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. 2021 Apr;75(4):e13891.
doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13891. Epub 2020 Dec 19.

While studies on COVID-19 vaccine is ongoing, the public's thoughts and attitudes to the future COVID-19 vaccine

Büşra Akarsu  1 , Dilara Canbay Özdemir  1 , Duygu Ayhan Baser  1 , Hilal Aksoy  1 , İzzet Fidancı  1 , Mustafa Cankurtaran  2
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While studies on COVID-19 vaccine is ongoing, the public's thoughts and attitudes to the future COVID-19 vaccine

Büşra Akarsu et al. Int J Clin Pract. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: In this study, we aim to investigate the thoughts and attitudes of individuals towards the future COVID-19 vaccine.

Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on the web between 10/06/2020 and 10/07/2020. The sample constitutes all individuals above 18 years of age using social media and smartphone. The e-survey form was shared by the researchers via the web for a month, and those who completed the survey were included in the study and formed the sample of the research.

Results: Seven-hundred and fifty-nine people participated. 49.7% of the participants stated to be vaccinated; 38.4% of them stated to be vaccinated their children against COVID-19; if the vaccine for COVID-19 is developed. The request for the COVID-19 vaccine had relationship with gender, occupation, health insurance, anxiety level, having children and willing to get vaccinated for their children. "Afraid of the side effects of vaccine", "don't think it can be reliable as it will be a new vaccine" and "COVID-19 infection is a biological weapon and the vaccine will serve those who produce this virus" were the most common reasons for rejection of vaccine.

Conclusion: In our study, afraid of the side effects of vaccine and not thinking it can be reliable as it will be a new vaccine are the most reasons of indecision and rejection about COVID 19 vaccine. In order for the future COVID 19 vaccination campaign to not fail, media, politicians and healthcare professionals should closely follow the vaccination development processes, inform the public transparently and consider public's concerns.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no conflict of interest concerning the research, authorship or publication of this article.

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Vaccination requests of participants against COVID‐19
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Vaccination requests of participants for their children against COVID‐19
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