Department of Nursing Management and Education, The University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania.
Nurs Open. 2024 May;11(5):e2171. doi: 10.1002/nop2.2171.
The study assessed the knowledge, attitude, intentional practice and individualized factors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adults in Tanzania.
Hospital-based analytical cross-sectional study.
Quantitative approaches were adopted to study 312 randomly selected adults using an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire. Descriptive analysis established frequencies and percentages of variables at a 95% confidence interval and a 5% significance level.
Mean age was 24.66 ± 6.503 of which 61.5% were males. 86.9% of them were not vaccinated. 57.7% of respondents had inadequate knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine, and 61.5% had negative attitudes towards it. 63.8% of adults demonstrated an unwillingness to be vaccinated. Participants' sociodemographic characteristics profiles were significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine knowledge, attitude and willingness to uptake it (p < 0.05). Findings highlight the need for large-scale interventions to address the low uptake vaccine. Adults' willingness to get a coronavirus vaccine was comparatively low. Sociodemographic profiles, knowledge and attitude were associated significantly with low uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among adults in Tanzania.
本研究评估了坦桑尼亚成年人对 COVID-19 疫苗接种的知识、态度、意向实践和个体化因素。
基于医院的分析性横断面研究。
采用定量方法,对 312 名随机选择的成年人使用访谈者管理的结构化问卷进行研究。描述性分析在 95%置信区间和 5%显著性水平上确定变量的频率和百分比。
平均年龄为 24.66±6.503,其中 61.5%为男性。他们中 86.9%没有接种疫苗。57.7%的受访者对 COVID-19 疫苗的知识不足,61.5%对其持否定态度。63.8%的成年人表示不愿意接种疫苗。参与者的社会人口统计学特征与 COVID-19 疫苗知识、态度和接种意愿显著相关(p<0.05)。研究结果强调需要大规模干预措施来解决疫苗接种率低的问题。成年人对接种冠状病毒疫苗的意愿相对较低。社会人口统计学特征、知识和态度与坦桑尼亚成年人 COVID-19 疫苗接种率低显著相关。