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Attitudes and Intentions toward COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Professions Students and Faculty in Qatar

A population’s desire to take the COVID-19 vaccine is an important predictor of a country’s future pandemic management. This cross-sectional study examines the impact of psychological and sociodemographic factors on attitudes toward and intentions to take the COVID-19 vaccine among students and facu...

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Autores principales: Zaidi, Amine, Elmasaad, Amal, Alobaidli, Hend, Sayed, Rana, Al-Ali, Dana, Al-Kuwari, Dana, Al-Kubaisi, Shaikha, Mekki, Yosra, Emara, Mohamed M., Daher-Nashif, Suhad
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8619275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34835206
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111275
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author Zaidi, Amine
Elmasaad, Amal
Alobaidli, Hend
Sayed, Rana
Al-Ali, Dana
Al-Kuwari, Dana
Al-Kubaisi, Shaikha
Mekki, Yosra
Emara, Mohamed M.
Daher-Nashif, Suhad
author_facet Zaidi, Amine
Elmasaad, Amal
Alobaidli, Hend
Sayed, Rana
Al-Ali, Dana
Al-Kuwari, Dana
Al-Kubaisi, Shaikha
Mekki, Yosra
Emara, Mohamed M.
Daher-Nashif, Suhad
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description A population’s desire to take the COVID-19 vaccine is an important predictor of a country’s future pandemic management. This cross-sectional study examines the impact of psychological and sociodemographic factors on attitudes toward and intentions to take the COVID-19 vaccine among students and faculty at four colleges of health professions and sciences at Qatar University. The data were collected through an online survey using Google Forms. The survey was distributed through various online platforms. Data analysis was conducted using Stata 16. Of the 364 participants, 9.89% expressed a high mistrust of vaccine safety, and 21.7% were uncertain about their levels of trust; 28% expressed strong worries about unforeseen side effects, whereas 54.95% expressed moderate worries. Furthermore, 7.69% expressed strong concerns and 39.84% showed moderate concerns about commercial profiteering. Approximately 13% of the participants expressed a strong preference towards natural immunity, whilst 45.33% appeared to believe that natural immunity might be better than a vaccine. Importantly, 68.13% of the participants intended to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once it became available, compared to 17.03% who were uncertain and 14.83% who were unwilling to be vaccinated. Our findings differ from the data on vaccine hesitancy among the general population of Qatar. We argue that this gap is due to scientific knowledge and domain of education. Furthermore, although knowledge and awareness may affect vaccine attitudes, mental health and sociodemographic factors play a role in shaping attitudes towards vaccines.
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spelling pubmed-86192752021-11-27 Attitudes and Intentions toward COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Professions Students and Faculty in Qatar Zaidi, Amine Elmasaad, Amal Alobaidli, Hend Sayed, Rana Al-Ali, Dana Al-Kuwari, Dana Al-Kubaisi, Shaikha Mekki, Yosra Emara, Mohamed M. Daher-Nashif, Suhad Vaccines (Basel) Article A population’s desire to take the COVID-19 vaccine is an important predictor of a country’s future pandemic management. This cross-sectional study examines the impact of psychological and sociodemographic factors on attitudes toward and intentions to take the COVID-19 vaccine among students and faculty at four colleges of health professions and sciences at Qatar University. The data were collected through an online survey using Google Forms. The survey was distributed through various online platforms. Data analysis was conducted using Stata 16. Of the 364 participants, 9.89% expressed a high mistrust of vaccine safety, and 21.7% were uncertain about their levels of trust; 28% expressed strong worries about unforeseen side effects, whereas 54.95% expressed moderate worries. Furthermore, 7.69% expressed strong concerns and 39.84% showed moderate concerns about commercial profiteering. Approximately 13% of the participants expressed a strong preference towards natural immunity, whilst 45.33% appeared to believe that natural immunity might be better than a vaccine. Importantly, 68.13% of the participants intended to receive the COVID-19 vaccine once it became available, compared to 17.03% who were uncertain and 14.83% who were unwilling to be vaccinated. Our findings differ from the data on vaccine hesitancy among the general population of Qatar. We argue that this gap is due to scientific knowledge and domain of education. Furthermore, although knowledge and awareness may affect vaccine attitudes, mental health and sociodemographic factors play a role in shaping attitudes towards vaccines. MDPI 2021-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8619275/ /pubmed/34835206 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111275 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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Zaidi, Amine
Elmasaad, Amal
Alobaidli, Hend
Sayed, Rana
Al-Ali, Dana
Al-Kuwari, Dana
Al-Kubaisi, Shaikha
Mekki, Yosra
Emara, Mohamed M.
Daher-Nashif, Suhad
Attitudes and Intentions toward COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Professions Students and Faculty in Qatar
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title_fullStr Attitudes and Intentions toward COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Professions Students and Faculty in Qatar
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes and Intentions toward COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Professions Students and Faculty in Qatar
title_short Attitudes and Intentions toward COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Professions Students and Faculty in Qatar
title_sort attitudes and intentions toward covid-19 vaccination among health professions students and faculty in qatar
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8619275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34835206
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9111275
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