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Date Published: 23/09/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v518i1.3335
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Vol. 518 No. 1 (2022)
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Trương Ngọc Bích, T. ., Thị Ngọc Nga, P. ., Thị Ánh Nguyệt, P. ., Thị Thúy Hằng, N. ., Hiệp Phúc, N. ., Quỳnh Trang, T. ., & Công Thanh, P. . (2022). KNOWLEDGE AND VOLUNTARY ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS OF CAN THO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN THE PREVENTION OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Vietnam Medical Journal, 518(1). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v518i1.3335

KNOWLEDGE AND VOLUNTARY ATTITUDE OF MEDICAL STUDENTS OF CAN THO UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY IN THE PREVENTION OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Trần Trương Ngọc Bích1, Phạm Thị Ngọc Nga1, Phan Thị Ánh Nguyệt1, Ngô Thị Thúy Hằng1, Nguyễn Hiệp Phúc1, Trương Quỳnh Trang1, Phạm Công Thanh1,
1 Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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Background: Safe and effective vaccination is the only way to reduce mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic. Misunderstandings about vaccines can lead to subjective psychology. Ojectives: To survey the knowledge about vaccination against COVID-19 vaccine of officials and employees of Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (CTUMP). Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study in 422 officials and employees working at CTU from June 2021 to September 2021. Results: There were 152/422 participants correctly answered 5/6 questions about knowledge about vaccination against COVID-19 vaccine. The prevalence of officials and employees of CTU with common correct knowledge was 36%, and incorrect knowledge was 64%. Three knowledge content with high correct prevalence was “Knowing the information about the COVID-19 vaccine” reaching 100%; “It is possible to get COVID-19 even after being vaccinated against COVID-19” reaching 96.9%; “It is possible to vaccinate against COVID-19 even with a history of infection” reaching 93.6%. Among the 7 characteristics of the subjects, only the relevant working seniority was statistically significant with the correct knowledge prevalence, p=0.032. Information about the COVID-19 vaccine was mainly sourced from media channels such as television, newspapers and radio (87.7%). Conclusion: The percentage of officials and employees of CTU with correct knowledge about COVID-19 vaccine is not high, 36%. Regarding the relationship with the object characteristics, only the working seniority was determined to have a statistically significant relationship with the correct knowledge rate.

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COVID-19, CTUMP, officials and employees

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