Response to COVID-19 vaccination: Psychological stress and intentions of nursing personnel in Taiwan.

Publication date: Dec 01, 2025

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has been officially declared over, the global community must remain prepared for future outbreaks. In this regard, understanding the factors associated with willingness to get vaccinated among healthcare workers – given their critical role in infection control – remains essential. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the factors associated with nursing personnel’s intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Using an online questionnaire survey from April to June 2022, 492 nurses (mean age = 34. 4 years, SD = 13. 4; 96. 7% females) from different settings (including inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory clinics) participated in the present study. With the use of SmartPLS 4. 0, the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) results showed that intention to get vaccinated was negatively associated with fear of COVID-19 (standardized coefficient = -0. 149; p 

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Concepts Keywords
June Adult
Pandemic autonomy
Taiwan COVID-19
Vaccinated COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccines
Cross-Sectional Studies
Fear
Fear of COVID-19
Female
healthcare providers
Humans
Intention
intention
Male
Middle Aged
Nurses
SARS-CoV-2
Stress, Psychological
Surveys and Questionnaires
Taiwan
vaccinated behaviors
Vaccination
vaccination
Vaccination Hesitancy
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH Psychological stress
disease IDO role
disease MESH infection

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