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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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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 |
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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/). |
spellingShingle | Article 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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