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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance, Trust in Vaccine, Anxiety Levels, and Related Factors in Turkish Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2023

Merve Aydın ,
Nurşen Kulakaç Open the ORCID record for Nurşen Kulakaç [Opens in a new window]  and
Ceyda Uzun Şahin
Merve Aydın
Affiliation:
Karadeniz Technical University, Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Trabzon, Turkey
Nurşen Kulakaç*
Affiliation:
Gümüşhane University, Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Gümüşhane, Turkey
Ceyda Uzun Şahin
Affiliation:
Ceyda Uzun Şahin, Department of Vocational School of Health Services, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Rize, Turkey
*
Corresponding author: Nurşen Kulakaç; Email: nrsnklkc@gmail.com.
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Abstract

Background:

Vaccine acceptance and trust in vaccines pose a complex process affected by many factors. The present study was conducted to determine coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine acceptance, trust in vaccines, anxiety levels, and related factors in Turkish society.

Methods:

The data of this cross-sectional and descriptive-correlational study were collected with the snowball method by using an online questionnaire throughout Turkey. The study was conducted between March 15 and April 3, 2021, with 3148 participants from 7 regions and 81 cities in Turkey.

Results:

It was found that the participants accepted the vaccine at 72.8%, and the trust rate in the vaccine was 66.0%. It was also found that women, single participants, those who had immune system diseases, and with COVID-19 had higher Coronavirus Anxiety Scale scores at significant levels. According to Logistic Regression Analysis, gender, age, trust in the vaccine, perception of risk levels regarding COVID-19, and coronavirus anxiety levels are factors affecting the intentions of participants to accept/reject the vaccine. It was determined that male participants were more likely to accept the coronavirus vaccine (P = 0.028). It was found that health-care employees had higher trust in the coronavirus vaccine (P = 0.006) and acceptance rates (P = 0.010) at significant levels compared with the general population.

Conclusion:

The COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate in Turkish society was found to be high, and the level of trust in vaccines and anxiety levels were above the moderate level.

Keywords

COVID-19 vaccine acceptancevaccine rejectiontrust in the vaccineanxiety levelTurkey
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 17 , 2023 , e476
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health

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