Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patterns
Background: The psychological approach can provide valuable insights into vaccination behaviour, especially in high-risk contexts. It offers new perspectives for effective interventions to improve vaccination behaviour. Aim: To investigate key factors influencing stress related to vaccination in em...
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| author | Nour El Houda Benkaddour Sara Ramdani Hind Khalil Asmae Lekfif Naima Abda Bouchra Oneib Yassamine Bentata |
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| description | Background: The psychological approach can provide valuable insights into vaccination behaviour, especially in high-risk contexts. It offers new perspectives for effective interventions to improve vaccination behaviour.
Aim: To investigate key factors influencing stress related to vaccination in emergency situations among healthcare professionals.
Setting: Eastern region of Morocco.
Methods: We conducted a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study involving 221 healthcare professionals in the Eastern region of Morocco. A snowball sampling method was used to select the participants who were administered a questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis was performed with p 0.05 being the level of statistical significance.
Results: The participants had a median age of 25.5 years (30–34.5) and were predominantly females (68.3%). Vaccination coverage stood at 84.6%, with a positive perception of 77.8%. The analysis of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) revealed that 51.6% (n = 114) of healthcare professionals experienced stress towards vaccination. Females were almost two times more susceptible to experiencing vaccination stress (p = 0.03). Furthermore, the analysis showed that vaccination profile (p = 0.02), accepting the vaccine for any reason other than its accessibility (p = 0.03) and having a previous coronavirus disease 2019 infection (p = 0.03), were significantly associated with stress. In contrast, healthcare professionals based at the university hospital had a significantly lower stress level (p = 0.01).
Conclusion: Moroccan healthcare professionals exhibited high vaccine acceptance and positive perceptions, particularly among vaccinated individuals despite notable stress around immunisation.
Contribution: These insights can guide governments and policymakers in developing strategies to enhance healthcare workers’ awareness and understanding of vaccination. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-59b14ada84b34beaa3f03eb29d0c54882025-02-11T13:26:27ZengAOSISAfrican Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine2071-29282071-29362025-01-01171e1e1110.4102/phcfm.v17i1.47101220Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patternsNour El Houda Benkaddour0Sara Ramdani1Hind Khalil2Asmae Lekfif3Naima Abda4Bouchra Oneib5Yassamine Bentata6Laboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University of Oujda, OujdaLaboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University of Oujda, OujdaLaboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University of Oujda, OujdaLaboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University of Oujda, OujdaLaboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University of Oujda, OujdaMaternal-Infant and Mental Health Research Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University of Oujda, Oujda, Morocco; and Department of Psychiatry, Mohammed VI University Hospital, OujdaLaboratory of Epidemiology, Clinical Research and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed First University of Oujda, Oujda, Morocco; and Nephrology and Kidney Transplantation Unit, Mohammed VI University Hospital, OujdaBackground: The psychological approach can provide valuable insights into vaccination behaviour, especially in high-risk contexts. It offers new perspectives for effective interventions to improve vaccination behaviour. Aim: To investigate key factors influencing stress related to vaccination in emergency situations among healthcare professionals. Setting: Eastern region of Morocco. Methods: We conducted a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study involving 221 healthcare professionals in the Eastern region of Morocco. A snowball sampling method was used to select the participants who were administered a questionnaire. Logistic regression analysis was performed with p 0.05 being the level of statistical significance. Results: The participants had a median age of 25.5 years (30–34.5) and were predominantly females (68.3%). Vaccination coverage stood at 84.6%, with a positive perception of 77.8%. The analysis of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) revealed that 51.6% (n = 114) of healthcare professionals experienced stress towards vaccination. Females were almost two times more susceptible to experiencing vaccination stress (p = 0.03). Furthermore, the analysis showed that vaccination profile (p = 0.02), accepting the vaccine for any reason other than its accessibility (p = 0.03) and having a previous coronavirus disease 2019 infection (p = 0.03), were significantly associated with stress. In contrast, healthcare professionals based at the university hospital had a significantly lower stress level (p = 0.01). Conclusion: Moroccan healthcare professionals exhibited high vaccine acceptance and positive perceptions, particularly among vaccinated individuals despite notable stress around immunisation. Contribution: These insights can guide governments and policymakers in developing strategies to enhance healthcare workers’ awareness and understanding of vaccination.https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4710vaccination behaviourstressvaccination perceptioncovid-19healthcare workersmorocco. |
| spellingShingle | Nour El Houda Benkaddour Sara Ramdani Hind Khalil Asmae Lekfif Naima Abda Bouchra Oneib Yassamine Bentata Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patterns African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine vaccination behaviour stress vaccination perception covid-19 healthcare workers morocco. |
| title | Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patterns |
| title_full | Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patterns |
| title_fullStr | Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patterns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patterns |
| title_short | Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patterns |
| title_sort | exploring healthcare workers immunisation behaviour towards covid 19 vaccines through psychological patterns |
| topic | vaccination behaviour stress vaccination perception covid-19 healthcare workers morocco. |
| url | https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/4710 |
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