Ordeals in Combating COVID-19 Pandemic and Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Frontliners in Digos City, Davao del Sur

Abstract

The study primarily focuses on the ordeals in combating COVID-19 pandemic and acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among frontliners in Digos City, Davao del Sur. The number of respondents was calculated using Stratified Random Sampling and Slovin’s formula at 0.05 margin of error, wherein it resulted to one hundred forty (140) individuals. A survey questionnaire prepared by the researcher was the method utilized for gathering the data. The analysis and computation of data was done through employing the Frequency Count, Mean, and Levene’s Test and ANOVA, which were the statistical tools of this study. The study’s findings revealed that the average mean for the level of ordeals of frontliners in combating COVID-19 pandemic was 3.66 which indicated as high, and for the level of acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among frontliners, the average mean was 3.36 which indicated as moderate. Therefore, there is no significant difference on the level of ordeals in combating COVID-19 pandemic and the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among frontliners in Digos City when grouped according to their profile. This concludes that the null hypothesis of this study was accepted.