COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among a sample of healthcare providers in Karbala Governorate (Iraq)

Abstract

Although many vaccines are in development and clinical trials, and many vaccines have been distributed worldwide, the world has faced a huge challenge in line with the willingness to accept a COVID-19 vaccine in different countries. However, no study has been conducted on the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among HCPs in Iraq. Therefore. Health care providers, the frontline fighters, are at high risk of being infected with SARS-CoV- 2.  A descriptive; the cross-sectional study was performed at 4 hospitals and 18 PHCCs randomly selected (multistage sampling) in the   Karbala governorate. The period of data collection lasted 3 months, it began on 18th January 2022 ending on 12th April 2022. The study was conducted on 457 a sample of health care providers. The study conducted on 457 healthcare providers with an age range was between 20 -59 years, the Mean±SD of the age was 33.6±9.42 the highest percentage of healthcare providers (45.3%) was in the age group 20-29 years and the lowest percentage of healthcare providers (8.8%) was in the age group 50-59 years.