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Date Published: 13/11/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v519i2.3640
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Vol. 519 No. 2 (2022)
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Thị Ngọc Nga, P. ., Thị Nhân Duyên, L. ., Thị Phương Thảo, N. ., Minh Thiết, T. ., Hiệp Phúc, N. ., Trần Hoàng Huy, B. ., Lĩnh Sơn, 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, 519(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v519i2.3640

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

Phạm Thị Ngọc Nga1, Lê Thị Nhân Duyên1, Ngô Thị Phương Thảo1, Trịnh Minh Thiết1, Nguyễn Hiệp Phúc1, Bùi Trần Hoàng Huy2, Trần Lĩnh Sơn3, Phạm Công Thanh1,
1 Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy
2 Tra Vinh University
3 Mekong University

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Background: To reduce mortality and slow down the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, safe vaccination is recommended by WHO. Objective: To survey the attitude and practice of COVID-19 vaccination among students of Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (CTUMP). Materials and methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study in 892 students studying at CTU from June 2021 to September 2021. Results: 516/892 (57.8%) have a worried attitude about COVID-19 vaccination. Characteristics of gender and course were determined to be statistically significant with an anxiety rate, p-values of 0.006 and 0.04, respectively. The cause of concern about vaccination mainly came from news in the media (40.6%) and personal doubts about whether it was effective or safe to inject (35.4%). Besides, up to 92.9% of students had an attitude of believing that vaccines were safe and had some side effects; 57.5% of students had an attitude of believing that vaccines can protect against COVID-19 infection. The percentage of students willing to get the COVID-19 vaccine for the first, second and second time was very high (≥95%), and 92.3% of students agreed to report side effects of the vaccine to staff. medical after injection. Conclusion: More than 50% of students of CTU were worried about getting vaccinated against COVID-19 but the percentage of students willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 was very high, from 95% to 99.1%.

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COVID-19, CTUMP, student

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