The relationship of Covid-19 vaccine attitude with life satisfaction, religious attitude and Covid-19 avoidance in Turkey

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the attitudes toward the Covid-19 vaccine and life satisfaction, religious attitude, and the avoidance attitudes from Covid-19. This cross-sectional study was conducted online between 24 December 2020 and 06 January 2021 among adults age 18 years and older. Total 1033 people participated in the study. The data were collected using the Attitudes Toward Covid-19 Vaccine, Avoiding Attitudes from COVID-19, Religious Attitude Scale and Contentment with Life Assessment Scale. According to the “agree” and “strongly agree” responses of participants to the positive attitude items; the participants responded to the question “Who would you like to be vaccinated?” as follows: everyone (31.3%); family members (31.8%); and themselves (28.1%). The rates of those who responded to these items as “indecisive” were 44.5–48.2%. While there was no significant relationship between the COVID-19 vaccine attitude with the avoidance attitude from COVID-19 and the religious attitude; life satisfaction was found to be significant. It was observed that factors such as increasing fear of COVID-19 contagion, being male, increased life satisfaction, other relatives infected with Covid-19, increasing perceived health status, increased age, and not being a worker-tradesman increase the probability of having a positive attitude toward COVID-19 vaccine. It was observed that about one-third of the participants think the COVID-19 vaccine is protective and supports its administration, that almost half of them were undecided on these issues. Thus, it can be said that society needs accurate information about vaccination.

KEYWORDS:

• Covid-19 vaccines
• avoidance
• life satisfaction
• religious beliefs
• attitude

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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The study data are stored. The data may be provided if desired. The datasets used and analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

Authors’ contributions

MK. The research’s planning, implementation, statistical analysis, writing and reviewing, NUO. The research implementation, conducting surveys, conducting ethical permits, writing and reviewing, GU. Conducting surveys, conducting ethical permits, writing and reviewing.

Ethics approval

This research was conducted in accordance with the rules and ethical codes specified in the Declaration of Helsinki (all revisions including 2013).

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The participants were informed about the research and consents were obtained. Before starting the survey, those who approved to participate in the survey online were allowed to complete the questionnaire.

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No financial support was received from any person or institution for the research.