Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Covid-19 Vaccine among Paramedics and Support Staff at Central Park Teaching Hospital Lahore, Pakistan

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) first appeared in the city of Wuhan, China, which spread as an epidemic and later became a pandemic. Control measures are social distancing, washing or sanitizing hands but the most effective health intervention is immunization. Countries world-wide have accelerated their research for development of Covid-19 vaccine. The greatest barrier to the campaign’s success was public hesitancy to be vaccinated. Objective: To determine people’s knowledge and perception of the disease and to find out their willingness for vaccination.

Methodology: A cross-sectional study was carried out in July 2021 to December 2021 in Lahore. The data was collected from 122 paramedic and supporting staff at Central Park Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan using stratified random sampling.

Results: Nearly 66.4% of the respondents were female, 86% of the respondents were vaccinated, and 100% of the respondents mentioned that vaccine provides protection against disease. In general, the attitude toward COVID vaccine was positive.

Conclusion: Nearly all the participants mentioned that COVID vaccine provides protection against disease and nearly half said that it gives long-term immunity. Knowledge and practice towards vaccine was satisfactory among the general population. Still there is a need for more clinical trial of vaccine and to spread awareness about its protection against disease.

Keywords: COVID 19 Vaccine, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.