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Examining the knowledge and attitudes of hesitant nurses in injecting the covid-19 vaccine 2022
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Hanieh Ramzanejad   , Fateme Alhani * , Mitra Khoobi , Anoshirvan Kazemnejad |
| Tarbiat Modares University , alhani_f@modares.ac.ir |
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Introduction: To end the Covid-19 disease, a large part of the world must be immune to the virus. The safest way to achieve this is the use of a vaccine. Since the attitudes of health care workers influence the attitudes of the general public, it is essential to investigate the skepticism and misunderstanding about the Covid-19 vaccine for this group of health professionals; Therefore, the present study examines the knowledge and attitude of hesitant nurses in injecting the covid-19 vaccine.
method: The current research is a cross-sectional study that was conducted among nurses working in Babol hospitals in 1400-1401. The collection tools in this research included a demographic information questionnaire, validated researcher-made questionnaires to investigate the knowledge and attitude of hesitant nurses in injecting the covid-19 vaccine, the validity of which is through quantitative and qualitative face validity, CVR>0.62). (CVI>0.79), (IS>1.5) and its reliability was measured through Cronbach's alpha=0.713 and retest with ICC=0.969). 115 nurses were selected in a targeted way. After selecting the samples and completing the questionnaires, the data were analyzed using SPSS-26 software and chi-square, Fisher's exact and Will-Coxon tests.
Findings: First, in order to check the normal distribution of the samples, Smirnov's colmograph test was performed, according to which the data used were normal. The standard deviation and mean scores of nurses' knowledge about the injection of the covid-19 vaccine (18.400±3.572) indicated that necessary training should be done to improve the knowledge and change the attitude of the nurses towards the injection of the covid-19 vaccine.
conclusion: Acceptance of the vaccine by health care workers is important to prevent nosocomial transmission of the Covid-19 virus. The success of immunization programs and many studies have shown that the knowledge and attitudes of health care workers about vaccines determine the acceptance of vaccines by the general public. Health care workers play an important role in increasing vaccination coverage in the general population, and vaccine hesitancy among this subgroup may lead to lower vaccination rates in the population.
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| Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Nurses, Hesitancy, Covid Vaccine Injection |
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Type of Study: Community Health Nursing |
Subject:
nursing
Received: 2023/09/26 | Accepted: 2026/02/8 | Published: 2026/03/30
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