Factors Affecting the Decision to Vaccinate Booster Shots of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) among the Personnel of Nursing Department, Police General Hospital

Abstract

       The purpose of this study was to study the factors affecting the intention to receive booster shots of the coronavirus vaccine, among the personnel of the nursing department, Police General Hospital. The sample group was 203 personnel of the nursing department. The research instrument was the coronavirus vaccination decision questionnaire, the reliability approached by Cronbach's alpha coefficient was .84. The data were then analyzed using independent t-test and binary logistic regression analysis. The results revealed that the 193 participants (95.1%) had an accepted and intend to vaccinate booster shots of the Coronavirus (Covid 19) with the highest perception of             the risk to contracting Covid 19 (M=4.75, SD=0.51) and the least perception of the safety and side effects vaccinate against coronavirus (M=3.42, SD=1.01).The binary logistic regression analysis revealed that at least one of the deciding factors for booster vaccination was social perception of the coronavirus vaccine that affected the intention to receive the preventive vaccination among the personnel of Police General Hospital.

      Therefore, the nursing administrators should be promote the perception of the risk to contracting Covid 19, an environment that supports personnel's decision to receive coronavirus booster vaccination in Police General Hospital.