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Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical and Non-medical Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina

OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to investigate students’ knowledge, attitudes and hesitancy regarding COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted among a total of 1282 medical students and 509 non-medical students at four public universities in Bosn...

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Autores principales: Softić, Adaleta, Omeragić, Elma, Kondža, Martin, Srabović, Nahida, Smajlović, Aida, Dautović, Esmeralda, Pajić, Nataša Bubić, Bego, Tamer, Gagić, Žarko, Brizić, Ivica, Račić, Anđelka, Bečić, Ervina, Pehlivanović, Belma, Šabić, Šejla, Suljagić, Edin, Hukić, Adnan, Pavlić, Daria, Lučić, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10316077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37326392
http://dx.doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.396
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author Softić, Adaleta
Omeragić, Elma
Kondža, Martin
Srabović, Nahida
Smajlović, Aida
Dautović, Esmeralda
Pajić, Nataša Bubić
Bego, Tamer
Gagić, Žarko
Brizić, Ivica
Račić, Anđelka
Bečić, Ervina
Pehlivanović, Belma
Šabić, Šejla
Suljagić, Edin
Hukić, Adnan
Pavlić, Daria
Lučić, Andrea
author_facet Softić, Adaleta
Omeragić, Elma
Kondža, Martin
Srabović, Nahida
Smajlović, Aida
Dautović, Esmeralda
Pajić, Nataša Bubić
Bego, Tamer
Gagić, Žarko
Brizić, Ivica
Račić, Anđelka
Bečić, Ervina
Pehlivanović, Belma
Šabić, Šejla
Suljagić, Edin
Hukić, Adnan
Pavlić, Daria
Lučić, Andrea
author_sort Softić, Adaleta
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description OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to investigate students’ knowledge, attitudes and hesitancy regarding COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted among a total of 1282 medical students and 509 non-medical students at four public universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Tuzla, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and Mostar. RESULTS. A significantly higher rate of vaccination was observed in the group of medical students as well as a higher level of knowledge about vaccination in general and vaccines against the COVID-19 disease. Students who received the COVID-19 vaccine had a higher level of knowledge about vaccination in general and COVID-19 vaccines in particular compared to the non-vaccinated students in the medical and non-medical groups, respectively. Furthermore, vaccinated students, regardless of the course they are taking, showed generally stronger positive attitudes compared to non-vaccinated students, regarding the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Both groups of students believe that the rapid development of the vaccine is contributing to refusal or hesitancy to receive a vaccine against COVID-19. Social media/networks were the main sources of information about the COVID-19 vaccine. We did not find any contribution of social media to the reduced level of COVID-19 vaccine coverage. CONCLUSION. Education of students about the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine will lead to its better acceptance as well as the development of more positive attitudes towards vaccination in general, especially having in mind that students are the future population of parents, who will make decisions about vaccinating their children.
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spelling pubmed-103160772023-07-04 Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical and Non-medical Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina Softić, Adaleta Omeragić, Elma Kondža, Martin Srabović, Nahida Smajlović, Aida Dautović, Esmeralda Pajić, Nataša Bubić Bego, Tamer Gagić, Žarko Brizić, Ivica Račić, Anđelka Bečić, Ervina Pehlivanović, Belma Šabić, Šejla Suljagić, Edin Hukić, Adnan Pavlić, Daria Lučić, Andrea Acta Med Acad Original Research Study OBJECTIVE. The aim of this study was to investigate students’ knowledge, attitudes and hesitancy regarding COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS. A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conducted among a total of 1282 medical students and 509 non-medical students at four public universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Tuzla, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, and Mostar. RESULTS. A significantly higher rate of vaccination was observed in the group of medical students as well as a higher level of knowledge about vaccination in general and vaccines against the COVID-19 disease. Students who received the COVID-19 vaccine had a higher level of knowledge about vaccination in general and COVID-19 vaccines in particular compared to the non-vaccinated students in the medical and non-medical groups, respectively. Furthermore, vaccinated students, regardless of the course they are taking, showed generally stronger positive attitudes compared to non-vaccinated students, regarding the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine. Both groups of students believe that the rapid development of the vaccine is contributing to refusal or hesitancy to receive a vaccine against COVID-19. Social media/networks were the main sources of information about the COVID-19 vaccine. We did not find any contribution of social media to the reduced level of COVID-19 vaccine coverage. CONCLUSION. Education of students about the benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine will lead to its better acceptance as well as the development of more positive attitudes towards vaccination in general, especially having in mind that students are the future population of parents, who will make decisions about vaccinating their children. Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10316077/ /pubmed/37326392 http://dx.doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.396 Text en Copyright © 2023 Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Research Study
Softić, Adaleta
Omeragić, Elma
Kondža, Martin
Srabović, Nahida
Smajlović, Aida
Dautović, Esmeralda
Pajić, Nataša Bubić
Bego, Tamer
Gagić, Žarko
Brizić, Ivica
Račić, Anđelka
Bečić, Ervina
Pehlivanović, Belma
Šabić, Šejla
Suljagić, Edin
Hukić, Adnan
Pavlić, Daria
Lučić, Andrea
Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical and Non-medical Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical and Non-medical Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical and Non-medical Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_fullStr Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical and Non-medical Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical and Non-medical Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_short Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Covid-19 Vaccination among Medical and Non-medical Students in Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort knowledge and attitudes regarding covid-19 vaccination among medical and non-medical students in bosnia and herzegovina
topic Original Research Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10316077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37326392
http://dx.doi.org/10.5644/ama2006-124.396
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