in their own immune systems and expected to be protected.
Concerns about vaccine safety and differing opinions on the vaccine’s potential to provide complete protection against COVID-19 infection were strong independent predictors of vaccination adoption.
Researchers found that HCWs’ knowledge and attitude scores improved considerably as their educational levels did.
The knowledge score was affected primarily by the participants’ attitudes, then their jobs, their education, and finally their age. Attitude was most heavily influenced by knowledge score, then by profession, and finally by age.