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Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey

Purpose: This study sought to investigate the acceptance rate and associated factors of COVID-19 vaccines among dentists and dental students in seven countries. Material and Methods: A structured questionnaire prepared and guided by the report of the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy was distr...

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Autores principales: Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria, Noushad, Mohammed, Rastam, Samer, Hussain, Mudassir, Alsalhani, Anas B., Al-Saqqaf, Inas Shakeeb, Alali, Faisal Mehsen, Demachkia, Amir Mohiddin, de Melo, Renata Marques, Arshad, Mohammed, Luddin, Norhayati, Husein, Adam, Qamar, Zeeshan, Koppolu, Pradeep, Darwish, Mahmoud, Nassar, Ahmad Salim Abdalla, Habib, Adnan, Suleyman, Firas, Khanam, H. M. Khuthija, Yousief, Salah A., Al-Maweri, Sadeq Ali, Tabassum, Nafeesa, Samran, Abdulaziz, Dimashkieh, Mohiddin R., Al-Awar, Mohammed Sadeg, Tarakji, Bassel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9610472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36298480
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101614
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author Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria
Noushad, Mohammed
Rastam, Samer
Hussain, Mudassir
Alsalhani, Anas B.
Al-Saqqaf, Inas Shakeeb
Alali, Faisal Mehsen
Demachkia, Amir Mohiddin
de Melo, Renata Marques
Arshad, Mohammed
Luddin, Norhayati
Husein, Adam
Qamar, Zeeshan
Koppolu, Pradeep
Darwish, Mahmoud
Nassar, Ahmad Salim Abdalla
Habib, Adnan
Suleyman, Firas
Khanam, H. M. Khuthija
Yousief, Salah A.
Al-Maweri, Sadeq Ali
Tabassum, Nafeesa
Samran, Abdulaziz
Dimashkieh, Mohiddin R.
Al-Awar, Mohammed Sadeg
Tarakji, Bassel
author_facet Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria
Noushad, Mohammed
Rastam, Samer
Hussain, Mudassir
Alsalhani, Anas B.
Al-Saqqaf, Inas Shakeeb
Alali, Faisal Mehsen
Demachkia, Amir Mohiddin
de Melo, Renata Marques
Arshad, Mohammed
Luddin, Norhayati
Husein, Adam
Qamar, Zeeshan
Koppolu, Pradeep
Darwish, Mahmoud
Nassar, Ahmad Salim Abdalla
Habib, Adnan
Suleyman, Firas
Khanam, H. M. Khuthija
Yousief, Salah A.
Al-Maweri, Sadeq Ali
Tabassum, Nafeesa
Samran, Abdulaziz
Dimashkieh, Mohiddin R.
Al-Awar, Mohammed Sadeg
Tarakji, Bassel
author_sort Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria
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description Purpose: This study sought to investigate the acceptance rate and associated factors of COVID-19 vaccines among dentists and dental students in seven countries. Material and Methods: A structured questionnaire prepared and guided by the report of the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy was distributed among groups of dentists and dental students in seven countries across four continents. Results: A total of 1527 subjects (850 dentists and 677 dental students) participated in this survey. Although 72.5% of the respondents reported their intention to accept COVID-19 vaccines (dentists: 74.4%, dental students: 70.2%), there was a significant difference in agreement between dentists/dental students across countries; generally, respondents in upper-middle-, and high-income countries (UM-HICs) showed significantly higher acceptance rates compared to those in low- and lower-middle income countries (L-LMICs). Potential predictors of higher vaccine acceptance included being a dentist, being free of comorbidity, being well-informed about COVID-19 vaccines, having better knowledge about COVID-19 complications, having anxiety about COVID-19 infection, having no concerns about the side effects of the produced vaccines and being a resident of an UM-HIC. Conclusion: The results of our survey indicate a relatively good acceptance rate of COVID-19 among the surveyed dentists and dental students. However, dentists and dental students in L-LMICs showed significantly lower vaccine acceptance rates and trust in COVID-19 vaccines compared to their counterparts in UM-HICs. Our results provide important information to policymakers, highlighting the need for implementation of country-specific vaccine promotion strategies, with special focus on L-LMICs.
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spelling pubmed-96104722022-10-28 Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria Noushad, Mohammed Rastam, Samer Hussain, Mudassir Alsalhani, Anas B. Al-Saqqaf, Inas Shakeeb Alali, Faisal Mehsen Demachkia, Amir Mohiddin de Melo, Renata Marques Arshad, Mohammed Luddin, Norhayati Husein, Adam Qamar, Zeeshan Koppolu, Pradeep Darwish, Mahmoud Nassar, Ahmad Salim Abdalla Habib, Adnan Suleyman, Firas Khanam, H. M. Khuthija Yousief, Salah A. Al-Maweri, Sadeq Ali Tabassum, Nafeesa Samran, Abdulaziz Dimashkieh, Mohiddin R. Al-Awar, Mohammed Sadeg Tarakji, Bassel Vaccines (Basel) Article Purpose: This study sought to investigate the acceptance rate and associated factors of COVID-19 vaccines among dentists and dental students in seven countries. Material and Methods: A structured questionnaire prepared and guided by the report of the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy was distributed among groups of dentists and dental students in seven countries across four continents. Results: A total of 1527 subjects (850 dentists and 677 dental students) participated in this survey. Although 72.5% of the respondents reported their intention to accept COVID-19 vaccines (dentists: 74.4%, dental students: 70.2%), there was a significant difference in agreement between dentists/dental students across countries; generally, respondents in upper-middle-, and high-income countries (UM-HICs) showed significantly higher acceptance rates compared to those in low- and lower-middle income countries (L-LMICs). Potential predictors of higher vaccine acceptance included being a dentist, being free of comorbidity, being well-informed about COVID-19 vaccines, having better knowledge about COVID-19 complications, having anxiety about COVID-19 infection, having no concerns about the side effects of the produced vaccines and being a resident of an UM-HIC. Conclusion: The results of our survey indicate a relatively good acceptance rate of COVID-19 among the surveyed dentists and dental students. However, dentists and dental students in L-LMICs showed significantly lower vaccine acceptance rates and trust in COVID-19 vaccines compared to their counterparts in UM-HICs. Our results provide important information to policymakers, highlighting the need for implementation of country-specific vaccine promotion strategies, with special focus on L-LMICs. MDPI 2022-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9610472/ /pubmed/36298480 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101614 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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Nassani, Mohammad Zakaria
Noushad, Mohammed
Rastam, Samer
Hussain, Mudassir
Alsalhani, Anas B.
Al-Saqqaf, Inas Shakeeb
Alali, Faisal Mehsen
Demachkia, Amir Mohiddin
de Melo, Renata Marques
Arshad, Mohammed
Luddin, Norhayati
Husein, Adam
Qamar, Zeeshan
Koppolu, Pradeep
Darwish, Mahmoud
Nassar, Ahmad Salim Abdalla
Habib, Adnan
Suleyman, Firas
Khanam, H. M. Khuthija
Yousief, Salah A.
Al-Maweri, Sadeq Ali
Tabassum, Nafeesa
Samran, Abdulaziz
Dimashkieh, Mohiddin R.
Al-Awar, Mohammed Sadeg
Tarakji, Bassel
Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey
title Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey
title_full Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey
title_fullStr Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey
title_short Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Dental Professionals: A Multi-Country Survey
title_sort determinants of covid-19 vaccine acceptance among dental professionals: a multi-country survey
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9610472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36298480
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10101614
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