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Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Print version ISSN 1814-5469On-line version ISSN 2308-0531
Abstract
CHAVEZ, Pablo Aguilar et al. Knowledge and attitudes towards the Covid-19 vaccine. Rev. Fac. Med. Hum. [online]. 2022, vol.22, n.2, pp.244-251. Epub Mar 16, 2022. ISSN 1814-5469. http://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v22i2.4343.
Objective:
The objective of this research was to determine the relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine in the inhabitants of the province of Trujillo in the year 2021.
Methods:
The type of study was applied, non experimental desing, with a quantitative approach, cross-sectional, and correlational level; a questionnaire for knowledge and attitudes was administered to a total of 500 adults in the province of Trujillo.
Results:
The results show that 88% of the population has a good level of knowledge about the vaccine, and 91% of them have an adequate attitude to be vaccinated.
Conclusions:
In this way, it is concluded that there is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge and attitudes towards the vaccine against COVID-19 (p value<0,05). The level of knowledge is a protective factor (OR: 0.43; CI: 0,23-0,81) for an adequate attitude to be vaccinated.
Keywords : Knowledge; attitudes; vaccine; COVID-19. (fuente: MeSH NLM)..
