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      Relationship between Psychiatric Patients' Awareness about COVID-19 and Their
                               Attitudes toward its Vaccine
Shymaa Mohammed Sayed Hassan1, Amal Abd Elaal Mohamed Ali2 & Ghada Ahmed Ghazi Mohamed3
1.
   Lecturer of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt.
2.
   Lecturer of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, South Valley University, Egypt.
3.
   Assistant Professor of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt.
Abstract
Psychiatric patients are at higher risk of dying from COVID-19, making the concern of vaccination willingness
crucial. Aim: This research aimed to assess the relationship between psychiatric patients' awareness of COVID-19
and their attitude toward its vaccine. Design: A descriptive-correlational design was used. Setting: The research was
done at an outpatient clinic and inpatient psychiatric department of the neuropsychiatric and neurosurgery hospital at
Assiut University Hospital. Sample: Included 186 psychiatric inpatients and 278 psychiatric outpatients. Tools:
three tools were used; Tool (1): Structured interviewing questionnaire, Tool (2): Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Awareness Scale, and Tool (3): Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. Results: The research subjects have the
highest mean score and SD of coronavirus concern (12.2±3.3), followed by exaggerated perception (5.2±2.1) and the
lowest mean score is related to immunity perception (2.7±1.2). The mean rank of coronavirus concern is higher
among outpatients than inpatients and there is a significant relation between outpatient and coronavirus concern (p-
value= 0.000). Conclusion: Psychiatric patients who have coronavirus concerns and have information about the
virus have the wiliness to be vaccinated more those patients who have not aware of the pandemic of coronavirus.
Also, it can be concluded that outpatients are more aware of COVID-19 as they are in more contact with mass media
than inpatients. Recommendations: Implementation of educational programs about the effects and importance of
vaccines against COVID-19.
Keywords: Attitude, Awareness, COVID-19, Vaccine& Psychiatric patients.
Introduction:                                                  loneliness, sadness, stress, and insomnia indicates that
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a viral illness              COVID-19 lowers the immune system (Suhas, 2021).
that has spread over the world and is a significant            A person with a mental illness may decline the
topic of public health research. It continues to be a          vaccine due to a lack of understanding, expense,
problem for many nations. Numerous attempts have               accessibility issues, immunization-related anxieties,
been taken to stop the spread of the virus, but only           and a lack of health education from their primary care
vaccination can stop the pandemic and contain it               providers. Additionally, individuals with paranoid
(Bilsin & Kocamaz, 2022).                                      delusions may not believe in vaccinations and worry
Vaccines are efficient therapies that can reduce the           about interactions with psychoactive drugs (Miles et
high burden of disease on a global scale. However, a           al., 2019).
significant issue for public health agencies is a public       The coronavirus disease 2019 has brought significant
reluctance to get vaccines (El-Elimat et al., 2021).           pressure on nurses as they are the frontline of care.
Patients who are mentally ill have the risk of both            Patient care responsibilities fall mostly on the
contracting COVID-19 and developing a more serious             shoulders of nurses. The demands on nurses have
condition. They frequently have more comorbid                  increased and public health decision-making has
conditions such as diabetes, respiratory illness,              received more attention. Despite criticism, nurses and
obesity, and cardiovascular disease. All of these              other healthcare professionals have remained society's
characteristics raise the chance of getting COVID-19,          leaders in advising the public during the epidemic
the quarantine, and resulting in societal changes in           (Riedel et al., 2021).
