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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING COVID - 19 VACCINE AMONG STUDENTS IN SELECTED NURSING COLLEGE AT TAMILNADU.

shilpa pillai, Manimehalai M.

Abstract


Covid-19 or coronavirus disease 2019 is a disease caused by a virus SARS-CoV-2. It is a very infectious, contagious and quickly transmitted around the world. Covid-19 most often causes respiratory symptoms and also other parts of body may also be affected by the disease. Now as the Covid-19 vaccines have been available to all people worldwide, the vaccines offer life-saving protection against this disease. The next awaiting threat could be people’s reluctance to take vaccine due to deficient knowledge about the effectiveness of the vaccine. Nurses are the frontline health care professionals who are in continuous contact with the public, they are having the responsibility to create awareness among the general public. Therefore, the present study is conducted to assess the knowledge of Covid–19 vaccine among nursing students. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding Covid-19 vaccine among nursing students and to find out the association between knowledge of Covid-19 vaccine and selected demographic variables. The data were collected during the month of October 2021 from 170 nursing students using a Self-administered Structured Questionnaire, which was divided into two-parts, i.e. demographic variables and Knowledge Questionnaire on Covid-19 vaccine. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed that 82.9% students had moderate knowledge, 0.6% students had adequate knowledge and 16.6% students had inadequate knowledge. There was a significant association between knowledge of COVID- 19 vaccine with selected demographic variables such as age (ϰ² =12.38, df = 6), year of study (ϰ²

=16.11, df = 6), place of residence (ϰ² =28.17, df = 4) and source of previous knowledge on Covid – 19 vaccine (ϰ² =14.30, df = 6). There was no significant association between knowledge of Covid – 19 vaccine with selected demographic variables such as religion (ϰ² =1.234, df = 4) and type of family (ϰ² =2.042, df = 4) at 0.05 level. The study concluded that nursing students should undergo continuous educational sessions and hands-on training regarding Covid – 19 vaccine.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijin.v8i1.2113

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