Cross-sectional study of factors related to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among university healthcare students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Healthcare students are more likely to become infected than other university students as they may encounter patients with COVID-19 during clinical training. Vaccination uptake is essential to prevent infection. This study explored factors related to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among healthcare students.

Methods

This cross-sectional study conducted online surveys of undergraduate and graduate nursing and healthcare graduate students from four medical universities in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area of Japan. Data were collected from June to August 2022, when the fourth vaccination program was initiated.

Results

Data from 1,169 students were analyzed (response rate = 37.3%). The mean age was 25.1 ± 7.6 years, and most were female (82.3%). Academic majors include

SUBMITTER: Kondo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10752956 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature