Determining the knowledge and anxiety levels of cleaning workers regarding Covid19 and their attitudes toward the vaccine
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2025-02
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Educational Society for Excellence
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Introduction and objective: Cleaning workers, who may contact with contaminated waste, are considered a high-risk group during the COVID-19 pandemic. The high transmission rate of the COVID-19 virus, its elevated mortality rate, the lack of effective antiviral treatment, and the inclusion of these workers in the high-risk group during the pandemic may lead to increased anxiety among workers. This study, conducted with a relational descriptive research model, aims to determine the knowledge, anxiety levels, and attitudes towards the vaccine among cleaning workers regarding COVID-19. Materials and methods: The study was conducted with 217 cleaning workers. To collect the data, a questionnaire form including the participants’ descriptive characteristics, the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale, and the Attitudes toward COVID-19 Vaccine Scale were used. Results: The knowledge level of cleaning workers regarding COVID-19 did not show a significant difference in attitudes toward the vaccine. Those who received the COVID-19 vaccine showed significantly higher positive and negative attitudes toward the vaccine compared to those who did not get vaccinated. The study did not determine a significant relationship between COVID-19 anxiety and attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine. However, it identified a moderate positive relationship between positive and negative attitudes toward the vaccine. Conclusion: The research results revealed cleaning workers to have low levels of COVID-19 anxiety and moderate levels of both positive and negative attitudes toward vaccine.
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Anxiety, COVID-19, Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine, Cleaning workers, Pandemic-related anxiety.
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Melike EK?C? ERDEM, Media SUBA?I BAYBU?A. Determining the knowledge and anxiety levels of cleaning workers regarding Covid19 and their attitudes toward the vaccine. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2025 Feb; 12(2): 1-19