How Psychological Variables Maybe Correlated with Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccine: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study of Polish Novice Nurses

Joanna Gotlib, Mariusz Jaworski, Ilona Cieślak (), Tomasz Sobierajski, Dominik Wawrzuta, Piotr Małkowski, Beata Dobrowolska, Danuta Dyk, Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzemińska, Elżbieta Grochans, Maria Kózka, Jolanta Lewko, Izabella Uchmanowicz and Mariusz Panczyk
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Joanna Gotlib: Department of Education and Research of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
Mariusz Jaworski: Department of Education and Research of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
Ilona Cieślak: Department of Education and Research of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
Tomasz Sobierajski: Faculty of Applied Social Sciences and Resocialization, University of Warsaw, 00-503 Warszawa, Poland
Dominik Wawrzuta: Department of Education and Research of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland
Piotr Małkowski: Department of Surgical Nursing, Transplantation Nursing and Extracorporeal Therapies, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-007 Warsaw, Poland
Beata Dobrowolska: Department of Management in Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
Danuta Dyk: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Nursing, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-179 Poznan, Poland
Aleksandra Gaworska-Krzemińska: Department of Nursing Management, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-211 Gdansk, Poland
Elżbieta Grochans: Department of Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-204 Szczecin, Poland
Maria Kózka: Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum in Krakow, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
Jolanta Lewko: Department of Primary Health Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University in Bialystok, 15-054 Bialystok, Poland
Izabella Uchmanowicz: Faculty of Health Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland
Mariusz Panczyk: Department of Education and Research of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 23, 1-14

Abstract: Introduction: Nurses became the largest medical group exposed to direct contact with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In this study, we aimed to assess the readiness and motivation for vaccination, as well as the use of sources of information and attitudes toward vaccination depending on the psychological profile. Material and methods: A cross-sectional online survey study was conducted. The study included 145 novice nurses from 8 medical universities who completed 3-year undergraduate studies. Women constituted 97.2% of the respondents (N = 141). The Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale, Brief Resilient Coping Scale, and an original questionnaire were used. Variables were analyzed with descriptive statistics methods. A p -value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Among the participants, 73.1% had already been vaccinated against COVID-19 (N = 106). The participants were divided into two groups: G1 (N = 98), characterized by a lower level of anxiety with higher self-efficacy and resilient coping, and G2 (N = 47), with a higher level of anxiety with poorer self-efficacy and resilient coping. The analysis of the potential correlation of psychological pattern with the decision to vaccinate was not statistically significant ( p = 0.166). Conclusion: Psychological variables may be correlating with motivation, attitudes toward vaccination, and the choice of reliable sources of information about vaccination. Our study demonstrates the key role of two psychological variables, self-efficacy and resilient coping, in this context.

Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; novice nurses; anxiety; self-efficacy; resilient coping; Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale; General Self-Efficacy Scale; Brief Resilient Coping Scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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