Perspectives of medical sciences students regarding COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study.

Publication date: Feb 01, 2025

The perspectives of medical sciences students regarding COVID-19 vaccination are crucial as they are future healthcare providers who will influence public health outcomes and vaccination rates. The objective of this study was to investigate medical sciences students’ perspectives on vaccination and identify ways that these insights can be used to improve public health strategies. This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted at Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, between October 2021 and March 2022. A total of 722 students who were willing to participate in this study were included using convenience sampling. A 47-item researcher-made questionnaire consisting of two sections (sociodemographic characteristics and perspectives regarding COVID-19 vaccination) was designed and utilized for data collection. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software version 22 using descriptive and analytical statistics (One-sample t-test, Friedman test, and Chi-Square) at a significance level of P ≤ 0. 05. The mean scores for all questionnaire dimensions were significantly higher than the average value of 3. 5 (p 

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Concepts Keywords
Future Adult
Iran COVID-19
October COVID-19
Sociodemographic COVID-19 Vaccines
Vaccination COVID-19 Vaccines
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cross-sectional study
Female
Humans
Iran
Male
SARS-CoV-2
Students
Students, Medical
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vaccination
Vaccination
Vaccine
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
pathway REACTOME Reproduction
drug DRUGBANK Spinosad
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
disease MESH infection
disease MESH emergency
disease MESH education level
disease IDO history
disease MESH death
disease MESH chronic diseases
disease MESH infectious diseases
drug DRUGBANK Pentaerythritol tetranitrate
drug DRUGBANK Ademetionine
disease IDO country
disease MESH vaccine preventable diseases
drug DRUGBANK Methylergometrine
drug DRUGBANK Trestolone
disease MESH privacy
drug DRUGBANK Minaprine

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