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COVID-19 risk perception after vaccination era in a sample of Egyptian participants: A cross sectional study

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Infectious diseases

Abstract

Background: The high rates of infection and mortalities initially caused by COVID-19, made anxiety and fear very common. With the increase of vaccination coverage, it is expected to detect changes in risk perception and fear of COVID-19, especially with the emergence of what so called “Pandemic Fatigue". The aim of this study was to assess COVID 19 risk perception after the vaccination era. Methods: This is a cross-sectional analytical study, using an online questionnaire including socio-demographic questions and COVID-19 risk perception questions. Results: The questionnaire was filled by 509 participants. Sociodemographic characters of the participants didn't affect the COVID-19 risk perception. The mean and median perceived efficacy scores were significantly higher in participants with no prior history of COVID-19 infection. Participants with positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine had significantly higher risk perception. Conclusion: COVID-19 risk perception is still query and not fully understood. This necessitates more studies to be conducted to explore it among different groups which may relate it to different determinants. Social media is the main source of knowledge among participants and should be professionally used for enhancing positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2024.268831.1792

Keywords

COVID-19, Risk Perception, COVID-19 vaccine, Egypt, perceived efficacy

Authors

First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Zein

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Public health and Community Medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

marwa.zein@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Saad

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

ahmedsaadmadkoor2000@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Salim

MiddleName

Maher

Affiliation

Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

ahmed.maher.mahmoud.mohamed.ali@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Raghda

Last Name

Mostafa

MiddleName

Mostafa

Affiliation

Public health and Community Medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

raghda.mg@cu.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Sherry

Last Name

Fouad

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Public health and Community Medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

sherry.magdy@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Radwa

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Ibrahim Ali

Affiliation

Public health and Community Medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

Email

radwa.hassan@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

5

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

47401

Issue Date

2024-05-01

Receive Date

2024-02-21

Publish Date

2024-05-01

Page Start

430

Page End

440

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/article_347015.html

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1,157

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Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

COVID-19 risk perception after vaccination era in a sample of Egyptian participants: A cross sectional study

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Article

Created At

25 Dec 2024