Identifying Healthcare Professionals' Fear of COVID-19 and Their
Attitudes towards Being Vaccinated
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.