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The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccines and vaccination-related beliefs in Türkiye: A cross-sectional study

Muammer Yılmaz(1), Adem Durmaz(2), İnci Arıkan(3),


(1) Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Türkiye
(2) Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Türkiye
(3) Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Kütahya Health Sciences University, Kütahya, Türkiye
Corresponding Author

Abstract


It was aimed to determine the beliefs and opinions of the people participating in our research about vaccination and to assess whether the COVID-19 pandemic process affected their belief and opinion about vaccination, and if so, in which direction. This descriptive cross-sectional study conducted a Family Health Centre in Kütahya. In this study, a questionnaire form were used to determine opinions about vaccination practices. Of the 377 people participants, 184 (48.8%) were male and 193 (51.2%) were female. While 313 (83%) of the participants were positive, 10 (2.7%) had negative opinions about vaccines and 54 (14.3%) were undecided. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the opinion of 27.3% (n:103) of the participants about vaccination has changed compared to before. It was found that 64 (63.1%) of 103 people who had a change in their opinion of vaccination had a positive change. According to our work, the risks posed by the pandemic have caused positive changes in overall vaccination opinion of the participants.

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