Attitudes of Dermatologic Patients Towards COVID-19 Vaccines : a Questionnaire-Based Survey

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The objective of this paper is to evaluate the attitudes of patients with various dermatologic diseases towards coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines. The present questionnaire-based study was conducted on patients admitted to the outpatient clinic of the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Ufuk University Hospital, between January 1 and 31, 2021. The study population was divided into two groups based on their ages: (1) < 40 age group (n = 188) and (2) ≥ 40 age group (n = 111), and answers given to 35 specific questions were compared between the groups. The older group had significantly higher levels of anxiety compared to the younger group (p = 0.017). Although approximately 60% of cases in the older group were dedicated to being vaccinated, 40% of the younger participants were not sure about vaccination (p < 0.001). The most frequently demanded vaccine types were the inactivated and mRNA vaccines in the elderly and young groups, respectively (p < 0.001). Statistically significant positive weak correlations were observed for age, chronic disease of medication, and presence of severe COVID 19 cases in the environment (r = 0.125 p = 0.031, r = 0.184 p = 0.001, r = 0.122 p = 0.035, respectively). Dermatologic patients had generally positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination, and their preferences were affected by age.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

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SN comprehensive clinical medicine - 3(2021), 11 vom: 01., Seite 2214-2221

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tanacan, Efsun [VerfasserIn]
Ibis, Ogulcan [VerfasserIn]
Sarac, Gulhan Aksoy [VerfasserIn]
Emeksiz, M Can [VerfasserIn]
Dincer, Didem [VerfasserIn]
Erdogan, F Gulru [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Dermatologic patients
Journal Article
Pandemic
Vaccines

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s42399-021-01048-2

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NLM331104040