Abstract:

This study was carried out to determine the perceptions of the patients who applied to the hospital against the COVID-19 disease, their attitudes towards the vaccine and its control. The study was conducted with 203 patients who applied to the polyclinics of a university hospital between 01-30 October 2021. Study data were collected with a personal data form and scales of perception of COVID-19, attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine, and COVID-19 control. It was determined that the mean age of the patients participating in the study was 37.43, 52.2% of them were male and 67.5% of them were married. The mean score of the patients on the COVID-19 perception scale was 3.86±0.72, the mean score of the attitude scale towards the COVID-19 vaccine was 3.50±0.82, and the mean score of the perception of COVID-19 control was 2.10±0.48. The positive attitude, negative attitude and Covid-19 macro control perception of the married ones were found to be statistically significantly higher than the single ones. A positive and significant correlation was found between the dangerousness sub-dimension of the disease and its contagiousness, positive and negative attitudes towards the vaccine (p<0.05). According to our study results, it was determined that patients had a negative attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine.

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