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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COVID-19 PERCEIVED RISK AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS COVID-19 VACCINATION IN HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS: AN EXAMPLE OF EASTERN TURKEY
Tugce Sonmez
; Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tarsus University, Mersin, Turkey
Suheyla Yarah
; Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey
Gulcan Bahcecioglu Turan
; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey
Sažetak
Bacground: This study aimed to examine the relationship between COVID-19 perceived risk and attitudes towards COVID-19
vaccination in healthcare professionals.
Subjects and methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study included a total of 580 healthcare professionals.
Results: The healthcare professionals COVID-19 Perceived Risk Scale (CPRS) and Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccine Scale
(ATV-COVID-19) mean scores were 31.36+5.16 and 3.00+5.16 and 3.00+0.61, respectively. A statistically significant negative correlation was
found between their CPRS and ATV-COVID-19 mean scores.
Conclusions: The healthcare professionals had a high COVID-19 perceived risk and moderately positive attitudes towards
COVID-19 vaccine.
Ključne riječi
COVID-19; attitudes towards vaccination; healthcare professionals; perceived risk
Hrčak ID:
267271
URI
Datum izdavanja:
4.10.2021.
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