Diş Hekimlerinin COVID-19 Aşısı Olma İstekliliğinin Araştırılması

Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate the willingness and hesitancy of COVID-19 vaccine among dentists.Materials and Methods: The questionnaire forms prepared for this cross-sectional study were converted into an online questionnaire and sent to dentists. The answers of the dentists who could be reached by this method in Turkey and volunteered to participate in the research were analyzed. Statistical analysis was performed using Chi-Square Test, Kruskall Wallis test and multinomial regression analysis. Statistical significance was determined as p<0.05.Results: A total of 290 dentists participated in the survey. 91.7% of the respondents whose marital status is single agree to be vaccinated, while 2.1% are undecided and 6.2% refuse to be vaccinated. 33.4% of non-working participants agreed to be vaccinated, while 66.7% were undecided. (p<0.05) There is a positive relationship between the participants' having additional income and their acceptance of the vaccine.Conclusions: Our study showed that the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among Turkish dentists is high level. Knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccine should be strengthened to further increase vaccine acceptance rates. Dentists' high acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine is expected to have a positive impact on population acceptance.