The Impact of Belief System, Anxiety, and Attitude of Healthcare Providers towards Post-COVID-19 Vaccines in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Post-COVID-19 pandemic disposition of healthcare professionals regarding vaccination is influenced by fear and anxiety, beliefs concerning vaccine safety and side-effects, and confidence in governmental measures. This study examined the belief system, anxiety, and attitude towards post-COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare providers in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Nigeria. A total of one hundred and forty (140) randomly selected male and female healthcare workers, comprising twenty-four (24) medical doctors and one hundred and sixteen (116) nurses providing COVID-19 healthcare services in Federal Medical Center, Keffi, Nasarawa State, were used for the study. Three standardized instruments: (the Modified MERS-CoV Health Belief Model Scale-HBMS with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.83, COVID-19 Anxiety Scale-CAS with Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of .08, and Attitude towards COVID-19 Scale with Cronbach's Alpha reliability of 0.85) were used for data collection. Statistical analysis involved the use of Pearson Correlation and independent t-test to analyze the data collected at significant level of .05. Findings of first and second hypothesis show that independently belief system (r=0.205**, df=140, p