Prevalence of the willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine among nurses in Indonesia.

Healthcare workers, especially the nurses, are considered as frontliner workers who are dealing directly with the risk of COVID-19 transmission, so they must be a priority for recipients of COVID-19 vaccine. Some studies show the prevalence of willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers. And also this study aims to show the prevalence of the willingness to get vaccines and provide some suggestions to interested parties regarding the target group that will be the focus of attention in the intervention program about the importance of COVID-19 vaccine. The online survey conducted in this study among nurses in Indonesia (n=443). The data were analyzed using binary logistic regression analysis. The results show that the prevalence of nurses to receive COVID-19 vaccine is 78%. Beside that, the nurses who have been infected with COVID-19 and who have chronic diseases are associated with the willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine significantly (p<0,05). The nurses who have been infected with COVID-19 (56%) and also the nurses who have the chronic disease (68%) show less prevalence to accept COVID-19 vaccine. Thus, this result is expected to be used as a suggestion for interested parties. The government must increase education and socialization programs regarding the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine to some groups who still have low willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]