Avtor/Urednik		Šorgo, Andrej; Crnkovič, Nuša; Cesar, Katarina; Selak, Špela; Vrdelja, Mitja; Gabrovec, Branko
Naslov		The infuence of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 on vaccination hesitancy among postsecondary students
Tip		članek
Vol. in št.		, št. Vol. 12
Leto izdaje		2022
Obseg		str. 1-10
ISSN		2045-2322 - Scientific reports
Jezik		eng
Abstrakt		The aim of the present study was to explore the infuence of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 on vaccination hesitancy among Slovenian postsecondary students. A cross-sectional study using a set of previously tested instruments and ad hoc questions created by the authors was chosen as the method to gain insight into various health and sociodemographic aspects of Slovenian postsecondary students afected by the COVID-19-induced closures and suspensions of educational activities at tertiary educational institutions (N= 5999). Overall, 39.7% of participating students expressed an intention to get vaccinated at the frst possible opportunity, whereas 29.2% expressed no intent to do so. The highest vaccine hesitancy was observed among prospective teachers (50.3%) and the lowest among prospective physicians (5,7%). When examining the role of anxiety and fear of COVID-19 on the Slovenian postsecondary students' intentions to get vaccinated the results of logistic regression showed that only fear of COVID-19 played a mild and signifcant role.
Deskriptorji		Covid-19
Proste vsebinske oznake		vaccination health care health occupations medical research risk factors signs and symptoms students