Knowledge, Attitude, And Acceptance of Gynecologic Cancer Patients Toward Covid-19 Vaccine in Thailand: A Multicenter Study
Suprasert P, Chuenchitkultavorn V, Phianpiset R, Rattanaburi A, Aue-Aungkul A, Vutibenjarasamee K and Kolaka W
Published on: 2023-07-22
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and acceptance of gynecologic cancer patients toward COVID-19 vaccine in Thailand
Methods: Participants from Chiang Mai University Hospital, Khon Kaen University Hospital, Khon Kaen Hospital, Prince of Songkhla University Hospital, and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) were surveyed on these issues using a WHO survey tool.
Results: Between February and September 2022, 1,263 patients participated in this project and 1,084 (85.8%) received the COVID-19 vaccine. The highest rate of vaccination was from NCI followed by Khon Kaen, Chiang Mai, and Songkhla. 356 participants (28.2%) were infected with COVID-19 and 46 infected participants (12.9%) were unvaccinated. Regarding knowledge and attitudes, the average scale level of participants showed ease in obtaining health literacy, moderate probability to have severe COVID-19 infection, proper behavior for prevention, little stress of COVID infection, and quite a lot of trust in healthcare workers. In addition, participants quite agreed with lifting regular rules for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and often had general well-being. The significantly different levels of (level 0-6: the least to the most) vaccination decision factors in unvaccinated versus vaccinated participants were as follows: health ministry recommendation (3.92 vs.4.16), ease of getting the vaccine (3.6 vs. 3.9), no need to receive the vaccine due to rare disease (2.6 vs.2.2), stress made me not want to vaccinate (2.6 vs 2.1), if everyone is vaccinated, no need for me to vaccinate (2.5 vs 1.9), and the importance of COVID-19 vaccines (3.7 vs.4.2).
Conclusion: Most gynecologic cancer patients received the COVID-19 vaccine and revealed a good knowledge and attitude toward this pandemic.