EXPLORATION OF FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE AC-CEPTANCE OF VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19 AMONG NURSES WORKING IN ICUS
Lemonia Papadopoulou, George Kipourgos, Eleni Albani, George Elesnitsalis, Chrysanthi Sotiriadou5, Anastasios Tzenalis
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Publication year:
2023
Authors:
- Papadopoulou Lemonia, Register Nurse, General Hospital “Agios Pavlos”, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Kipourgos George, RN, MSc, PhD©, Cardiac Care Unit, General University Hospital of Patras-All Holy Theotokos the Helper, Greece
- Albani Eleni, RN, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor Nursing Department. University of Patras, Greece
- Elesnitsalis George, RN, MSc, PhD, Head Nurse in ICU, General Hospital Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki Greece
- Sotiriadou5 Chrysanthi, RN, ΜΒΑ, PhD©, Nursing Department General Hospital Papageorgiou, Thessaloniki Greece
- Tzenalis Anastasios, RN, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor Nursing Department. University of Patras, Greece
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Pages: 190-205
Abstract:
Introduction: Nurses working in intensive care units (ICU) are vital pillars of health and their protection is an important factor in preparedness to deal with the pandemic. Vaccination is emerging as the most viable option to combat the virus, and nurses have been identified as a high-priority group to receive it. The purpose of this study was to explore the f.Material and Method: A quantitative cross-sectional survey was imple-mented with a sample of 107 nurses working in an ICU. Data collection was done using a questionnaire that was distributed online on social media applications. Statistical analysis followed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0.0.0 sta-tistical program. Results: Although all participants have been vaccinated, they consider that the risk of the virus contin-ues to concern them. Vaccination factors include the increase in infections and deaths, the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. They were less influenced by the vaccination of colleagues, by the family and friendly environment and hardly at all by religious ideals. Conclusions: The findings of this research could be used in the future to formulate relevant policies and interventions to achieve full vaccination coverage of nurses and to overcome any barriers that have been created.
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