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Yokoyama, Akihiro
Kagawa University|Okayama Healthcare Professional University
Suzuki, Hiromi
Kagawa University
Kataoka, Hiroaki
Okayama Healthcare Professional University
Mori, Yoshiro
Kagawa University|Sakaide City Hospital
Watanabe, Yuji
Okayama Healthcare Professional University
Miyatake, Nobuyuki
Kagawa University
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Keywords | university students
correspondence analysis
text mining
vaccinations
covid-19
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Journal Article
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Description | Objective: Coronavirus infectious disease, that emerged in 2019 (COVID-19) has been a major public health issue not only in Japan, but also worldwide, and the implementation of a proper vaccination strategy has been important. To promote vaccination, the present study compared impressions of COVID-19 vaccinations stratified by the number of vaccinations among healthcare professional university students in Okayama, Japan, and suggests better vaccination strategies.
Method: A total of 212 Japanese healthcare professional university students were enrolled in this clinical qualitative study using the text mining method. A self-reported questionnaire, including questions such as “What do you think about COVID-19 vaccinations?” was performed. We also examined the number of vaccinations, sex, history of COVID-19 infection, and daily mask use. Results: A total of 5,935 words were obtained and “Think” (169 times) was the most frequently used followed by “Inject” (108 times), “Inoculation” (97 times), “Vaccine” (83 times), “Corona” (66 times) and “Side effects” (49 times). Characteristic words were “Safety” in non-vaccinated subjects and “Side effects” and “Necessary” in vaccinated subjects. In addition, “Safety” in non-vaccinated men and “Frightening” in non-vaccinated women were characteristic and fundamental features. Conclusion: Impressions of COVID-19 vaccinations stratified by the number of vaccinations differed among healthcare professional university students. The provision of appropriate information on safety to non-vaccinated subjects and side effects to vaccinated subjects appears to be necessary. In addition, sex-specific information may be required for non-vaccinated subjects. |
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Cureus
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ISSN | 21688184
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Publisher | Springer Nature
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Volume | 16
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Issue | 3
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Start Page | e55861
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Published Date | 2024-03-09
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Rights | This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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