1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.5084 1 2 Assessment of awareness about COVID-19 disease and vaccine uptake 3 4 Olgun Goktas 1 , Canan Ersoy 2 5 1 Department of Family Medicine, Bursa Uludag University Family Health Center, Bursa, Turkey; 6 2 Department of Internal Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey. 7 Correspondence: Olgun Goktas. Email: olgun_goktas@hotmail.com 8 9 Abstract 10 Objective: To evaluate the awareness of individuals about coronavirus disease-2019 11 disease and vaccines during the pandemic. 12 Method: The descriptive, cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted at family 13 health centres in the Bursa province between of Turkey from July 1 to 7, 2021. The 14 face-to-face survey of registered individuals had 20 items that measured coronavirus 15 disease-2019 and vaccines. The scale was named the Coronavirus Disease-2019 and 16 Vaccine Awareness level. It was carried out by family physicians using an online 17 weblink. The Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.87. Data was analysed using SPSS 25. 18 Results: Of the 228 subjects, 129(56.6%) were males and 99(43.4%) were females. The 19 overall mean age was 27.82±10.28 years. Awareness levels were high with a mean value 20 of 2.41±0.31. Female participants were more aware than males (p=0.04) and those with 21 monthly income between 2000-10000 Turkish lira had lower awareness level compared 22 to other income groups (p=0.03). Marital status (p=0.32), education level (p=0.49) 23 comorbidities (p=0.23), regular drug usage (p=0.13) and exercise status (p=0.24) did 24 not affect the awareness levels. Non-smokers were more aware than the smokers 25 (p=0.01). 26 Provisionally Accepted for Publication