| Literature DB >> 34856866 |
Akgün Yeşiltepe1, Sinan Aslan2, Semra Bulbuloglu3.
Abstract
This study aims to investigate the perceived fear of COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy in nursing students. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional study with the participation of 1167 nursing students. Personal Information Form, Vaccine Hesitancy Scale and Fear of COVID-19 Scale were used for data collection. The reasons for the vaccine hesitancy of the students were listed as follows: 57.6% of them stated that it had side effects, 17.7% stated there was no conclusive evidence that the vaccine was effective, and 12.6% stated it was not reliable. A positive correlation was found between fear of COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy.Entities:
Keywords: Fear of COVID-19; nursing students; vaccine hesitancy
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34856866 PMCID: PMC8903959 DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2021.2000817
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Vaccin Immunother ISSN: 2164-5515 Impact factor: 3.452