COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and its determinants: a cross-sectional study among the socioeconomically disadvantaged communities living in Delhi, India.
Vaccine X
; : 100171, 2022 May 18.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1851703
ABSTRACT
Background:
Vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the most desired solution to combat COVID-19. We examined the willingness to accept the vaccine and reasons for vaccine hesitancy, and identified some factors associated with the vaccine hesitancy among the socio-economically disadvantaged urban population from Delhi, India.Methods:
We conducted a cross-sectional survey of a randomly selected sample of 1539 households from 31 urban clusters. Data on socio-demographics, health beliefs, and willingness to accept the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine were collected through a face-to-face interviewer-administered, pre-tested questionnaire from an adult member. Vaccine acceptance/hesitancy was analysed by various socio-demographic and health belief variables. Multinomial regressions were carried out to identify the factors associated with the vaccine hesitancy.Results:
Overall, 64.9% (95% CI 62.5 to 67.3) of the respondents would accept the vaccine, 17.4% (95% CI 15.6 to 19.4) were undecided, and 17.7% (95% CI 15.8 to 19.7) would not accept the vaccine. The reasons for not accepting the vaccine were belief that they had immunity (12.9%), the corona was a hoax (11.8%), the vaccine was not necessary (7.4%), and did not want to disturb the natural bodily systems by the vaccine (5.6%). The undecided group mainly would like to wait and see (37.7%), decide when the vaccine become available (11.6%), will take if everyone in their community takes (10.4%). Multinomial logistic regression identified older age, low perceived susceptibility of contracting COVID-19, low perceived severity of COVID-19, low self-efficacy to protect against COVID-19, and unawareness and non-use of Arogyasetu App as significant predictors of vaccine hesitancy.Conclusions:
Two-thirds of Delhi's low-income groups would accept the vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. Vaccine hesitancy was associated with older age, low perceived susceptibility, low perceived severity, and low self-efficacy to protect themselves from COVID-19. Hence, efforts are needed to address these issues and vaccine concerns to increase the vaccine uptake.
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Vaccine X
Year:
2022
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Article
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J.jvacx.2022.100171
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