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Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study

PURPOSE: The emergence of the mutant virus has exacerbated the COVID-19 epidemic, and vaccines remain an effective and viable means of resistance. As a socially influential young group, university students’ awareness and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine are crucial to achieving herd immunity. This...

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Autores principales: Li, Shirui, Gao, Zhihui, Zhong, Meihan, Yu, Zhujun, Li, Jianan, Bi, Haoran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9064172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35519502
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S360274
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author Li, Shirui
Gao, Zhihui
Zhong, Meihan
Yu, Zhujun
Li, Jianan
Bi, Haoran
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Gao, Zhihui
Zhong, Meihan
Yu, Zhujun
Li, Jianan
Bi, Haoran
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description PURPOSE: The emergence of the mutant virus has exacerbated the COVID-19 epidemic, and vaccines remain an effective and viable means of resistance. As a socially influential young group, university students’ awareness and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine are crucial to achieving herd immunity. This study aimed to assess the awareness and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among Chinese university students and identify possible factors associated with their awareness level and vaccine hesitancy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: An anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted among Chinese university students between 10 and 28 June 2021. We collected information on the demographic characteristics, awareness and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine, and influencing factors. Sleep disturbances and anxiety disorders were also evaluated. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Among the 721 participants (aged 18 to 23 years) with a female predominance (68.9%), 40.4% of cases exhibited moderate awareness the COVID-19 vaccine, and 87.4% of cases expressed high acceptance of the vaccine. Participants’ awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine was associated with gender, ethnicity, region of residence, grade level, satisfaction with current state of pandemic control, the perceived likelihood of a COVID-19 pandemic rebound, the source number of COVID-19 information, concerns about differences in vaccine manufacturers, acceptance of current state-approved vaccines and insomnia level. Furthermore, age, preferred channels for vaccination and the acceptance of current state-approved vaccines were significantly associated with their acceptance of the vaccine. CONCLUSION: This study reflected Chinese university students’ high acceptance, but insufficient awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine, some students have insomnia and anxiety problems. These require the government to take measures such as individualized publicity and education, adding professional psychological counseling courses to improve the university students’ awareness of vaccines and public health events, and comprehensively promote vaccination to cope with the ever-changing situation of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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spelling pubmed-90641722022-05-04 Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study Li, Shirui Gao, Zhihui Zhong, Meihan Yu, Zhujun Li, Jianan Bi, Haoran Risk Manag Healthc Policy Original Research PURPOSE: The emergence of the mutant virus has exacerbated the COVID-19 epidemic, and vaccines remain an effective and viable means of resistance. As a socially influential young group, university students’ awareness and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine are crucial to achieving herd immunity. This study aimed to assess the awareness and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among Chinese university students and identify possible factors associated with their awareness level and vaccine hesitancy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: An anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted among Chinese university students between 10 and 28 June 2021. We collected information on the demographic characteristics, awareness and acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine, and influencing factors. Sleep disturbances and anxiety disorders were also evaluated. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Among the 721 participants (aged 18 to 23 years) with a female predominance (68.9%), 40.4% of cases exhibited moderate awareness the COVID-19 vaccine, and 87.4% of cases expressed high acceptance of the vaccine. Participants’ awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine was associated with gender, ethnicity, region of residence, grade level, satisfaction with current state of pandemic control, the perceived likelihood of a COVID-19 pandemic rebound, the source number of COVID-19 information, concerns about differences in vaccine manufacturers, acceptance of current state-approved vaccines and insomnia level. Furthermore, age, preferred channels for vaccination and the acceptance of current state-approved vaccines were significantly associated with their acceptance of the vaccine. CONCLUSION: This study reflected Chinese university students’ high acceptance, but insufficient awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine, some students have insomnia and anxiety problems. These require the government to take measures such as individualized publicity and education, adding professional psychological counseling courses to improve the university students’ awareness of vaccines and public health events, and comprehensively promote vaccination to cope with the ever-changing situation of the COVID-19 epidemic. Dove 2022-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC9064172/ /pubmed/35519502 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S360274 Text en © 2022 Li et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Li, Shirui
Gao, Zhihui
Zhong, Meihan
Yu, Zhujun
Li, Jianan
Bi, Haoran
Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort chinese university students’ awareness and acceptance of the covid-19 vaccine: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9064172/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35519502
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S360274
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