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Determination of Emotions, Thoughts, Behaviors, and Quality of Life of Individuals in a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2025

Ceren Can Emre  and
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Ceren Can Emre
Affiliation:
Institution of Health Sciences, https://ror.org/053f2w588 Manisa Celal Bayar University , Manisa, Turkey
Dilay Açıl*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Health Sciences, https://ror.org/053f2w588 Manisa Celal Bayar University , Manisa, Turkey
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Corresponding author: Dilay Açıl; Email: dilayacil@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Objectives

COVID-19 caused individual and social measures to be taken at the global level, and changed the social life, especially due to effects on interpersonal relations, the environment, and psychological and physical conditions. It was aimed to determine the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors related to the disease and the quality of life of people who applied to the COVID-19 vaccine unit of a state hospital.

Methods

Descriptive and cross-sectional research was carried out with 360 individuals. Data collection tools were the Individual Information Form, Multidimensional COVID-19 Scale, and Impact of COVID-19 on Quality of Life Scale. Statistical analysis of the data was made using SPSS 20.0.

Results

Multidimensional COVID-19 and Quality of Life Scale mean scores were found to be 80.50±18.14 and 3.16±1.00, respectively. A positive correlation was determined between the emotions, behavior, and thoughts related to COVID-19 and Quality of Life Scale.

Conclusions

Considering society’s perceptions of COVID-19 and the impact of the pandemic process on quality of life, it was thought that the trainings carried out by nurses and other health professionals may affect the adaptaion of protective processes related to COVID-19.

Keywords

COVID-19social perceptionquality of life

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Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 19 , 2025 , e129
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc

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