particular. It's critical to comprehend COVID-19
vaccine reluctance if you want to encourage people             Significance of the study:
with mental health issues to receive vaccines                  Many public health initiatives have been advocated as
(Payberah et al., 2022).                                       a result of COVID-19 diseases. Less attention has
Due to COVID-19, patients with severe mental illness           been paid to its effects on a population at risk who
die more frequently than the normal population. The            suffers from serious mental illness. Due to cognitive
correlation between COVID-19 and elevated levels of            impairment brought on by their condition, people who
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are mentally ill may find it difficult to absorb           Sample size:
information overload when it arises. High rates of         A current study was carried out on 468 psychiatric
smoking and increased medical co-morbidities like          patients (188 psychiatric inpatients and 280
diabetes mellitus and systemic hypertension lead to        psychiatric outpatients). The sample was computed
an increase in the problem and risk of spreading           using the equation given below:
diseases in the hospitals for mental illnesses. These      n = [DEFF*N p (1-p)]/ [(d2/Z21-α/2*(N-1) + p*(1-p)]
factors, along with a lack of awareness of risk and        DEFF (Design effect) = 1
diminished efforts regarding personal protection (i.e.,    N (population) = 368 psychiatric inpatients and 1030
social distance, hand-washing, and home isolation)         psychiatric outpatients
also contribute to the problem (Muruganandam et            p (Hypothesized %) = 50%+/-5
al., 2020). So, the relationship between psychiatric       d (tolerated margin of error) = 0.05
patients' awareness of COVID-19 and their attitude         Z (level of confidence) = 1.96
toward its vaccine is very important in restricting of     α (Alpha)= 0.05
COVID -19 pandemic.                                        N (psychiatric inpatients) = [1*368*50%+/-5 (1-
Aim of the Study:                                          50%+/-5)/ [(0.05)2/ (1.96)21-0.05*(368-1) + 50%+/-5
This research aimed to assess the relationship             (1-50%+/-5)]
between psychiatric patients' awareness of COVID-19        N (psychiatric inpatients) = 188 psychiatric
and their attitude toward its vaccine.                     inpatients
Research questions:                                        N (psychiatric outpatients) = [1*1030*50%+/-5 (1-
1. What is the degree of awareness regarding               50%+/-5)/ [(0.05)2/ (1.96)21-0.05*(1030-1) + 50%+/-
    COVID-19 and attitudes toward its vaccines             5 (1-50%+/-5)]
    among psychiatric patients?                            N (psychiatric outpatients) = 280 psychiatric out
2. Is there a difference between psychiatric               patients
    inpatients and outpatients regarding awareness of      Tools of the study:
    COVID-19 and attitudes toward its vaccines?            Tool (1): Self-administered questionnaire included
                                                           two parts:
Subjects and Methods:                                      Part I: Included personal characteristics such as
Research Design: A descriptive correlational design        name, age, residence, educational level, and
was used in this research.                                 occupation.
Setting: The research was done at a psychiatric            Part II: Included clinical characteristics related to
outpatient clinic and inpatient department of the          diagnosis, and the date of admission to the hospital
neuropsychiatric and neurosurgery hospital at Assiut       (one week, two weeks, three weeks, and four weeks
University. The hospital offers services for Assiut city   ago).
and most of the bordering governorates and is the          Tool (2): Corona Virus (COVID-19) Awareness
largest hospital in Upper Egypt (Assiut, Sohage,           Scale:
Qena, and Aswan). The hospital's psychiatry and            The Corona Virus Awareness Scale-10 (CAS-10)
neurology departments are spread across 10 floors;         consists of a 10-item was developed by (Landa-
they are located on the first and second levels of the     Blanco et al., 2021) in the English language and
building, respectively. The hospital's bottom floor        translated into the Arabic language by the researcher.
houses clinics for neurology, neurosurgery, and            The CAS-10 features a 5-point Likert-type response
psychiatry. The female inpatient psychiatric unit is       set (0–4). This scale assesses the degree of awareness
located on the second floor, the male inpatient            about Corona Virus (COVID-19). The three subscales
psychiatric unit is located on the third floor and the     are Coronavirus concern, which is defined as being
addiction department is located on the fourth floor.       concerned about contracting COVID-19 and includes
Subjects: Non-probability (Purposive) sample was           the following items: 1, 2, 4, 6, and 10; Exaggerated
applied in this research. A current study was carried      Perception, which contains three items (3, 8, and 9),
out on psychiatric patients. They were included in the     relates to the idea that governments and the media are
study based on the following criteria:                     overreacting to the COVID-19 issue, whereas
Inclusion criteria:                                        Immunity Perception, which has two items (5 and 7),
- Accept to participate in the study.                      refers to the idea that COVID-19 infection is unlikely.
- Diagnosed with any psychiatric disorders.                The raw scores for the related elements are averaged
- Age range between (15 to 60 years).                      to create each factor's mean (without reverse coding).
