BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS COVID-19 VACCINATION AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS OF KMU-IMS AND KMU-IDS KOHAT
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Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2) is the large family of coronaviruses that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which causes acute respiratory distress syndrome which have pneumonia like sign and symptom. There are several drugs that have been designed in order to treat the disease but there is no FDA approved drug available against novel corona virus. The need for proper medication and vaccination is still the basic requirement. Till now no drug has the power to fight the infection. The end to all this chaos is the availability of medically safe vaccines. Since medical students and healthcare workers are more exposed to SARS-COV-2 infection they are first prioritized to have vaccination in order to move closer to the achievement of herd immunity.
Aims and Objectives: To assess the vaccination status of medical students of KMU-IMS and KMU-IDS Kohat about vaccinations recommended by centres for disease control and prevention and world health organization against SARS COV-2, and to find the factors rendering them unwilling for vaccination against SARS COV 2.
Methodology: For this study online questionnaire was used. Students were invited through emails, Whats App groups, Facebook groups and other social media services. Questions regarding their demographic data, concerns regarding COVID-19 infection and vaccination were asked.
Results: According to our study majority of the students were vaccinated (80.1%) and 9.4% were aiming to have vaccination as soon as possible.
Conclusion: In accord with most of the studies performed earlier our study shows highly positive attitude of medical students towards COVID-19 vaccination.
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Muhammad Saif
House officer, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar - Pakistan
Mashhood Sulaman
House Officer, CDA Hospital, Islamabad - Pakistan
Asad Nawaz
House Officer, DHQ Hospital, Kohat - Pakistan
Muhammad Saad Javed
House Officer, DHQ Hospital, Kohat - Pakistan
Zeenat Aman
TMO, Department of Gynea & Obs, Khyber Teaching Hospital, Peshawar - Pakistan