Ines Cherif|Houyem Khiari|Fahmi Mghirbi|Rym Mallekh|Amel Mézlini|Mohamed Hsaïri
Assessment of COVID-19 vaccine literacy among cancer patients: A cross sectional Tunisian study
Institut Salah-Azaïz|Institut Salah-Azaïz|Institut Salah-Azaïz|Institut Salah-Azaïz
abstract background context covid19 pandemic vaccine literacy vl considered important determinant vaccine hesitancy uptake cancer patients constitute target group covid19 vaccination thus aimed study assess covid19 vl among cancer patients tunisia methods cross sectional study conducted month february 2021 salah azaiez institute cancer including inpatients aged 18 years standardized vl scale used composed two dimensions functional vl interactivecritical vl using four point likert scale global score calculated scale ranging 1 4 cutoff 25 defined according literature students anova tests used comparison vl mean scores according studied characteristics p value amplt005 considered statistically significant results total 200 patients enrolled study mean age 544127 years low vl score 25 observed among 275 810 participants functional interactive critical scales respectively higher functional vl score associated higher educational level 3705 among individuals university degree level vs 2512 among illiterate p amplt 0001 interactive critical vl significantly increased educational level p amplt 0001 significantly higher among healthcare workers 2513 vs 17 09 p amplt 0001 accepted get covid19 vaccine 2009 vs 1608 p 0002 believe vaccines unsafe 1909 vs 1407 p amplt 0001 need vaccinated since natural immunity exists 2110 vs 1708p0016 conclusions vaccine literacy among cancer patients included study weak effective communication strategies covid19 vaccination build vl consider level patients health literacy redress vaccine hesitancy uptake key messages study showed low interactivecritical vaccine literacy score communication strategies vaccination campaigns aligned peoples vaccine literacy