Determining Opinions of Individuals About Covid-19 Pandemic and Vaccines and Evaluation of Covid-19 Phobia

Objective: To determine the opinions of individuals about the Covid-19 disease and vaccines and to evaluate the Covid- 19 phobia. Methods: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. The data of the study were collected online using the snowball sampling technique between February and March 2021 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n=530);. Data collections tools were Participant Information Form and Covid-19 Phobia Scale. Results: It was determined that 17% of the participants had Covid-19 disease, and 40.8% saw themselves at a moderate risk in terms of getting Covid-19. It was determined that 56.1% of those who were not diagnosed with Covid-19 and 52.2% of those who were diagnosed with Covid-19 were slightly afraid of getting covid-19. It was determined that 44.7% of the participants were indecisive about being vaccinated and 50.2% of these people stated that they were indecisive because the side effects of the vaccines were unknown. There was no statistically significant difference between the total and sub-dimensions mean scores of the Covid-19 Phobia Scale among those who answered yes, no and indecisive about vaccination. A statistically significant difference was found between the fear of catching Covid-19 for the first time and the total and sub-dimension mean scores of the Covid-19 phobia scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p <.005);.Conclusion: Our study showed that individuals were afraid of getting Covid-19 and most people were indecisive about being vaccineted due to the unknown side effects.