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Knowledge and willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: a survey from Anhui Province, China

OBJECTIVES: Vaccinations can prevent COVID-19 and control its spread quickly and efficiently. This study aimed to investigate knowledge and willingness of geriatric care facility staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and to provide a basis for the government to promote the COVID-19 vaccine and guide...

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Autores principales: Li, Huoba, Cheng, Lulu, Tao, Juan, Chen, Deyu, Zeng, Chenchen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8993089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35130110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2024064
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Cheng, Lulu
Tao, Juan
Chen, Deyu
Zeng, Chenchen
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Cheng, Lulu
Tao, Juan
Chen, Deyu
Zeng, Chenchen
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description OBJECTIVES: Vaccinations can prevent COVID-19 and control its spread quickly and efficiently. This study aimed to investigate knowledge and willingness of geriatric care facility staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and to provide a basis for the government to promote the COVID-19 vaccine and guide people to get vaccinated. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. METHODS: Data on characteristics of the participants, knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine, and willingness to get vaccinated for COVID-19 were collected through an online survey from May 19 to June 18, 2021. Statistical analyses were conducted with ANOVA, chi-square, logistic regression. RESULTS: The survey illustrated that the highest score of COVID-19 vaccine knowledge was 50, the lowest 20, and the average 44.22. It also demonstrated that 91.3% of the participants had a good knowledge of COVID-19 vaccine, and that 97.3% participants were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The results showed that geriatric care facility staff had varied level of the COVID-19 vaccine knowledge depending upon their age, educational background, and other factors, and correspondingly, their willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine was affected by their knowledge level of COVID-19 vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: In general, the participants, the staff of geriatric care facilities in Anhui Province, had good mastery of the COVID-19 vaccine, and they were willing to get vaccinated. However, there still existed a few participants with poor knowledge, who were unwilling to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Government can guide people to accept vaccination by enhancing publicity about the effects and adverse reactions of COVID-19 vaccines.
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spelling pubmed-89930892022-04-09 Knowledge and willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: a survey from Anhui Province, China Li, Huoba Cheng, Lulu Tao, Juan Chen, Deyu Zeng, Chenchen Hum Vaccin Immunother Coronavirus – Research Paper OBJECTIVES: Vaccinations can prevent COVID-19 and control its spread quickly and efficiently. This study aimed to investigate knowledge and willingness of geriatric care facility staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, and to provide a basis for the government to promote the COVID-19 vaccine and guide people to get vaccinated. STUDY DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. METHODS: Data on characteristics of the participants, knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine, and willingness to get vaccinated for COVID-19 were collected through an online survey from May 19 to June 18, 2021. Statistical analyses were conducted with ANOVA, chi-square, logistic regression. RESULTS: The survey illustrated that the highest score of COVID-19 vaccine knowledge was 50, the lowest 20, and the average 44.22. It also demonstrated that 91.3% of the participants had a good knowledge of COVID-19 vaccine, and that 97.3% participants were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The results showed that geriatric care facility staff had varied level of the COVID-19 vaccine knowledge depending upon their age, educational background, and other factors, and correspondingly, their willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine was affected by their knowledge level of COVID-19 vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: In general, the participants, the staff of geriatric care facilities in Anhui Province, had good mastery of the COVID-19 vaccine, and they were willing to get vaccinated. However, there still existed a few participants with poor knowledge, who were unwilling to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Government can guide people to accept vaccination by enhancing publicity about the effects and adverse reactions of COVID-19 vaccines. Taylor & Francis 2022-02-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8993089/ /pubmed/35130110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2024064 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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Li, Huoba
Cheng, Lulu
Tao, Juan
Chen, Deyu
Zeng, Chenchen
Knowledge and willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: a survey from Anhui Province, China
title Knowledge and willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: a survey from Anhui Province, China
title_full Knowledge and willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: a survey from Anhui Province, China
title_fullStr Knowledge and willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: a survey from Anhui Province, China
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: a survey from Anhui Province, China
title_short Knowledge and willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine: a survey from Anhui Province, China
title_sort knowledge and willingness to receive a covid-19 vaccine: a survey from anhui province, china
topic Coronavirus – Research Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8993089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35130110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.2024064
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