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. 2021 Nov 24;9(12):1385.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9121385.

Impact of Anxiety on Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Polish Nursing Undergraduate Students: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Joanna Gotlib  1 , Mariusz Jaworski  1 , Dominik Wawrzuta  1 , Tomasz Sobierajski  2 , Mariusz Panczyk  1
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Impact of Anxiety on Readiness for COVID-19 Vaccination among Polish Nursing Undergraduate Students: Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study

Joanna Gotlib et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the mental health of people around the world, and it increased the level of fear of infection and anxiety about the consequences of the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We examined the relationship between the level of anxiety among nursing students and their knowledge about COVID-19 vaccination. In addition, we explored the correlations among the level of anxiety, knowledge about vaccination, and the willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19. A total of 790 undergraduate nursing students participated in the study. The results demonstrated that the level of anxiety among the surveyed nursing students was low; 40% of the study participants did not report any anxiety at all, 30% reported mild anxiety, 20% reported moderate anxiety, and 9% reported severe anxiety. At the time of the study, 77.2% of the participants were already vaccinated against COVID-19. Student knowledge about vaccination against COVID-19 was high and anxiety levels were low, with no direct correlation between the knowledge of vaccination and the severity of anxiety.

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; GAD-7; anxiety; knowledge; undergraduate nursing students.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Distribution of GAD-7 scoring (N = 790).
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