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Public fear of COVID-19 vaccines in Iraqi Kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Vaccines remain one of the most effective methods to control infectious diseases; however, COVID-19 vaccines are challenging and novel. Vaccine support is still substantial in general, although vaccination fear has increased dramatically in recent decades. This is the first study aimed t...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313242/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-021-00126-4 |
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author | Tahir, Arazoo Issa Ramadhan, Dilkhosh Shamal Taha, Ari Ahmed Abdullah, Rebar Yahya Karim, Saad Kazim Ahmed, Azad Karim Ahmed, Shalaw Faris |
author_facet | Tahir, Arazoo Issa Ramadhan, Dilkhosh Shamal Taha, Ari Ahmed Abdullah, Rebar Yahya Karim, Saad Kazim Ahmed, Azad Karim Ahmed, Shalaw Faris |
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description | BACKGROUND: Vaccines remain one of the most effective methods to control infectious diseases; however, COVID-19 vaccines are challenging and novel. Vaccine support is still substantial in general, although vaccination fear has increased dramatically in recent decades. This is the first study aimed to determine the fear of the COVID-19 vaccination and the role of factors and reasons associated with fear in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. RESULTS: A total of 1188 participants responded to the questionnaire about their fears of the COVID-19 vaccine. The majority of participants had a medium level of fear (56.7%). Fear was significantly (p < 0.001) associated with major demographic characteristics, social media use (51.8%), and losing family members, while other variables (previous seasonal influenza vaccine, previous infection, chronic medical diseases) show no relationship. Fear of side effects such as blood clotting was reported by the majority (45.03%) and indicated positive relation (p < 0.016). On the other hand, a high proportion, 39.9% and 34.01%, were afraid of AstraZeneca and Pfizer (p < 0.001), respectively; however, only about 4.63% had fear of Sinopharm. CONCLUSIONS: The fear of COVID-19 vaccination was widespread in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. In this way, fear was related to significant variables. To reduce the fear of vaccines and increase public acceptance, authorities and the Ministry of Health should initiate a public awareness campaign. As a result, the public health crisis will significantly improve. |
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spelling | pubmed-83132422021-07-27 Public fear of COVID-19 vaccines in Iraqi Kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study Tahir, Arazoo Issa Ramadhan, Dilkhosh Shamal Taha, Ari Ahmed Abdullah, Rebar Yahya Karim, Saad Kazim Ahmed, Azad Karim Ahmed, Shalaw Faris Middle East Curr Psychiatry Research BACKGROUND: Vaccines remain one of the most effective methods to control infectious diseases; however, COVID-19 vaccines are challenging and novel. Vaccine support is still substantial in general, although vaccination fear has increased dramatically in recent decades. This is the first study aimed to determine the fear of the COVID-19 vaccination and the role of factors and reasons associated with fear in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. RESULTS: A total of 1188 participants responded to the questionnaire about their fears of the COVID-19 vaccine. The majority of participants had a medium level of fear (56.7%). Fear was significantly (p < 0.001) associated with major demographic characteristics, social media use (51.8%), and losing family members, while other variables (previous seasonal influenza vaccine, previous infection, chronic medical diseases) show no relationship. Fear of side effects such as blood clotting was reported by the majority (45.03%) and indicated positive relation (p < 0.016). On the other hand, a high proportion, 39.9% and 34.01%, were afraid of AstraZeneca and Pfizer (p < 0.001), respectively; however, only about 4.63% had fear of Sinopharm. CONCLUSIONS: The fear of COVID-19 vaccination was widespread in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. In this way, fear was related to significant variables. To reduce the fear of vaccines and increase public acceptance, authorities and the Ministry of Health should initiate a public awareness campaign. As a result, the public health crisis will significantly improve. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-07-27 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8313242/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-021-00126-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Research Tahir, Arazoo Issa Ramadhan, Dilkhosh Shamal Taha, Ari Ahmed Abdullah, Rebar Yahya Karim, Saad Kazim Ahmed, Azad Karim Ahmed, Shalaw Faris Public fear of COVID-19 vaccines in Iraqi Kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study |
title | Public fear of COVID-19 vaccines in Iraqi Kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Public fear of COVID-19 vaccines in Iraqi Kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Public fear of COVID-19 vaccines in Iraqi Kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Public fear of COVID-19 vaccines in Iraqi Kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Public fear of COVID-19 vaccines in Iraqi Kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | public fear of covid-19 vaccines in iraqi kurdistan region: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313242/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43045-021-00126-4 |
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