Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Influencing Factors among Research Assistant Physicians and SixthYear Medical Students at a Faculty of Medicine

Merve Balcı; Kamile Marakoğlu; Duygu İlke Yıldırım; Muslu Kazım Körez

Makale detayları

Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Influencing Factors among Research Assistant Physicians and SixthYear Medical Students at a Faculty of Medicine

Yazarlar:

Merve Balcı | Kamile Marakoğlu | Duygu İlke Yıldırım | Muslu Kazım Körez

Yayıncı:

Duzce University

Ana Başlıklar:

Health Services and Systems (Other)

Dergi:

Konuralp Medical Journal Vol.17 Issue 1, pp.52-59

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001344304

pISSN:

1309-3878

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Özet:

 Objective: Ensuring high vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers is crucial in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the COVID-19 vaccination status of research assistant doctors and term VI medical faculty students and explore the factors affecting their vaccination decisions. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 501 participants consisting of 149 semester VI medical students and 352 research assistant doctors at a medical faculty between May 2021 and June 2021. Research data was collected using a 47-question survey completed face-to-face or online. Results: Of the participants, 88.2 reported having received a double-dose COVID-19 vaccination. The most frequent reason for being vaccinated against COVID-19 was acquiring immunity against the disease. Upon examining the participants reasons for not being vaccinated against COVID-19, it was determined that the most common reason was a lack of sufficient data concerning the efficacy and safety of vaccines. Conclusion: The participants vaccine acceptance was affected by various factors, such as gender, marital status, flu vaccination status, history of adverse reactions to other vaccines, history of COVID-19 infection, fear of transmitting COVID-19 infection to their family, and whether they would recommend COVID-19 vaccination to their family, friends, and patients. It may be useful to consider these factors affecting vaccine acceptance and rejection when developing vaccination campaigns.

 Objective: Ensuring high vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers is crucial in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the COVID-19 vaccination status of research assistant doctors and term VI medical faculty students and explore the factors affecting their vaccination decisions. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 501 participants consisting of 149 semester VI medical students and 352 research assistant doctors at a medical faculty between May 2021 and June 2021. Research data was collected using a 47-question survey completed face-to-face or online. Results: Of the participants, 88.2 reported having received a double-dose COVID-19 vaccination. The most frequent reason for being vaccinated against COVID-19 was acquiring immunity against the disease. Upon examining the participants reasons for not being vaccinated against COVID-19, it was determined that the most common reason was a lack of sufficient data concerning the efficacy and safety of vaccines. Conclusion: The participants vaccine acceptance was affected by various factors, such as gender, marital status, flu vaccination status, history of adverse reactions to other vaccines, history of COVID-19 infection, fear of transmitting COVID-19 infection to their family, and whether they would recommend COVID-19 vaccination to their family, friends, and patients. It may be useful to consider these factors affecting vaccine acceptance and rejection when developing vaccination campaigns.

 Objective: Ensuring high vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers is crucial in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to evaluate the COVID-19 vaccination status of research assistant doctors and term VI medical faculty students and explore the factors affecting their vaccination decisions. Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted with 501 participants consisting of 149 semester VI medical students and 352 research assistant doctors at a medical faculty between May 2021 and June 2021. Research data was collected using a 47-question survey completed face-to-face or online. Results: Of the participants, 88.2 reported having received a double-dose COVID-19 vaccination. The most frequent reason for being vaccinated against COVID-19 was acquiring immunity against the disease. Upon examining the participants reasons for not being vaccinated against COVID-19, it was determined that the most common reason was a lack of sufficient data concerning the efficacy and safety of vaccines. Conclusion: The participants vaccine acceptance was affected by various factors, such as gender, marital status, flu vaccination status, history of adverse reactions to other vaccines, history of COVID-19 infection, fear of transmitting COVID-19 infection to their family, and whether they would recommend COVID-19 vaccination to their family, friends, and patients. It may be useful to consider these factors affecting vaccine acceptance and rejection when developing vaccination campaigns.

 Amaç: COVID-19 pandemisi ile mücadelede sağlık çalışanlarının aşı kabulünün yüksek olması önem arz etmektedir. Yapılan bu çalışmada tıp fakültesi dönem VI öğrencilerinin ve araştırma görevlisi tıp doktorlarının COVID-19 aşı durumlarının değerlendirilmesi ve aşı kararlarını etkileyen faktörlerin araştırılması amaçlandı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bir tıp fakültesinde Mayıs 2021 - Haziran 2021 tarihleri arasında yapılan bu çalışma tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel tipte olup; 352si araştırma görevlisi tıp doktoru ve 149u dönem VI tıp fakültesi öğrencisi olmak üzere toplam 501 katılımcıyla gerçekleştirildi. Çevrim içi ya da yüz yüze 47 soruluk anket formu ile araştırma verileri elde edildi. Bulgular: Çift doz COVID-19 aşısı yaptıranlar katılımcıların 88,2sini oluşturmaktadır. COVID-19 aşısı yaptıran katılımcıların belirttiği en sık aşı yaptırma nedeni hastalığa karşı bağışıklık kazanmaktı. Katılımcılardan COVID-19 aşısı yaptırmayanların en sık öne sürdüğü neden aşının güvenliği ve etkinliği açısından verilerin yeterli olmaması idi. Sonuç: COVID-19 geçirme öyküsü, grip aşısı yaptırma durumu, medeni durum, cinsiyet, aileye COVID-19 bulaştırmaktan korkma, geçmişte aşılamada yan etki görülmüş olması, COVID-19 aşısını hastalarına, aileye ve arkadaşlarına tavsiye etme gibi çeşitli faktörlerin aşı kabulünü etkilediği sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Aşılama kampanyalarında aşı reddi ve kabulüne etki eden bu faktörlerin dikkate alınması faydalı olabilir.

Makale detayları

Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Influencing Factors among Research Assistant Physicians and SixthYear Medical Students at a Faculty of Medicine

Yazarlar:

Merve Balcı | Kamile Marakoğlu | Duygu İlke Yıldırım | Muslu Kazım Körez

Yayıncı:

Duzce University

Ana Başlıklar:

Health Services and Systems (Other)

Dergi:

Konuralp Medical Journal Vol.17 Issue 1, pp.52-59

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001344304

pISSN:

1309-3878

COVID-19

Vaccination

Healthcare WorkersCOVID-19

Aşılama

Sağlık Çalışanları

Sayı

Makale detayları

Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Influencing Factors among Research Assistant Physicians and SixthYear Medical Students at a Faculty of Medicine

Yazarlar: Merve Balcı | Kamile Marakoğlu | Duygu İlke Yıldırım | Muslu Kazım Körez

Yayıncı: Duzce University

Ana Başlıklar: Health Services and Systems (Other)

Dergi: Konuralp Medical Journal Vol.17 Issue 1, pp.52-59

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2025

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001344304

pISSN: 1309-3878

COVID-19

Vaccination

Healthcare WorkersCOVID-19

Aşılama

Sağlık Çalışanları

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Merve Balcı | Kamile Marakoğlu | Duygu İlke Yıldırım | Muslu Kazım Körez

Yayıncı:

Duzce University

Ana Başlıklar:

Health Services and Systems (Other)

Dergi:

Konuralp Medical Journal Vol.17 Issue 1, pp.52-59

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2025

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001344304

pISSN:

1309-3878