International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Vol. 9, Issue 2, pp: (84-91), Month: October 2021 - March 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Satisfaction among Thai people who got vaccinated against COVID-19: A study within Sripatum Vaccination Center, Bangkok, Thailand Kankunlanat Chaiphong Faculty of Nursing Srinakharinwirot University,Thailand.
Abstract: COVID-19 is an emerging disease Vaccination is a way to control mortality and morbidity from this disease. Thailand is one of the countries that has begun to actively mobilize and encourage vaccination to build community immunity among people. But the vaccine is relatively new, causing people to have a lot of anxiety about getting it. Purpose: to assess level of satisfaction among people who got vaccinated against COVID-19, to assess level of COVID-19 related knowledge and to study factors affect level of satisfaction of getting COVID-19 vaccine Methodology: In July 2021, all students from Thai people who got vaccinated against COVID-19 within Sripatum Vaccination Center, Bangkok, Thailand were invited to participate in completing an online questionnaire. A total of 1,000 students participated, level of satisfaction among people who got vaccinated against COVID-19, to assess level of COVID-19 related knowledge and to study factors affecting level of satisfaction of getting COVID-19 vaccine were assessed. Differences between outcomes and sociodemographics were analyzed through independent t-tests and the ANOVA. A generalized linear model was calculated to determine the predictive variables of level of satisfaction. Findings: A total of 1,000 participants revealed the level of satisfaction of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 was at a high level (M = 4.54 ,SD = 0.78) . Most participants had a moderate level of COVID-19 related knowledge (M = 6.86 ,SD = 1.21). Age (Beta = .220, p<0.01) and Monthly Income (Beta = .088, p<0.05) were predictive factors for satisfaction of getting COVID-19 vaccination. Conclusion: Most participants revealed a high level of satisfaction of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Most participants indicated a moderate level of COVID-19 related knowledge. Common reasons for satisfaction were protection against COVID-19 and employment reasons. Keywords: Satisfaction on COVID-19 vaccination, Thai adults, COVID-19 vaccine.
1. INTRODUCTION Covid-19 came from the English language that COVID-19, which stood for Coronavirus disease 2019 or Coronavirus disease 2019, popularly known as COVID-19 or COVID-19, has been declared by the World Health Organization ( WHO) on February 12, 2020, officially knew as Severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2, or SARS- CoV-2, is a group of viruses that can cause respiratory disease in humans. [1], [2] The disease first spread in Wuhan, Hubei Province, People's Republic of China in late 2019. The origin of the disease was thought to be caused by a mammalian virus such as bats that mediate the outbreak to humans.[3] China has called the disease novel Coronavirus pneumonia, and it was found to be caused by a virus that has mutated from four of the original Coronavirus strains that cause the common cold and was harmless. Because this disease has been around for a long time until people were immune. While some strains could cause severe symptoms of pneumonia, for example, Middle East respiratory viral infections such as SARS in China in 2003
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