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Pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: A randomized controlled trial

PURPOSE: Given their negative influence on community health, vaccine hesitancy and resistance are emerging challenges that require healthcare intervention. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the impact of physician-pharmacist collaborative health coaching on rates of hesitancy and resistance for...

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Autores principales: Abdel-Qader, Derar H., Hayajneh, Wail, Albassam, Abdullah, Obeidat, Nathir M., Belbeisi, Adel M., Al Mazrouei, Nadia, Al-Shaikh, Ala'a F., Nusair, Khaldoon E., Al Meslamani, Ahmad Z., El-Shara, Asma A., El Sharu, Husam, Mohammed Ebaed, Samah Bahy, Mohamed Ibrahim, Osama
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8712432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34977553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2021.100135
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author Abdel-Qader, Derar H.
Hayajneh, Wail
Albassam, Abdullah
Obeidat, Nathir M.
Belbeisi, Adel M.
Al Mazrouei, Nadia
Al-Shaikh, Ala'a F.
Nusair, Khaldoon E.
Al Meslamani, Ahmad Z.
El-Shara, Asma A.
El Sharu, Husam
Mohammed Ebaed, Samah Bahy
Mohamed Ibrahim, Osama
author_facet Abdel-Qader, Derar H.
Hayajneh, Wail
Albassam, Abdullah
Obeidat, Nathir M.
Belbeisi, Adel M.
Al Mazrouei, Nadia
Al-Shaikh, Ala'a F.
Nusair, Khaldoon E.
Al Meslamani, Ahmad Z.
El-Shara, Asma A.
El Sharu, Husam
Mohammed Ebaed, Samah Bahy
Mohamed Ibrahim, Osama
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description PURPOSE: Given their negative influence on community health, vaccine hesitancy and resistance are emerging challenges that require healthcare intervention. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the impact of physician-pharmacist collaborative health coaching on rates of hesitancy and resistance for a COVID-19 vaccine. METHODS: After an initial assessment of rates of hesitancy and resistance for a COVID-19 vaccine was conducted, hesitant and resistant participants were approached, recruited, and randomized into an active and control group. Pharmacists-physicians collaborative coaching intervention was delivered to active group subjects over two months through Facebook live sessions. The outcome measures were assessed in both groups before coaching, directly after coaching, and a month after coaching. RESULTS: The proportions of hesitancy and resistance for a COVID-19 vaccine among subjects in the active group were significantly reduced from 64.3% and 35.7% before coaching to 20.1% and 7.8% directly after coaching, respectively. These proportions were further reduced to 11.1% and 3.3% a month after coaching, respectively. Furthermore, the mean scores for knowledge on, and attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine were significantly increased from 4.6 ± 1.8 and 4.1 ± 1.7 before coaching to 7.5 ± 3.1 and 8.9 ± 3.8 directly after coaching, respectively. However, the change in mean score of beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines among active group subjects was not significant. CONCLUSION: High rates of hesitancy and resistance for a COVID-19 vaccine were found in Jordan. These rates can be significantly reduced through online pharmacists-physicians collaborative coaching, which can also improve knowledge of and attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines.
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spelling pubmed-87124322021-12-28 Pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: A randomized controlled trial Abdel-Qader, Derar H. Hayajneh, Wail Albassam, Abdullah Obeidat, Nathir M. Belbeisi, Adel M. Al Mazrouei, Nadia Al-Shaikh, Ala'a F. Nusair, Khaldoon E. Al Meslamani, Ahmad Z. El-Shara, Asma A. El Sharu, Husam Mohammed Ebaed, Samah Bahy Mohamed Ibrahim, Osama Vaccine X Regular paper PURPOSE: Given their negative influence on community health, vaccine hesitancy and resistance are emerging challenges that require healthcare intervention. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the impact of physician-pharmacist collaborative health coaching on rates of hesitancy and resistance for a COVID-19 vaccine. METHODS: After an initial assessment of rates of hesitancy and resistance for a COVID-19 vaccine was conducted, hesitant and resistant participants were approached, recruited, and randomized into an active and control group. Pharmacists-physicians collaborative coaching intervention was delivered to active group subjects over two months through Facebook live sessions. The outcome measures were assessed in both groups before coaching, directly after coaching, and a month after coaching. RESULTS: The proportions of hesitancy and resistance for a COVID-19 vaccine among subjects in the active group were significantly reduced from 64.3% and 35.7% before coaching to 20.1% and 7.8% directly after coaching, respectively. These proportions were further reduced to 11.1% and 3.3% a month after coaching, respectively. Furthermore, the mean scores for knowledge on, and attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine were significantly increased from 4.6 ± 1.8 and 4.1 ± 1.7 before coaching to 7.5 ± 3.1 and 8.9 ± 3.8 directly after coaching, respectively. However, the change in mean score of beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines among active group subjects was not significant. CONCLUSION: High rates of hesitancy and resistance for a COVID-19 vaccine were found in Jordan. These rates can be significantly reduced through online pharmacists-physicians collaborative coaching, which can also improve knowledge of and attitude towards COVID-19 vaccines. Elsevier 2021-12-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8712432/ /pubmed/34977553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2021.100135 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Abdel-Qader, Derar H.
Hayajneh, Wail
Albassam, Abdullah
Obeidat, Nathir M.
Belbeisi, Adel M.
Al Mazrouei, Nadia
Al-Shaikh, Ala'a F.
Nusair, Khaldoon E.
Al Meslamani, Ahmad Z.
El-Shara, Asma A.
El Sharu, Husam
Mohammed Ebaed, Samah Bahy
Mohamed Ibrahim, Osama
Pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: A randomized controlled trial
title Pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: A randomized controlled trial
title_full Pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: A randomized controlled trial
title_fullStr Pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: A randomized controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed Pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: A randomized controlled trial
title_short Pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: A randomized controlled trial
title_sort pharmacists-physicians collaborative intervention to reduce vaccine hesitancy and resistance: a randomized controlled trial
topic Regular paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8712432/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34977553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2021.100135
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