COVID-19 vaccination: Knowledge and perception of beneficiaries at a tertiary care center in Haryana, India
Introduction COVID-19 is an infectious and contagious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Despite the availability of vaccines, there were reports of vaccine hesitancy among people, including healthcare workers. The study aims to assess the level of knowledge about vaccines available...
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| Language: | English |
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Makhdoomi Printers
2025-02-01
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| Series: | Global Journal of Medicine and Public Health |
| Online Access: | https://nicpd.ac.in/ojs-/index.php/gjmedph/article/view/4119 |
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| Summary: | Introduction
COVID-19 is an infectious and contagious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Despite the availability of vaccines,
there were reports of vaccine hesitancy among people, including healthcare workers. The study aims to assess the level of
knowledge about vaccines available in India, the perception of people towards COVID-19 vaccine and the experiences of
people who took the vaccine.
Methods
The study was carried out over a period of four months from 15th July 2021 to 15th November 2021. The sample size taken
was 500. It was an institution-based cross-sectional, non-interventional study carried out among the people visiting the
COVID-19 vaccination centre. The data collected using self-administered questionnaire was analysed using descriptive
statistics and nonparametric statistics in SPSS version 29.
Results
It was observed that only 6.3% (30) participants had adequate knowledge about COVID-19 vaccination, and the majority
(58.1%, 271) participants had poor knowledge. More than 60% of participants (61.6%, 294) reported having hesitancy to
take up the COVID-19 vaccination. Besides hesitancy, many factors like access to vaccines, protection from COVID-19
disease, fear of increasing COVID-19 cases and deaths etc. were the facilitating factors reported by participants for
COVID-19 vaccination uptake
Conclusion
More than half (61.6%) of the participants reported hesitancy towards uptake of vaccination owing to various side effects.
However, people also believed that vaccination could prevent the disease, and its free availability facilitated people to get
vaccinated. Various barriers leading to vaccine hesitancy and facilitators for a vaccination program should be identified
and addressed for the successful implementation of the program.
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| ISSN: | 2277-9604 |