The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccines and vaccination-related beliefs in Türkiye: A cross-sectional study.

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccines and vaccination-related beliefs in Türkiye: A cross-sectional study.

Publication date: Jan 14, 2026

It was aimed to determine the beliefs and opinions of the people participating in our research about vaccination and to assess whether the COVID-19 pandemic process affected their belief and opinion about vaccination, and if so, in which direction. This descriptive cross-sectional study conducted a Family Health Centre in KcFCtahya. In this study, a questionnaire form were used to determine opinions about vaccination practices. Of the 377 people participants, 184 (48. 8%) were male and 193 (51. 2%) were female. While 313 (83%) of the participants were positive, 10 (2. 7%) had negative opinions about vaccines and 54 (14. 3%) were undecided. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the opinion of 27. 3% (n:103) of the participants about vaccination has changed compared to before. It was found that 64 (63. 1%) of 103 people who had a change in their opinion of vaccination had a positive change. According to our work, the risks posed by the pandemic have caused positive changes in overall vaccination opinion of the participants.

Concepts Keywords
Female Adolescent
Pandemic Adult
Vaccination anti-vaccination
COVID-19
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 Vaccines
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
pandemic
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires
Turkey
Vaccination
Vaccination
Vaccination Hesitancy
vaccine hesitancy
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19 pandemic

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