The Attitude towards Vaccination of Health Sciences Students at a Spanish University Improved over the First 18 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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dc.contributor.authorPérez Rivas, Francisco Javier
dc.contributor.authorGallego Lastra, Ramón del
dc.contributor.authorMarques-Vieira, Cristina Maria Alves
dc.contributor.authorLópez López, Candelas
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez Fernández, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorRico Blázquez, Milagros
dc.contributor.authorAjejas Bazán, María Julia
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-22T10:50:13Z
dc.date.available2023-06-22T10:50:13Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-03
dc.description.abstractIt is important to know the attitudes of students of health sciences (SHSs) towards vaccination since they will be tomorrow’s health professionals. Vaccination is a powerful tool in the fight against COVID-19. The aim of the present, cross-sectional study was to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the attitude of SHSs towards vaccination. Data were collected in the form of a questionnaire from all students of nursing, physiotherapy and chiropody matriculated at a Madrid University for the academic year 2019/2020 (i.e., before the start of the pandemic [Q1]), and from all those matriculated for the year 2021/22 (i.e., c18 months after the pandemic was declared [Q2]). A multivariate analysis was performed to identify the influence of sex, degree being studied, course year and the time of answering (Q1 or Q2), on the dimensions Beliefs, Behaviours and General Attitude. Overall, 1894 questionnaires were returned (934 [49.3%] for Q1, and 960 [50.7%] for Q2), of which 70.5% were completed by students of nursing, 14% by students of physiotherapy and 15.4% by those studying chiropody. In Q2, the results for all three dimensions were significantly better (p < 0.05). The most important influencing factors were being a student of nursing, being in the final years of training (years 3 or 4), female gender and answering at the time of Q2. The results obtained are encouraging since student nurses (who showed Q1 and Q2 General Attitude scores of 3.34 and 3.47 (maximum possible 4), respectively [p < 0.05]) are the health professionals of tomorrow most likely to be involved in vaccination programmes.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Enfermería
dc.description.facultyFac. de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (Ayudas Económicas a los Grupos de Investigación UCM)
dc.description.statuspub
dc.eprint.idhttps://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/73383
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/vaccines10020237
dc.identifier.issn2076-393X
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10020237
dc.identifier.relatedurlhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/2/237/htm
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71755
dc.issue.number2
dc.journal.titleVaccines
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.initial237
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.projectIDG/6400100/3000
dc.rightsAtribución 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.subject.keywordattitudes
dc.subject.keywordbeliefs
dc.subject.keywordhealth occupations
dc.subject.keywordCOVID-19
dc.subject.keywordstudents
dc.subject.keywordvaccination
dc.subject.ucmInmunología
dc.subject.ucmSalud pública (Medicina)
dc.subject.unesco2412 Inmunología
dc.subject.unesco3212 Salud Pública
dc.titleThe Attitude towards Vaccination of Health Sciences Students at a Spanish University Improved over the First 18 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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dc.volume.number10
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