Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Teaching Hospital of Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Nahda University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
J Med Virol. 2021 Dec;93(12):6535-6543. doi: 10.1002/jmv.27199. Epub 2021 Jul 20.
Measurement of the population's general knowledge of the coronavirus vaccine is very important to improve public acceptance and decrease vaccine hesitancy in confronting the disease. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of the participants towards the coronavirus vaccine. Data were collected using an online survey, in the form of a structured questionnaire, conducted during April-May 2021 in Egypt, and subjects from all over Egypt participated. The questionnaire was divided into three parts to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding coronavirus. The first part was to assess participants' experience about coronavirus infection (eight items), the second was to assess the health beliefs about coronavirus and vaccine (16 items) and the third was to assess general knowledge, attitude, and practices of the participants towards vaccine (28 items). A total of 871 (465 females) participants participated, 81% of them were still committed to the precautionary measures for protection. Eighty-eight percent of them accepted to take the vaccine. Eighty-three percent of the participants answered that they will encourage family, friends, and colleagues to get the vaccine. Ninety-four percent knew that the coronavirus vaccine provides immunity against infection for a period of 6-12 months. 91.9% believed that the current infection with coronavirus is one of the main contraindications to vaccination. Eighty-nine percent believed that both pregnant women and chronic disease patients can get vaccinated and also that there is no specific age for a specific type of vaccination. Ninety-four percent of them knew that subjects taking immunosuppressive drugs should be prescribed Sinopharm, not AstraZeneca vaccine. The median score of this survey was 20/22 regarding knowledge about the coronavirus vaccine. Overall, the study participants had good knowledge about the coronavirus vaccine and accepted to take the vaccine, which indicates the highly commendable efforts to confront the coronavirus.
测量公众对冠状病毒疫苗的一般了解程度对于提高公众接受度和减少面对疾病时的疫苗犹豫非常重要。本研究旨在评估参与者对冠状病毒疫苗的知识、态度和实践。数据通过 2021 年 4 月至 5 月在埃及进行的在线调查收集，以结构化问卷的形式进行，来自埃及各地的参与者参加了调查。问卷分为三部分，以评估对冠状病毒的知识和态度。第一部分评估参与者对冠状病毒感染的经验（八项），第二部分评估对冠状病毒和疫苗的健康信念（十六项），第三部分评估参与者对疫苗的一般知识、态度和实践（二十八项）。共有 871 名（465 名女性）参与者参加，其中 81%的人仍坚持预防措施以进行保护。88%的人表示愿意接种疫苗。83%的参与者表示他们将鼓励家人、朋友和同事接种疫苗。94%的人知道冠状病毒疫苗提供 6-12 个月的感染免疫力。91.9%的人认为目前感染冠状病毒是接种疫苗的主要禁忌症之一。89%的人认为孕妇和慢性病患者都可以接种疫苗，而且也没有特定的年龄适合特定类型的疫苗。他们中有 94%的人知道服用免疫抑制药物的人应开中化疫苗，而不是阿斯利康疫苗。该调查的中位数得分为 20/22，即关于冠状病毒疫苗的知识。总的来说，研究参与者对冠状病毒疫苗有很好的了解并愿意接种疫苗，这表明他们在对抗冠状病毒方面做出了非常值得称赞的努力。
