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Population preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan
BACKGROUND: While vaccine development is itself a challenge; ensuring optimal vaccine uptake at population level can present an even more significant challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the Pakistani population’s attitude and preferences towards the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) v...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34565351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11814-5 |
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author | Tahir, Muhammad Junaid Saqlain, Muhammad Tariq, Waleed Waheed, Summaiya Tan, Steven H. S. Nasir, Sarim Irhas Ullah, Irfan Ahmed, Ali |
author_facet | Tahir, Muhammad Junaid Saqlain, Muhammad Tariq, Waleed Waheed, Summaiya Tan, Steven H. S. Nasir, Sarim Irhas Ullah, Irfan Ahmed, Ali |
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description | BACKGROUND: While vaccine development is itself a challenge; ensuring optimal vaccine uptake at population level can present an even more significant challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the Pakistani population’s attitude and preferences towards the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. METHOD: A cross-sectional study was carried out through an online self-administered questionnaire from 27 September 2020 to 11 October 2020. A total of 883 people responded to the survey. The questionnaire included the participants’ socio-demographic variables, attitudes, beliefs towards the COVID-19 vaccine and acceptance and rejection of vaccination, and reasons for them. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the predictors for vaccine acceptance and willingness to pay for the vaccine. RESULTS: A majority (70.8%) of respondents will accept the COVID-19vaccine if available, and 66.8% showed a positive attitude towards vaccination. Monthly family income, education level, self-diagnosis of COVID-19 or a friend, family member, or colleague are significant factors influencing the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination. The dogma of being naturally immune to COVID-19 was a key reason for the refusal of the vaccine. Less than half (48%) of those who refuse will vaccinate themselves if government officials have made it compulsory. A third (33.9%) of participants were willing to pay up to (7 USD) 1000 Pkr (Pakistani Rupees) for the vaccine. CONCLUSION: The population’s positive attitude should be improved by increasing awareness and eradicating false myths about vaccines through large-scale campaigns. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-11814-5. |
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spelling | pubmed-84747682021-09-28 Population preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan Tahir, Muhammad Junaid Saqlain, Muhammad Tariq, Waleed Waheed, Summaiya Tan, Steven H. S. Nasir, Sarim Irhas Ullah, Irfan Ahmed, Ali BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: While vaccine development is itself a challenge; ensuring optimal vaccine uptake at population level can present an even more significant challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the Pakistani population’s attitude and preferences towards the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. METHOD: A cross-sectional study was carried out through an online self-administered questionnaire from 27 September 2020 to 11 October 2020. A total of 883 people responded to the survey. The questionnaire included the participants’ socio-demographic variables, attitudes, beliefs towards the COVID-19 vaccine and acceptance and rejection of vaccination, and reasons for them. Logistic regression analysis was used to analyze the predictors for vaccine acceptance and willingness to pay for the vaccine. RESULTS: A majority (70.8%) of respondents will accept the COVID-19vaccine if available, and 66.8% showed a positive attitude towards vaccination. Monthly family income, education level, self-diagnosis of COVID-19 or a friend, family member, or colleague are significant factors influencing the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination. The dogma of being naturally immune to COVID-19 was a key reason for the refusal of the vaccine. Less than half (48%) of those who refuse will vaccinate themselves if government officials have made it compulsory. A third (33.9%) of participants were willing to pay up to (7 USD) 1000 Pkr (Pakistani Rupees) for the vaccine. CONCLUSION: The population’s positive attitude should be improved by increasing awareness and eradicating false myths about vaccines through large-scale campaigns. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12889-021-11814-5. BioMed Central 2021-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8474768/ /pubmed/34565351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11814-5 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/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Tahir, Muhammad Junaid Saqlain, Muhammad Tariq, Waleed Waheed, Summaiya Tan, Steven H. S. Nasir, Sarim Irhas Ullah, Irfan Ahmed, Ali Population preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title | Population preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_full | Population preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_fullStr | Population preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_full_unstemmed | Population preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_short | Population preferences and attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_sort | population preferences and attitudes towards covid-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study from pakistan |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8474768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34565351 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11814-5 |
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