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The road to achieving herd immunity: factors associated with Singapore residents' uptake and hesitancy of the COVID-19 vaccination.
Tan, Li Feng; Huak, Chan Yiong; Siow, Isabel; Tan, Angel Justina; Venugopalan, Preetha Menon; Premkumar, Arthi; Seetharaman, Santhosh Kumar; Tan, Benjamin Y Q.
  • Tan LF; Healthy Ageing Programme, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Huak CY; Biostatistics Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Siow I; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Tan AJ; Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Venugopalan PM; Healthy Ageing Programme, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Premkumar A; Healthy Ageing Programme, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Seetharaman SK; Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
  • Tan BYQ; Healthy Ageing Programme, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Expert Rev Vaccines ; 21(4): 561-567, 2022 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1585387
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

Achieving high vaccination rates is key to containing the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study evaluated the factors associated with uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.

METHODS:

Six hundred and seventy-six respondents were surveyed online between May and June 2021. Data on demographics, perception of the COVID-19 pandemic, and vaccine willingness and hesitancy factors were collected.

RESULTS:

Approximately 54.6% of the respondents had received the COVID-19 vaccination. Age (p = 0.001), males (OR 1.7, 95% CI 1.1-2.6, p = 0.026), ethnicity (p = 0.004), occupation (p = 0.003)), working in healthcare (OR 6.1, 95% CI 2.8-13.2, p < 0.001), smoking (OR 3.3, 95% CI 1.3-8.8, p = 0.014), seeing vaccination as a social responsibility (OR 3.8, 95% CI 1.2-12.0, p = 0.022) and believing the vaccine is important to end the COVID-19 pandemic (OR 2.7, 95% CI 1.1-6.1, p = 0.020) were associated with greater vaccination uptake.

CONCLUSION:

Social responsibility and well-being of collective society are important values associated with vaccine uptake in an Asian society. Understanding factors behind vaccine uptake can help advise public health measures and strategies to achieve high levels of vaccination.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Expert Rev Vaccines Journal subject: Allergy and Immunology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 14760584.2022.2021883

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: COVID-19 Type of study: Experimental Studies / Observational study / Randomized controlled trials Topics: Vaccines Limits: Humans / Male Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Expert Rev Vaccines Journal subject: Allergy and Immunology Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 14760584.2022.2021883