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Temporal Trend of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Factors Influencing International Travellers

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen disrupted international travel due to travel restrictions and public health measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus. With increasing evidence of the COVID-19 vaccines’ ability to mitigate disease severity, reopening tourism is desirable to promote the reco...

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Autores principales: Onwan, Manasvin, Matsee, Wasin, Lawpoolsri, Saranath, Pisutsan, Phimphan, Siripoon, Tanaya, Punrin, Suda, Piyaphanee, Watcharapong
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9503851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36136634
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7090223
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author Onwan, Manasvin
Matsee, Wasin
Lawpoolsri, Saranath
Pisutsan, Phimphan
Siripoon, Tanaya
Punrin, Suda
Piyaphanee, Watcharapong
author_facet Onwan, Manasvin
Matsee, Wasin
Lawpoolsri, Saranath
Pisutsan, Phimphan
Siripoon, Tanaya
Punrin, Suda
Piyaphanee, Watcharapong
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description The COVID-19 pandemic has seen disrupted international travel due to travel restrictions and public health measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus. With increasing evidence of the COVID-19 vaccines’ ability to mitigate disease severity, reopening tourism is desirable to promote the recovery of the global economy. However, the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination passport for international travellers remains an ongoing debate. Little is known of the acceptance of these and the influencing factors among this population group. Therefore, this study sought to determine the temporal trend in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and influencing factors among international travellers. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire among international travellers who visited the Thai Travel Clinic, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mahidol University, Thailand from June 2021 to December 2021 (3 different variants dominated during this period). Study data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 23. Chi-square was used to demonstrate associations. Binary logistic regression was used to evaluate the magnitude of effect, demonstrated by odds ratio with 95% confidence interval. All significant variables were included in a multinomial logistic regression model to estimate adjusted odds ratios. The study enrolled 1068 travellers, 719 (67.3%) Thai and 349 (32.7%) foreign travellers. Most travellers were female (55.4%) and aged 18–30 years. The three main purposes for visiting the clinic were: for study, visiting friends and relatives, and returning to their home country. The overall COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate among the travellers was 96.2%. The temporal trend of acceptance among Thai and non-Thai travelers varied from 93–99% and 93–100%, respectively. Vaccine efficacy, protective duration of the vaccine, risk of infection, and travel plan were factors strongly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. In conclusion, the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate among these international travellers was very high. The safe and effective reopening of tourism to international travellers will facilitate economic recovery.
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spelling pubmed-95038512022-09-24 Temporal Trend of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Factors Influencing International Travellers Onwan, Manasvin Matsee, Wasin Lawpoolsri, Saranath Pisutsan, Phimphan Siripoon, Tanaya Punrin, Suda Piyaphanee, Watcharapong Trop Med Infect Dis Article The COVID-19 pandemic has seen disrupted international travel due to travel restrictions and public health measures aimed at containing the spread of the virus. With increasing evidence of the COVID-19 vaccines’ ability to mitigate disease severity, reopening tourism is desirable to promote the recovery of the global economy. However, the COVID-19 vaccine and vaccination passport for international travellers remains an ongoing debate. Little is known of the acceptance of these and the influencing factors among this population group. Therefore, this study sought to determine the temporal trend in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and influencing factors among international travellers. A cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire among international travellers who visited the Thai Travel Clinic, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Mahidol University, Thailand from June 2021 to December 2021 (3 different variants dominated during this period). Study data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 23. Chi-square was used to demonstrate associations. Binary logistic regression was used to evaluate the magnitude of effect, demonstrated by odds ratio with 95% confidence interval. All significant variables were included in a multinomial logistic regression model to estimate adjusted odds ratios. The study enrolled 1068 travellers, 719 (67.3%) Thai and 349 (32.7%) foreign travellers. Most travellers were female (55.4%) and aged 18–30 years. The three main purposes for visiting the clinic were: for study, visiting friends and relatives, and returning to their home country. The overall COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate among the travellers was 96.2%. The temporal trend of acceptance among Thai and non-Thai travelers varied from 93–99% and 93–100%, respectively. Vaccine efficacy, protective duration of the vaccine, risk of infection, and travel plan were factors strongly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. In conclusion, the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate among these international travellers was very high. The safe and effective reopening of tourism to international travellers will facilitate economic recovery. MDPI 2022-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9503851/ /pubmed/36136634 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7090223 Text en © 2022 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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Temporal Trend of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Factors Influencing International Travellers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9503851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36136634
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed7090223
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