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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sri Lanka: A national level survey

OBJECTIVE: It is important to understand the factors associated with vaccination hesitancy for a given population for successful coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) immunization program. This survey aimed to examine the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy and associated sociodemographic factors. METHODS...

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Autores principales: Swarnamali, Hasinthi, Francis, Tormalli V., Sooriyaarachchi, Piumika, Jayawardena, Ranil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Qassim Uninversity 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36704496
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author Swarnamali, Hasinthi
Francis, Tormalli V.
Sooriyaarachchi, Piumika
Jayawardena, Ranil
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Francis, Tormalli V.
Sooriyaarachchi, Piumika
Jayawardena, Ranil
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description OBJECTIVE: It is important to understand the factors associated with vaccination hesitancy for a given population for successful coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) immunization program. This survey aimed to examine the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy and associated sociodemographic factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional online survey was undertaken by circulating through social media platforms. Survey questions included sociodemographics and vaccination acquisition-related questions. RESULTS: The study comprised a total of 3621 respondents. Over one-fifth of the unvaccinated population were identified as vaccine hesitancy group. Ethnicity and district indicated significant associations with vaccine hesitancy (P < 0.05). Indian Tamils (Odds Radio [OR] 2.222; 95%Confidence interval [CI], 1.150–4.294; P = 0.018), Sri Lankan Tamils (OR 1.714; 95% CI, 1.181–2.488; P = 0.005), and Sri Lankan Moors (OR 1.913; 95% CI, 1.316–2.781; P = 0.001) had significantly higher odds of vaccine hesitancy when compared to the Sinhalese. People in rural areas also had greater odds of vaccine hesitancy (OR 1.339; 95% CI, 1.000–1.793; P = 0.05) compared to municipal council areas. CONCLUSION: Vaccine hesitancy was considerably high in this survey population. Our results emphasize the need of the Sri Lankan government taking appropriate efforts to establish a targeted COVID-19 vaccination campaign plan for rural and Colombo district residents. Attention should also be given to ethnic minority groups.
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spelling pubmed-98329122023-01-25 COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sri Lanka: A national level survey Swarnamali, Hasinthi Francis, Tormalli V. Sooriyaarachchi, Piumika Jayawardena, Ranil Int J Health Sci (Qassim) Original Article OBJECTIVE: It is important to understand the factors associated with vaccination hesitancy for a given population for successful coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) immunization program. This survey aimed to examine the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy and associated sociodemographic factors. METHODS: A cross-sectional online survey was undertaken by circulating through social media platforms. Survey questions included sociodemographics and vaccination acquisition-related questions. RESULTS: The study comprised a total of 3621 respondents. Over one-fifth of the unvaccinated population were identified as vaccine hesitancy group. Ethnicity and district indicated significant associations with vaccine hesitancy (P < 0.05). Indian Tamils (Odds Radio [OR] 2.222; 95%Confidence interval [CI], 1.150–4.294; P = 0.018), Sri Lankan Tamils (OR 1.714; 95% CI, 1.181–2.488; P = 0.005), and Sri Lankan Moors (OR 1.913; 95% CI, 1.316–2.781; P = 0.001) had significantly higher odds of vaccine hesitancy when compared to the Sinhalese. People in rural areas also had greater odds of vaccine hesitancy (OR 1.339; 95% CI, 1.000–1.793; P = 0.05) compared to municipal council areas. CONCLUSION: Vaccine hesitancy was considerably high in this survey population. Our results emphasize the need of the Sri Lankan government taking appropriate efforts to establish a targeted COVID-19 vaccination campaign plan for rural and Colombo district residents. Attention should also be given to ethnic minority groups. Qassim Uninversity 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC9832912/ /pubmed/36704496 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Health Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Swarnamali, Hasinthi
Francis, Tormalli V.
Sooriyaarachchi, Piumika
Jayawardena, Ranil
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sri Lanka: A national level survey
title COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sri Lanka: A national level survey
title_full COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sri Lanka: A national level survey
title_fullStr COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sri Lanka: A national level survey
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sri Lanka: A national level survey
title_short COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sri Lanka: A national level survey
title_sort covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in sri lanka: a national level survey
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9832912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36704496
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