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| Year : 2022 | Volume
: 26
| Issue : 4 | Page : 234-239 |
Intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Iranian hospital staff: Application of the theory of planned behavior
Samane Shirahmadi1, Salman Khazaei2, Ebrahim Jalili3, Hasan Kazemian4, Mohadese Sadri5, Abdollah Farhadinasab6, Ensiyeh Jenabi7, Saeid Bashirian8
1 Department of Community Oral Health, School of Dentistry and Dental Research Centers, Hamadan, Iran
2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, School of Medicine Besat Hospital, Hamadan, Iran
3 Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine Besat Hospital, Hamadan, Iran
4 Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Hamadan, Iran
6 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Ayatollah Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
7 Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
8 Department of Public Health, School of Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Saeid Bashirian
Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_336_21
Background: This study aimed to identify the predictors of the intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine among Iranian health care workers (HCWs) based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was conducted on 473 personnel working in hospitals of Hamadan, in May 2021 and before COVID-19 vaccination on hospital staff. The multi-stage sampling method was used for choosing participants. The survey included socio-demographic, questions related to TPB dimensions, and intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Qualitative and quantitative data analyses were performed using the Chi-square test and T-test, respectively. Predictors of COVID-19 vaccination intention were determined using the logistic regression model. Results: Seventy percent of 361 eligible respondents stated their willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine. The participants with the intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine had higher scores of attitude (7.25 ± 3.92 vs. 4.40 ± 5.14) and norm (3.04 ± 2.92 vs. -0.5 ± 3.18) (P < 0.001). Having an underlying disease and being married were significantly associated with the intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine (P < 0.05). Higher attitude and norm scores as a construct of the TPB were associated with an increase in intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Conclusions: The results of this study showed that the vaccination intention was affected by social, demographic, health, and behavioral features, such as age, marital status, underlying diseases, subjective norms, and attitude. Therefore, age groups below 50, single people, and those with no underlying diseases were eligible to be the target of interventional programs.
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