Examination of COVID-19 phobia and COVID-19 vaccine attitude in the elderly

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of COVID-19 phobia on COVID-19 vaccine attitude and to identify whether COVID-19 phobia and COVID-19 vaccine attitude change according to certain socio-demographic characteristics. The universe of the study consists of individuals aged 65 and over living in Turkey. A total of 446 elderly participated in the study, where the convenience sampling method was used. According to the findings of the study, it was revealed that the participants’ scores on the COVID-19 phobia scale and COVID-19 vaccine attitude scale created statistically significant differences according to the variable of continuous medication use.

KEYWORDS:

• COVID-19 vaccine attitudes
• covid-19 phobia
• elderly
• Turkey

Note: The approval was obtained from the Scientific Advisory Board for COVID-19, which was established under the Turkish Republic Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health Services, to conduct this study.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).