Exclusion criteria:                                        A higher Corona Virus Concern score (which
- Psychiatric patients with mental retardation.            exclusively comprises positively oriented items)
- Psychiatric patients with an organic brain disorder.     denotes a greater Corona Virus Awareness when item
- Psychiatric patients with medical illnesses.             orientation is taken into account. Low Corona Virus
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Awareness is indicated by high scores on the              outpatients) to assess the clarity and applicability of
Exaggerated Perception and Immunity Perception            the tools. No changes were made to the tools. So, they
subscales. Cronbach's alpha for the CAS-10 is 0.762,      were added to the total sample.
which is regarded as satisfactory (Landa-Blanco et        Procedure:
al., 2021).                                               Two phases of the actual fieldwork, which lasted six
Tool (3): Attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines: -           months from November 2021 to April 2022, were
An attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines was                  involved:
developed by El-Elimat et al., (2021) in the English      The preparatory phase:
language and translated into the Arabic language by       The researchers reviewed past and currently available
the researcher. This scale assesses the degree of         literature relevant to the study topic to acquire in-
attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. The attitudes         depth theoretical knowledge of the various aspects of
towards COVID-19 vaccines section consists of six         the problem then they prepared the tools for the study.
statements on a five-point Likert scale (5 = strongly     The implementation phase:
agree, 4 = agree, 3 = neutral, 2 = disagree, and 1 =       Following the evaluation of the study's proposal by
strongly disagree), as well as questions on reluctance       the nursing faculty's ethical and scientific
and worries about COVID-19 vaccines. The                     committee, to obtain formal approval to conduct the
Cronbach's alpha for the items in this area was 0.6,         study, the Dean of the Nursing Faculty at Assiut
which denotes high reliability. The researcher               University wrote a letter to the Manager of the
modified the scale and made several changes to this          Neuropsychiatric and Neurosurgery Hospital at
scale, including the addition of item number seven           Assiut University Hospital.
and a word change in item number five from (Most           After receiving formal approval to carry out the
individuals will refuse to take the COVID-19                 study. Each psychiatric inpatient and outpatient
vaccination once it is approved in Jordan) to (How           were questioned individually by the researchers,
much you agree to take a vaccine for the call from           who also gave a brief explanation of the study's
COVID-19?) (Most people will refuse to take the              goals and obtained her oral agreement to participate.
COVID-19 vaccine once licensed in Egypt).                    Three days a week, the researchers visited with
Tools validity:                                              patients in the inpatient psychiatric unit. Each day,
Five professionals with advanced degrees in                  about two to three sheets were completed. Each
psychiatric and mental health nursing evaluated the          interview lasted between 25 and 35 minutes,
research tools for validity. As required, the                depending on the patient's schedule.
adjustments were completed.                                Also the researchers visited with psychiatric
Tools reliability:                                           outpatients on two additional days each week and
Cronbach's Alpha was utilized to assess the reliability      completed five to six sheets each day. According to
of the tools; it was (0.78) for Coronavirus (COVID-          the out-patients working hours and each interview
19) Awareness Scale & (0.74) for Attitudes toward            lasted around 20 to 30 minutes.
COVID-19 vaccines after modification of the scales.       Statistical analysis:
Ethical and legal considerations:                         SPSS version 22 was used for data entry and analysis
Before starting the study, ethical approval was           (Statistical Package for Social Science). Numbers,
obtained from the scientific research ethical             percentages, means and standard deviations were
committee of the faculty of Nursing, Assiut               used to show the data. To compare qualitative
University number 320 (26-10-2021). The manager of        variables, the Chi-square test was employed.
the neuropsychiatric and neurosurgical hospital at        Quantitative differences across groups were
Assiut University Hospital granted formal approval.       compared using the independent samples t-test. In the
Before data collection, psychiatric patients were told    instance of non-parametric data, Spearman correlation
of the study's purpose and nature, which didn't           was used to assess the correlation between
include any injury or pain, and oral consent was          quantitative variables. The P-value is considered
obtained before any data were collected. Additionally,    statistically significant when P < 0.05.
they received assurances that the data was private and
would only be used for research. The study's
participants were made aware that participation was
optional and that they had the choice to discontinue at
any time. They were also advised that the data
collected would be kept anonymous and confidential.
