The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on vaccines and vaccination-related beliefs in Türkiye: A cross-sectional study

It was aimed to determine the beliefs and opinions of the people participating in our research about vaccination and to assess whether the COVID-19 pandemic process affected their belief and opinion about vaccination, and if so, in which direction. This descriptive cross-sectional study conducted a Family Health Centre in Kütahya. In this study, a questionnaire form were used to determine opinions about vaccination practices. Of the 377 people participants, 184 (48.8%) were male and 193 (51.2%) were female. While 313 (83%) of the participants were positive, 10 (2.7%) had negative opinions about vaccines and 54 (14.3%) were undecided. After the COVID-19 pandemic, the opinion of 27.3% (n:103) of the participants about vaccination has changed compared to before. It was found that 64 (63.1%) of 103 people who had a change in their opinion of vaccination had a positive change. According to our work, the risks posed by the pandemic have caused positive changes in overall vaccination opinion of the participants.