Critical Care Nurses Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines and its Side Effects at Upper Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 79, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Pages 1045-1059 PDF (340.66 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.256648 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Naglaa Ahmed Ahmed1; Naglaa Gamal Eldien Abdelhafez Hrariedy2; Marwa M. Abdelbaky* 3; Warda Ramadan Abouzied4 | ||
| 1Assistant Professor, Critical Care Nursing and Emergency, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt | ||
| 2Assistant Professor, Critical Care Nursing and Emergency, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Egypt | ||
| 3Assistant Professor, Critical Care Nursing and Emergency, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University, Egypt | ||
| 4Lecturer of Critical Care Nursing and Emergency Department, Faculty of Nursing South Valley University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Despite all the efforts that have been made to fasten vaccine development many critical care nurses staff were worried and hesitated from the vaccine. Aim of the study: is to assess critical care nurses perception of covid-19 vaccines and its side effects at Upper Egypt. Sample: 2429 critical care nurses from five Upper Egypt Governorates, Minia, Assiut, Sohage, Qena and Aswan. Tools: the study included two tools, Critical Care Nurses’ knowledge questionnaire and Critical Care Nurses’ attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine. Result: the included ICU’s nurses 88.4% of them were under the age of 29 years, and 57.8 % had a technical institute of nursing. Regarding to the nurses’ knowledge it was noticed that 79.5 % of the nurses believed that taking COVID-19 vaccine did not provide protection. But 55.2 % critical care nurses had positive attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines. Regarding to the vaccines side effects, sit pain, swelling fever and redness were the most reported manifestations among nurses. Conclusion: critical care nurses had positive attitude about COVID-19 vaccine but hesitated to be vaccinated because of the fear from its side effect. Recommendations: Future research evaluating the side effects of all types covid -19 vaccines in all Egypt. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Critical nurses; Perception; COVID-19 vaccines; side effects; Upper Egypt | ||
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