Pilot study:
Pilot research was conducted on 10% of the total
sample (19 psychiatric inpatients and 28 psychiatric
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Results:
Table (1): Personal characteristics of the studied psychiatric patients (n=468)
                                                                Studied psychiatric patients
               Personal characteristics                                   (n=468)
                                                            Number                        %
   Age (years)
   Less than 20 years                                          21                        4.5
   20 to less than 30 yrs                                     174                       37.2
   30 to less than 40 yrs                                     167                       35.7
   40 yrs to less than 50 yrs                                  81                       17.3
   50 to 60 yrs                                                25                        5.3
   Min-Max                                                                 15-60
   Mean± SD                                                               32.4±9.4
   Sex
     Male                                                     281                       60.0
     Female                                                   187                       40.0
   Educational level
   Illiterate                                                 121                       25.9
   Read and write                                              31                        6.6
   Primary                                                     47                       10.0
   Preparatory                                                 44                        9.4
   Secondary                                                  190                       40.6
   University                                                  35                        7.5
   Working Status
   Not working & Students                                     353                        75.4
   Working (Employee)                                          37                        7.90
   Private workers                                             78                       16.70
Table (2): Clinical characteristics of the studied psychiatric patients
                                                                Studied psychiatric patients
                Clinical characteristics                                  (n=468)
                                                            Number                        %
   Groups
   Inpatients                                         188                    40.2
   Outpatients                                        280                    59.8
   Diagnosis
   Bipolar disorder                                   238                    50.9
   Schizophrenia                                      176                    37.6
   Depression                                         54                     11.5
   Admission (N= 188)
   1 week                                             57                     30.3
   2 weeks                                            75                     40.0
   3 weeks                                            37                     19.7
   4 weeks                                            19                     10.0
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        Figure (1): Mean and SD of awareness's subscales among psychiatric patients (n=468)
         Figure (2): Attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines among psychiatric patients (n=468)
Table (3): Mean rank of awareness subscales and groups of patients (n=468)
        Awareness                                             Mann-Whitney U Test
                                Groups
         subscales                                 N     Mean Rank                  U                p-value
   Corona         virus        Inpatient         188        197.15
                                                                                 19299.0             0.000**
   Concern                    Outpatient         280        259.58
   Exaggerated                 Inpatient         188        281.42
                                                                                 17499.5             0.000**
   perception                 Outpatient         280        203.00
   Immunity                    Inpatient         188        289.60
                                                                                 15960.5             0.000**
   perception                 Outpatient         280        197.50
   * Statistically significant difference (p<0.05)     ** Highly statistically significant difference (p<0.01)
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Table (4): Correlation between awareness's subscales score and attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines
           scale items score among psychiatric patients (n=468):
                                                                   Psychiatric Patients' Awareness
                                                         Corona virus      Exaggerated          Immunity
        Attitude toward COVID-19 vaccines
                                                           Concern          perception          perception
                                                          r        p         r         p        r         p
    It is important to get a vaccine to protect the
                                                         .581        .000       -.228      .000       -360         .000
    people from COVID-19
    Pharmaceutical companies are going to
    develop safe and effective COVID-19                  .610        .000       -.272      .000       -341         .000
    vaccines.
    COVID-19 vaccines made in Europe or
    America are safer than those made in other           .036        .441       -.063      .171       -050         .282
    world countries
    Side effects will prevent me from taking a
                                                         -.069       .134       .183       .000       .230         .000
    vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19.
    Most people will refuse to take the COVID-
                                                         -.146       .002       .111       .016       .237         .000
    19 vaccine once licensed in Egypt
    The government will make the vaccine                             .000
                                                         .253                 -.103-*      .026      -187-**       .000
    available for all citizens for free.
