Perception about vaccines and level of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 in older adults in Lima, Peru.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to describe the perception about vaccines and the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 in older adults from a hospital in Lima, Peru. Descriptive and cross-sectional study carried out from March to November 2021. An instrument was adapted and validated to measure the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices; the perception about vaccines was evaluated with an exploratory questionnaire. Eighty-three older adults were surveyed, the mean age was 74.0 years and 62.7% were women. Most of the participants knew the cause and symptoms, and 50.6% believed that it could be transmitted by contaminated food. Additionally, 61.7% used traditional medicine to prevent it, and 65.4% considered that the level of social awareness was insufficient; 91.5% were vaccin

SUBMITTER: Vidal-Cuellar CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11397665 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature