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Yang Lin: RN MSN Rose Ekama Ilesanmi. RN, PhD Eman Abdelaziz Rashad Dabou. RN, PhD

Abstract

Background: Vaccination acceptance or resistance is associated with many factors, including, sociodemographic context, perception of personal risk, past experiences with vaccines, and moral convictions. This study examined the risk perception of nurses based on the theory of planned behavior and the sociodemographic correlates of vaccination acceptance in selected hospitals in the United Arab Emirates. Materials and Methods:   This was a cross-sectional survey of 139 nurses using convenience sampling method. Data was collected using a structured validated questionnaire with a reliability coefficient: Cronbach α=0.7. Results. The mean age of respondents was 35.9±6.66, majority (85.6%) were married, of which 76.3 had children. On risk perception, 83.1% had close contact (within 1M) with infected patients, and 74.8% had performed aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs). However, only 36.7% were worried about possible infection with COVID-19. Also, 87% readily accepted vaccination when it became available. On demographic correlates, 80.7% of those married, 80.2% of those with children and 85% of those between ages 45-54 ultimately accepted vaccination. However, there was no statistically significant association between demographic characteristics and acceptance of COVID Vaccination (P>0.05). Conclusion:  From the findings, we conclude that sociodemographic characteristics determine the acceptance of vaccination among nurses.

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Risk Perception, sociodemographic factors, Sars-CoV-2 vaccines, United Arab Emirates

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