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Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Intention among the Saudi Arabian Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey
The long-term solution to managing the current COVID-19 pandemic is through mass immunization of the population. However, uncertainty or unwillingness to receive the vaccine could be a barrier in attaining sufficient vaccine coverage. Therefore, understanding the psychology of the population towards...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402383/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34452017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9080892 |
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author | Noushad, Mohammed Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria Koppolu, Pradeep Alsalhani, Anas B. Samran, Abdulaziz Alqerban, Ali Abusalim, Ghadah Salim Barakat, Ali Alshalhoub, Mashari Bandar Rastam, Samer |
author_facet | Noushad, Mohammed Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria Koppolu, Pradeep Alsalhani, Anas B. Samran, Abdulaziz Alqerban, Ali Abusalim, Ghadah Salim Barakat, Ali Alshalhoub, Mashari Bandar Rastam, Samer |
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description | The long-term solution to managing the current COVID-19 pandemic is through mass immunization of the population. However, uncertainty or unwillingness to receive the vaccine could be a barrier in attaining sufficient vaccine coverage. Therefore, understanding the psychology of the population towards the vaccines against COVID-19 is of paramount importance. Our study was aimed at determining the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine intention in the Saudi Arabian population. A structured questionnaire guided by the ‘Report of the SAGE working group on vaccine hesitancy’ was administered during a span of two months among the general population from all administrative regions of Saudi Arabia, proceeding the launch of the vaccination campaign. In total, 879 out of 1600 subjects responded and completed the survey (response rate 54.9%). About 56 percent of the participants intended to be vaccinated. The predictors of a higher intention to vaccinate included those 50 years of age or older, male subjects, people suffering from systemic disease/s, subjects who were not previously infected with COVID-19, those who follow the updates about COVID-19 vaccines, and adults with a higher level of anxiety about contracting coronavirus (p < 0.05). Results from our study and other similar studies can aid policy makers and stakeholders in planning effective strategies based on the changing behavior of the population. |
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spelling | pubmed-84023832021-08-29 Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Intention among the Saudi Arabian Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey Noushad, Mohammed Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria Koppolu, Pradeep Alsalhani, Anas B. Samran, Abdulaziz Alqerban, Ali Abusalim, Ghadah Salim Barakat, Ali Alshalhoub, Mashari Bandar Rastam, Samer Vaccines (Basel) Article The long-term solution to managing the current COVID-19 pandemic is through mass immunization of the population. However, uncertainty or unwillingness to receive the vaccine could be a barrier in attaining sufficient vaccine coverage. Therefore, understanding the psychology of the population towards the vaccines against COVID-19 is of paramount importance. Our study was aimed at determining the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine intention in the Saudi Arabian population. A structured questionnaire guided by the ‘Report of the SAGE working group on vaccine hesitancy’ was administered during a span of two months among the general population from all administrative regions of Saudi Arabia, proceeding the launch of the vaccination campaign. In total, 879 out of 1600 subjects responded and completed the survey (response rate 54.9%). About 56 percent of the participants intended to be vaccinated. The predictors of a higher intention to vaccinate included those 50 years of age or older, male subjects, people suffering from systemic disease/s, subjects who were not previously infected with COVID-19, those who follow the updates about COVID-19 vaccines, and adults with a higher level of anxiety about contracting coronavirus (p < 0.05). Results from our study and other similar studies can aid policy makers and stakeholders in planning effective strategies based on the changing behavior of the population. MDPI 2021-08-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8402383/ /pubmed/34452017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9080892 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/). |
spellingShingle | Article Noushad, Mohammed Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria Koppolu, Pradeep Alsalhani, Anas B. Samran, Abdulaziz Alqerban, Ali Abusalim, Ghadah Salim Barakat, Ali Alshalhoub, Mashari Bandar Rastam, Samer Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Intention among the Saudi Arabian Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title | Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Intention among the Saudi Arabian Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_full | Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Intention among the Saudi Arabian Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_fullStr | Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Intention among the Saudi Arabian Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Intention among the Saudi Arabian Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_short | Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Intention among the Saudi Arabian Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey |
title_sort | predictors of covid-19 vaccine intention among the saudi arabian population: a cross-sectional survey |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8402383/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34452017 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9080892 |
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