Abstract
One of the greatest inventions of the 21st century is the development of vaccines against the life-threatening pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Whenever a new medication or treatment modality is introduced globally, it is accompanied by anxiety in the general public and among health care professionals. The aim of the study was to explore factors that may influence the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination among dental health care professionals, as they are the first subgroup in the population to receive the vaccine. A survey-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 164 health care professionals (general dentists, dental specialists with 2 years of experience after graduation and dental assistants). Data was collected by sending a URL link to the hardand soft-copy questionnaire on Google Forms through all social media platforms. The questionnaire had 2 sections - the 1st part concerned the demographic details and the 2nd part was designed to assess the acceptance of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination among dental health care professionals and the related factors. The normality of the data was assessed with the Shapiro-Wilk test. The Cox regression algorithm was applied to evaluate the factors associated with the acceptance of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. Out of 164 participants, 85.37% showed a positive attitude toward vaccination and only 7.32% of dental health care professionals were not willing to get vaccinated; out of them, 5 were males and 7 were females. Those who refused to get vaccinated included 3.6% of general dentists, 21.1% of dental specialists and 11.7% of dental assistants. The complications of major concern were fever, myalgia and the lethargic condition immediately after vaccination. A small percentage of health care professionals declined to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and the main reason was uncertainty about the associated side effects. The respondents were mostly concerned about such side effects as fever, myalgia and the lethargic condition immediately after vaccination.
Highlights
December 2019 brought along a global humanitarian crisis due to the rapid spread of a disease caused by different variants of coronavirus – coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – with 87% chances of cross-infection and a 4% mortality rate.[1]
Out of 164 participants, 85.37% showed a positive attitude toward vaccination and only 7.32% of dental health care professionals were not willing to get vaccinated; out of them, 5 were males and 7 were females
A small percentage of health care professionals declined to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and the main reason was uncertainty about the associated side effects
Summary
December 2019 brought along a global humanitarian crisis due to the rapid spread of a disease caused by different variants of coronavirus – coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – with 87% chances of cross-infection and a 4% mortality rate.[1] Policy-making organizations and health care setups declared an emergency situation to avoid the spread of the infection.[2] Every country imposed strict guidelines and protocols to control the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Wearing a face mask and social distancing were made elemental protocols worldwide to minimize the rate of spread of the coronavirus through airborne droplets.[3] Despite all these preventive measures, SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly in 2020 and policy-making organizations were worried about halting this viral web.[4] the development and deployment of COVID-19 vaccines was considered to be the most promising health care fortification step to mitigate the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 infection.[5]. Whenever a new medication or treatment modality is introduced globally, it is accompanied by anxiety in the general public and among health care professionals
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