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Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria

Understanding key socio-demographic variables of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine recipients is crucial to improving its acceptance and Nigeria's COVID-19 control strategy. The survey was conducted as a non-probability cross-sectional survey of 2,936 COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Kw...

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Autores principales: Al-Mustapha, Ahmad Ibrahim, Abubakar, Musa Imam, Oyewo, Muftau, Esighetti, Rita Enyam, Ogundijo, Oluwaseun Adeolu, Bolanle, Lukman Dele, Fakayode, Oluwatosin Enoch, Olugbon, Abdullateef Saliman, Oguntoye, Michael, Elelu, Nusirat
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8766999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071159
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.773998
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author Al-Mustapha, Ahmad Ibrahim
Abubakar, Musa Imam
Oyewo, Muftau
Esighetti, Rita Enyam
Ogundijo, Oluwaseun Adeolu
Bolanle, Lukman Dele
Fakayode, Oluwatosin Enoch
Olugbon, Abdullateef Saliman
Oguntoye, Michael
Elelu, Nusirat
author_facet Al-Mustapha, Ahmad Ibrahim
Abubakar, Musa Imam
Oyewo, Muftau
Esighetti, Rita Enyam
Ogundijo, Oluwaseun Adeolu
Bolanle, Lukman Dele
Fakayode, Oluwatosin Enoch
Olugbon, Abdullateef Saliman
Oguntoye, Michael
Elelu, Nusirat
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description Understanding key socio-demographic variables of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine recipients is crucial to improving its acceptance and Nigeria's COVID-19 control strategy. The survey was conducted as a non-probability cross-sectional survey of 2,936 COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Kwara State. Our findings revealed that 74% (n = 2,161) of the vaccine recipients were older than 40 years. Forty percent (n = 1,180) of the vaccine recipients earned a monthly income >100,000 Naira (equivalent to US $200). Most of the vaccine recipients (64%, n = 1,880) had tertiary education, while 15% (n = 440) of them had no formal education. Almost half of the recipients (47%, n = 1,262) were government employees and 28.8% (n = 846) of them had health-related backgrounds. Only 17% (n = 499) of the vaccine recipients have been screened for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), of which 21% (n = 105/499) of them were tested positive. Only 47% (n = 1,378) had been fully immunized. The prevalence of confirmed COVID-19 cases among COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Kwara State was 3.6% (n = 105/2,936). The most recurrent adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) among vaccine recipients were fever (14%, n = 411), pain at injection site (47%, n = 1,409), headache (19%, n = 558), and body weakness (9%, n = 264). The need to protect themselves from the deadly virus was the main reason that prompted people to voluntarily accept the COVID-19 vaccine. There is a high level of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among respondents across all social classes including those with no formal education, those with very low monthly income (< US $2 per day), and in untested population. Hence, vaccine donors should prioritize equitable distribution to Low-and-Middle-income Countries (LMICs) such as Nigeria, and health authorities should improve vaccine advocacy to focus on vaccine safety and efficacy.
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spelling pubmed-87669992022-01-20 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria Al-Mustapha, Ahmad Ibrahim Abubakar, Musa Imam Oyewo, Muftau Esighetti, Rita Enyam Ogundijo, Oluwaseun Adeolu Bolanle, Lukman Dele Fakayode, Oluwatosin Enoch Olugbon, Abdullateef Saliman Oguntoye, Michael Elelu, Nusirat Front Public Health Public Health Understanding key socio-demographic variables of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine recipients is crucial to improving its acceptance and Nigeria's COVID-19 control strategy. The survey was conducted as a non-probability cross-sectional survey of 2,936 COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Kwara State. Our findings revealed that 74% (n = 2,161) of the vaccine recipients were older than 40 years. Forty percent (n = 1,180) of the vaccine recipients earned a monthly income >100,000 Naira (equivalent to US $200). Most of the vaccine recipients (64%, n = 1,880) had tertiary education, while 15% (n = 440) of them had no formal education. Almost half of the recipients (47%, n = 1,262) were government employees and 28.8% (n = 846) of them had health-related backgrounds. Only 17% (n = 499) of the vaccine recipients have been screened for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), of which 21% (n = 105/499) of them were tested positive. Only 47% (n = 1,378) had been fully immunized. The prevalence of confirmed COVID-19 cases among COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Kwara State was 3.6% (n = 105/2,936). The most recurrent adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) among vaccine recipients were fever (14%, n = 411), pain at injection site (47%, n = 1,409), headache (19%, n = 558), and body weakness (9%, n = 264). The need to protect themselves from the deadly virus was the main reason that prompted people to voluntarily accept the COVID-19 vaccine. There is a high level of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among respondents across all social classes including those with no formal education, those with very low monthly income (< US $2 per day), and in untested population. Hence, vaccine donors should prioritize equitable distribution to Low-and-Middle-income Countries (LMICs) such as Nigeria, and health authorities should improve vaccine advocacy to focus on vaccine safety and efficacy. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8766999/ /pubmed/35071159 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.773998 Text en Copyright © 2022 Al-Mustapha, Abubakar, Oyewo, Esighetti, Ogundijo, Bolanle, Fakayode, Olugbon, Oguntoye and Elelu. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Al-Mustapha, Ahmad Ibrahim
Abubakar, Musa Imam
Oyewo, Muftau
Esighetti, Rita Enyam
Ogundijo, Oluwaseun Adeolu
Bolanle, Lukman Dele
Fakayode, Oluwatosin Enoch
Olugbon, Abdullateef Saliman
Oguntoye, Michael
Elelu, Nusirat
Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria
title Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria
title_full Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria
title_fullStr Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria
title_short Socio-Demographic Characteristics of COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria
title_sort socio-demographic characteristics of covid-19 vaccine recipients in kwara state, north central nigeria
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8766999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35071159
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.773998
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