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Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study

Vaccination is the most promising strategy to counter the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Vaccine hesitancy is a serious global phenomenon, and therefore the aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the effect of educational background, work field, and social media on attitude...

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Autores principales: Aloweidi, Abdelkarim, Bsisu, Isam, Suleiman, Aiman, Abu-Halaweh, Sami, Almustafa, Mahmoud, Aqel, Mohammad, Amro, Aous, Radwan, Neveen, Assaf, Dima, Abdullah, Malak Ziyad, Albataineh, Malak, Mahasneh, Aya, Badaineh, Ala’a, Obeidat, Hala
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34065888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105111
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author Aloweidi, Abdelkarim
Bsisu, Isam
Suleiman, Aiman
Abu-Halaweh, Sami
Almustafa, Mahmoud
Aqel, Mohammad
Amro, Aous
Radwan, Neveen
Assaf, Dima
Abdullah, Malak Ziyad
Albataineh, Malak
Mahasneh, Aya
Badaineh, Ala’a
Obeidat, Hala
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Bsisu, Isam
Suleiman, Aiman
Abu-Halaweh, Sami
Almustafa, Mahmoud
Aqel, Mohammad
Amro, Aous
Radwan, Neveen
Assaf, Dima
Abdullah, Malak Ziyad
Albataineh, Malak
Mahasneh, Aya
Badaineh, Ala’a
Obeidat, Hala
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description Vaccination is the most promising strategy to counter the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Vaccine hesitancy is a serious global phenomenon, and therefore the aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the effect of educational background, work field, and social media on attitudes towards vaccination in Jordan. We compared between medical personnel who were in direct contact with patients and non-medical individuals at Jordan University Hospital in terms of demographics, knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines, rumors received via social media, their trust in these vaccines, and the encouraging factors for vaccination. 646 individuals were enrolled in this study, of which 287 (44.4%) were from medical field, and 359 (55.6%) from non-medical field. 226 (35%) were planning to take the vaccine once available, with a positive response from 131 (45.6%) medical field workers, compared to 94 (26.2%) non-medical individuals (p < 0.001). The social media rumor that was believed the most was the unsafety of these vaccines (n = 283; 43.8%). Only 163 (56.8%) of medical persons did not believe any of the circulated rumors, compared to 126 (35.1%) of non-medical persons (p < 0.001). The effect of medical personnel advice (OR = 0.83; 95% CI = 0.70 to 0.98; p = 0.026) and social media (OR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.41; p = 0.012) were significantly associated with the willingness to take COVID-19 vaccine once available. In conclusion, medical personnel and social media play a crucial role in increasing the society’s inclination towards vaccination by providing the community with updated evidence-based information about COVID-19 vaccines as an efficient medical countermeasure and by correcting the previously spread misinformation.
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spelling pubmed-81512452021-05-27 Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study Aloweidi, Abdelkarim Bsisu, Isam Suleiman, Aiman Abu-Halaweh, Sami Almustafa, Mahmoud Aqel, Mohammad Amro, Aous Radwan, Neveen Assaf, Dima Abdullah, Malak Ziyad Albataineh, Malak Mahasneh, Aya Badaineh, Ala’a Obeidat, Hala Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Vaccination is the most promising strategy to counter the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Vaccine hesitancy is a serious global phenomenon, and therefore the aim of this cross-sectional study was to explore the effect of educational background, work field, and social media on attitudes towards vaccination in Jordan. We compared between medical personnel who were in direct contact with patients and non-medical individuals at Jordan University Hospital in terms of demographics, knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines, rumors received via social media, their trust in these vaccines, and the encouraging factors for vaccination. 646 individuals were enrolled in this study, of which 287 (44.4%) were from medical field, and 359 (55.6%) from non-medical field. 226 (35%) were planning to take the vaccine once available, with a positive response from 131 (45.6%) medical field workers, compared to 94 (26.2%) non-medical individuals (p < 0.001). The social media rumor that was believed the most was the unsafety of these vaccines (n = 283; 43.8%). Only 163 (56.8%) of medical persons did not believe any of the circulated rumors, compared to 126 (35.1%) of non-medical persons (p < 0.001). The effect of medical personnel advice (OR = 0.83; 95% CI = 0.70 to 0.98; p = 0.026) and social media (OR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.04 to 1.41; p = 0.012) were significantly associated with the willingness to take COVID-19 vaccine once available. In conclusion, medical personnel and social media play a crucial role in increasing the society’s inclination towards vaccination by providing the community with updated evidence-based information about COVID-19 vaccines as an efficient medical countermeasure and by correcting the previously spread misinformation. MDPI 2021-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8151245/ /pubmed/34065888 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105111 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Aloweidi, Abdelkarim
Bsisu, Isam
Suleiman, Aiman
Abu-Halaweh, Sami
Almustafa, Mahmoud
Aqel, Mohammad
Amro, Aous
Radwan, Neveen
Assaf, Dima
Abdullah, Malak Ziyad
Albataineh, Malak
Mahasneh, Aya
Badaineh, Ala’a
Obeidat, Hala
Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study
title Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study
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title_fullStr Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study
title_short Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccines: An Analytical Cross–Sectional Study
title_sort hesitancy towards covid-19 vaccines: an analytical cross–sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34065888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105111
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