Assessment of Jordanian health care professionals' perception towards new COVID-19 variants of concern.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare professionals working at the frontline, dealing with COVID-19 patients or their samples, should know about variants of concern (VOCs) and their transmissibility, disease severity, and vaccine efficacy. Healthcare professionals' (HCPs) perceptions towards new VOCs affect their practice and attitudes towards their patients. Moreover, these perceptions might significantly impact their patients' perceptions of new COVID-19 variants and public vaccine acceptability.

Methods

Online and paper-based questionnaires were distributed among Healthcare professionals in Jordan between August 2021 and October 2021.

Results

Among 423 HCPs who participated in this study, a majority believe that when viruses mutate, they become more transmissible (77.8%), more dea

SUBMITTER: Sawan HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9674127 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature