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Attitude and Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccines by a Community Pharmacist in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

INTRODUCTION: Community pharmacists play a key role as vaccinators for COVID-19. They can reduce the burden of the disease worldwide. OBJECTIVE: This study used a cross-sectional questionnaire to determine whether the Saudi Arabian public was willing to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine via community phar...

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Autores principales: Alshahrani, Sultan M, Orayj, Khalid, Alqahtani, Ali M, Alfatease, Adel, Alshahrani, Atheer, Ibrahim, Ahmed R N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9588287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36284545
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S379309
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author Alshahrani, Sultan M
Orayj, Khalid
Alqahtani, Ali M
Alfatease, Adel
Alshahrani, Atheer
Ibrahim, Ahmed R N
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Alqahtani, Ali M
Alfatease, Adel
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description INTRODUCTION: Community pharmacists play a key role as vaccinators for COVID-19. They can reduce the burden of the disease worldwide. OBJECTIVE: This study used a cross-sectional questionnaire to determine whether the Saudi Arabian public was willing to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine via community pharmacists. RESULTS: The questionnaire focused on the satisfaction, concerns, and opinions towards providing vaccination by community pharmacists. The study featured 415 individuals aged 18 and older (eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine). Of the participants in this study, 58.1% were aged 18–25, with 55.4% female. Most participants (72.8%) have not been exposed to COVID-19 and are not aware of the approval of COVID-19 vaccination by community pharmacists. Of the 415 complete questionnaires, 45% believed that community pharmacists are not experienced in administering vaccines. However, 63% of participants are satisfied with getting the COVID-19 vaccination by a community pharmacist if no other option is available. More than 68% of the respondents agree that community pharmacies should expand their health care services to include vaccinations, prescriptions, checkups, and other forms of preventative medicine. DISCUSSION: The availability of community pharmacist-administered vaccination in Saudi Arabia could be a significant factor in the success of the country’s vaccination program. This study may serve as a model to expand the role of pharmacists in other countries’ vaccination programs.
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spelling pubmed-95882872022-10-24 Attitude and Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccines by a Community Pharmacist in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Alshahrani, Sultan M Orayj, Khalid Alqahtani, Ali M Alfatease, Adel Alshahrani, Atheer Ibrahim, Ahmed R N Patient Prefer Adherence Original Research INTRODUCTION: Community pharmacists play a key role as vaccinators for COVID-19. They can reduce the burden of the disease worldwide. OBJECTIVE: This study used a cross-sectional questionnaire to determine whether the Saudi Arabian public was willing to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine via community pharmacists. RESULTS: The questionnaire focused on the satisfaction, concerns, and opinions towards providing vaccination by community pharmacists. The study featured 415 individuals aged 18 and older (eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine). Of the participants in this study, 58.1% were aged 18–25, with 55.4% female. Most participants (72.8%) have not been exposed to COVID-19 and are not aware of the approval of COVID-19 vaccination by community pharmacists. Of the 415 complete questionnaires, 45% believed that community pharmacists are not experienced in administering vaccines. However, 63% of participants are satisfied with getting the COVID-19 vaccination by a community pharmacist if no other option is available. More than 68% of the respondents agree that community pharmacies should expand their health care services to include vaccinations, prescriptions, checkups, and other forms of preventative medicine. DISCUSSION: The availability of community pharmacist-administered vaccination in Saudi Arabia could be a significant factor in the success of the country’s vaccination program. This study may serve as a model to expand the role of pharmacists in other countries’ vaccination programs. Dove 2022-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9588287/ /pubmed/36284545 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S379309 Text en © 2022 Alshahrani 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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Alqahtani, Ali M
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Alshahrani, Atheer
Ibrahim, Ahmed R N
Attitude and Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccines by a Community Pharmacist in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Attitude and Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccines by a Community Pharmacist in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Attitude and Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccines by a Community Pharmacist in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Attitude and Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccines by a Community Pharmacist in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Attitude and Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccines by a Community Pharmacist in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Attitude and Willingness to Get COVID-19 Vaccines by a Community Pharmacist in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort attitude and willingness to get covid-19 vaccines by a community pharmacist in saudi arabia: a cross-sectional study
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9588287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36284545
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S379309
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