Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: January-March | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 239-245
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20220137
Assessment of Knowledge, Perception and Perceived Stress towards COVID-19 Vaccination among People in Selected Community of West Bengal
Aditi Karmakar
Clinical Instructor, College of Nursing, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, W.B.
ABSTRACT
In human, various types of Coronaviruses causes serious problem. In early March, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic. COVID-19 is a new strain of Coronavirus and scientists are still collecting information and conducting research on the virus. Vaccination is the most effective strategy to protect the population from COVID-19 infection and several vaccines have been approved against the disease globally. But, the knowledge, perception and perceived stress towards COVID-19 vaccination among general community people are very poorly understood. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the knowledge, perception and perceived stress towards COVID-19 vaccination among selected community people in West Bengal and it is observed that 66.75% people had moderate knowledge, 98.75% people had positive perception and 66.25% had moderate stress towards COVID -19 vaccination.
Keywords: Corona Virus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Vaccination, Knowledge, Perception, Perceived stress, Community people.