    How much you agree to take a vaccine for                         .000
                                                        .530**                -.231-**     .000      -347-**       .000
    the call from COVID-19
   ** )Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level)             *(Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level)
Table (1): Shows the personal data of the studied                   (p-value= 0.000). Also, there are significant relations
participants. As regards age, 37.2% of the studied                  between      exaggerated      perception,    immunity
participants in the age group ranged from 20 to less                perception, and the inpatient group (p-value=0.000)
than 30 yrs. The mean age of the studied participants               for both.
was 32.4±9.4; 60% of the studied participants were                  Table (4): Shows that, the correlation between
males; 40.6% of the participant had secondary                       awareness subscales and attitudes toward COVID-19
education level; and about three-quarters of the                    vaccines among psychiatric patients. Patients who
studied participant weren't working (75.4%).                        reported that the vaccine is very important, they were
Table (2): Illustrates the clinical characteristics of the          known that companies will develop a safe vaccine
studied participants, more than half of the studied                 and patients whose point of view that European and
participants (59.8%) were in psychiatric outpatients'               American COVID-19 vaccinations are safer than
clinics and about half of the patients (50.9%) are                  those produced in other nations are positively and
diagnosed with bipolar disorders' patients. According               significantly correlated with coronavirus concerns.
to the period of admission, 40.0% of the studied                    On the other hand, attitude toward COVID-19
participants spent 2 weeks in the hospital.                         vaccines is negatively and significantly correlated
Figure (1) demonstrates that the study's participants               with exaggerated immunity perception. Patients who
have the highest mean score and SD of coronavirus                   understand that side effects will prohibit them from
concern (12.2±3.3), followed by exaggerated                         receiving a COVID-19 vaccination are positively and
perception (5.2±2.1), and the lowest mean score is                  significantly correlated with exaggerated immunity
immunity perception (2.7±1.2).                                      perception. Patients who saw that when the COVID-
Figure (2): Shows the attitude toward COVID-19                      19 vaccine was licensed in Egypt, people would
vaccines, the majority of research participants agreed              refuse to get it, and the government would provide it
or strongly agreed that the government should                       free of charge to all residents, had a negative and
provide the vaccination free of charge to all citizens.             significant correlation with inflated immunity
Additionally, they stated that vaccination is crucial               perception.
for protecting against COVID-19, with respective
percentages of 88.9% and 85.9%.                                     Discussion:
Table (3): Shows that; the mean rank of coronavirus                 This research aimed to assess the relationship
concern is higher among the outpatient group than the               between psychiatric patients' awareness of covid-19
inpatient one and there is a significant relation                   and their attitude toward its vaccine. Recently, there
between the outpatient group and coronavirus concern                is evidence that individuals with mental illness should
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be prioritized for COVID-9 vaccinations because the      Patients who perceived side effects would avoid
hospitalization and mortality rates are increasing       receiving the COVID-19 vaccination. Patients who
more than the general population. the attitude toward    were apprehensive about drug side effects may not be
vaccination is considered the main barrier and may       ready to get the vaccination, which may account for
reduce vaccine uptake in this population (Fond et al.,   this finding.
2021).
According to current results; the coronavirus concern    Conclusion:
has a higher mean score rather than other subscales of   Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that
awareness. Such findings are consistent with those of    psychiatric patients who have coronavirus concerns
(Dalky et al., 2021) who studied the assessment of       and have information about the virus are willing to be
the awareness, perception, attitudes, and preparedness   vaccinated more than patients who didn't aware of the
of healthcare professionals potentially exposed to       pandemic of coronavirus. Also, outpatients were more
COVID-19 in the United Arab Emirates and found           aware of COVID-19 as they were in more contact
that most patients had the appropriate amount of         with mass media than those inpatients.
awareness regarding the COVID-19 epidemic.
Understanding the symptoms is important for              Recommendations:
managing and preventing the spread of COVID-19           The following suggestions are made in light of the
because it enables the hospital to identify the hazard   findings of this research:
and take the appropriate measures.                       1. Implementation of psycho-educational programs
The present study showed that a high percentage of          about COVID-19 as ways of transmission,
psychiatric patients agreed to have the COVID-19            symptoms, and complications of the disease.
vaccine. It can be explained by psychiatric patients     2. Implementation of educational programs about the
saying that they were hearing from their parents,           effects and importance of vaccines against the
relatives, and neighbors that persons who did not take      virus.
the vaccination would die and the mass media was
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