Upadhyay Meenakshi, Mahajan Ankit, Subudhi Santosh K, Aggarwal Mohina, Pawar Madhura, Shekhar Guna
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Saraswati Dental College and Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Dentistry, Government Medical College and Hospital, Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir (U.T.), India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2025 May;14(5):2031-2036. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1753_24. Epub 2025 May 31.
The availability of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has met with reports of variations in knowledge concerning it, awareness as well as precipitation of the same in health professionals as well as the common public.
This study aimed to evaluate knowledge, acceptance, and precipitation of COVID-19 vaccination among dental students as well as practitioners in India.
This cross-sectional and observational questionnaire-based survey was conducted on 100 Dentistry students and 100 Dental practitioners. Inclusion criteria were a) age equal or above 18 years, b) individuals with familiarity with internet usage and social media sites; c) English language proficiency, and d) Voluntary participation. Exclusion criteria were a) students of other professional courses; b) other health-care professionals; c) no willingness to participate and d) Non-responsive subjects.
Responses obtained were statistically evaluated by SPSS software Version 21.0. Descriptive statistical analysis was performed for frequency, percentages, mean, and standard deviation computation. Pearson's 'Chi-Square' and Fisher's Exact Tests were used for the level of significance ( < 0.05).
All subjects had the knowledge and were aware of vaccination. However, there were a few misconceptions regarding the vaccine constitution. Precipitation (acceptance) was high in this study.
A larger and wider sample distribution must be examined for a full understanding of the mindset of the targeted population.
针对严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）的疫苗问世后，有报道称，卫生专业人员和普通公众对其的了解、认知以及接种情况存在差异。
本研究旨在评估印度牙科学生和从业者对2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）疫苗的了解、接受程度和接种情况。
本横断面观察性问卷调查针对100名牙科学生和100名牙科从业者开展。纳入标准为：a）年龄等于或高于18岁；b）熟悉互联网使用和社交媒体网站的个人；c）具备英语语言能力；d）自愿参与。排除标准为：a）其他专业课程的学生；b）其他卫生保健专业人员；c）不愿意参与；d）无回应的受试者。
通过SPSS 21.0软件对获得的回复进行统计学评估。进行描述性统计分析以计算频率、百分比、均值和标准差。采用Pearson卡方检验和Fisher精确检验确定显著性水平（<0.05）。
所有受试者都了解并知晓疫苗接种情况。然而，对于疫苗成分存在一些误解。本研究中接种率（接受度）较高。
为全面了解目标人群的心态，必须对更大范围、更广泛的样本分布进行研究。
