Associated factors among health care workers at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Malawi
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Date
2021-11-09
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
Abstract
The type of research study
This is a quantitative, descriptive cross sectional study.
The Problem
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused high mortality rates worldwide; and this forced scientists
to develop COVID-19 vaccine within one year. HCWs are at high risk of contracting the
COVID-19 due to nature of their work. Furthermore, HCWs were among the priority groups to
receive COVID-19 vaccine. Before COVID-19 vaccination program was rolled out, some
studies were conducted to assess the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs in other
countries, such as United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom (UK). Research showed
that majority of HCWs were hesitant to receive the vaccine; their concerns centered on short
and long term side effects. Furthermore, since COVID-19 vaccination program was rolled out,
there has been misinformation among the general population on COVID-19 vaccine and its side
effects.
Study Objectives
The main objective
To determine factors associated with uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs at
QECH in Blantyre, Malawi.
The specific objectives are
To determine the proportion of HCWs that received COVID-19 vaccine at QECH in
Blantyre, Malawi.
To identify social-economic factors associated with uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs at QECH.
Methodology
The study participants will be clinical HCWs which includes; nurses, clinicians, doctors and
physiotherapy personell; Non clinical HCWs includes; pharmacy, laboratory personell,
radiologists and hospital attendants. They will be recruited from the following departments at
QECH; COVID-19 isolation units, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), High Dependency Respiratory
Unit (HDRU),male and female medical (3B and 4A), male and female surgical (5A and 5B),
Accidents and Emergency (A and E), Adult Emergency and Trauma Centre (AETC), orthopedic,
gynaecological, Chatinkha nursery, peadiatric Moyo, Peadiatric Special Care Ward (PSCW),
postnatal, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology and physiotherapy.
Expected results and dissemination
Lack of adequate knowledge on COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs may result to suboptimal
uptake of COVID-19 vaccine. If true, the study results will inform in strategy/ policy making to
optimize the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine and of future pandemics. The study results will be
presented using tables, graphs and charts. The study findings will be disseminated to study
participants, QECH, Ministry of Health (MOH) and College of Medicine Research Ethics
Committee (COMREC) among others. The researcher will also attend local conferences to
disseminate the study results.
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Research Subject Categories::MEDICINE