RT Journal Article
T1 The Attitude towards Vaccination of Health Sciences Students at a Spanish University Improved over the First 18 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic
A1 Pérez Rivas, Francisco Javier
A1 Gallego Lastra, Ramón Del
A1 Marques-Vieira, Cristina Maria Alves
A1 López López, Candelas
A1 Domínguez Fernández, Silvia
A1 Rico Blázquez, Milagros
A1 Ajejas Bazán, María Julia
AB It 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.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-393X
YR 2022
FD 2022-02-03
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71755
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71755
LA eng
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Ayudas Económicas a los Grupos de Investigación UCM)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 30 sept 2024