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Knowledge and Attitude Towards COVID-19 Vaccination Among Urban Population

Swapan Deep Dhanopia, Mansi Parekh, Dixita Parmar, Krupali Parmar, Rupal Parmar, Mansi Patel, Urvi Patel, Ankita Prajapati, Mona Prajapati, Vaibhav Prajapati, Krupali Rabari, Shilpa Thakor, Jonty Vankar

Abstract


COVID-19, short for Coronavirus Disease 2019, is a rapidly spreading global pandemic caused by a novel human coronavirus initially named 2019-nCov and now known as SARS-CoV-2. This outbreak was first identified in December 2019 when patients in Wuhan, China, displayed symptoms of viral pneumonia. Our understanding of COVID-19 vaccines is currently limited, and it is expected that people's perspectives and attitudes toward these vaccines will vary widely among and within countries. These variations will depend on factors such as demographics, educational backgrounds, and overall knowledge about COVID-19 and the available vaccines. Our research employed a quantitative approach with a cross-sectional design, utilizing convenient non-probability sampling techniques to collect data from 200 participants who met the inclusion criteria. The tool was divided in to three sections. The first section contained demographic variable. The second part comprised a set of 10 multiple-choice questions aimed at evaluating individuals' understanding of COVID-19 vaccination. The third section contained five-point Likert scale for assessing the attitude regarding COVID-19 vaccination. The data were examined and assessed in alignment with the study's objectives. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to analyze the data. Descriptive statistics were used for frequency and percentage while inferential statistics used to test hypothesis at p< 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that 60% urban people having average knowledge regarding COVID-19 vaccination and 99% people having positive attitude towards it. Hence, Awareness programs can be conducted to improve the knowledge of urban people regarding COVID-19 vaccination.

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Knowledge, Attitude, COVID-19 vaccination, Urban Population.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37591/rrjomst.v12i3.3270

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