ABSTRACT
Objective: This study was conducted to determine healthcare
professionals’ fear of COVID-19 in and their attitudes towards being
vaccinated against COVID-19.
Method: The sample of this descriptive study was composed of
302 healthcare professionals working in a university research and
training hospital. The data were collected with the help of an online
survey method created with the help of Google Forms using the “Form for
Determining Healthcare Professionals’ Attitudes towards Being
Vaccinated” and “The Fear of COVID-19 Scale” between December 28,
2020 and January 13, 2021.
Results: The mean total Fear of COVID-19 Scale score of the
healthcare professionals participating in the study was found to be
17.20 ± 6.015. A significant relationship was found between the Fear of
COVID-19 Scale total score and participating healthcare professionals’
gender, status of education, status of flu vaccination and status of
being diagnosed with COVID-19 (p <0.005).
Conclusion: According to research results, it was found that
healthcare professionals experienced moderate fear, almost half of them
were undecided about the COVID-19 vaccine, their thoughts about
vaccination were positive and they were mostly concerned about the side
effects of the vaccine.
Keywords: COVID-19, Vaccine, Healthcare Professional