COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Associated Factors Among College Students in Dessie City, Northeastern Ethiopia.
J Multidiscip Healthc
; 15: 1735-1746, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1993638
ABSTRACT
Background:
The COVID-19 vaccine is regarded as an effective measure for reducing the pandemic's impact. But, COVID-19 disease burden reduction efforts are being affected by the rising vaccine resistance.Objective:
To assess the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and associated factors among college students in Dessie city, Northeastern Ethiopia.Methods:
An institutional-based cross-sectional study was carried out among college students in Dessie town from July 1-20, 2021. The association between independent and dependent variables was assessed by binary logistic regression analysis using crude odds ratio and adjusted odds ratio. Variables having p values of less than 0.05 at the 95% confidence interval were regarded as potential determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.Results:
A total of 422 college students participated in the study with a response rate of 95.6%. More than half 226 (56.2%) of the participants had willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccine. Respondents who had history of chronic medical illness (AOR 4.340, 95% CI 1.166, 16.149), training on COVID-19 vaccine (AOR 4.755, 95% CI 2.606, 6.674), history of regular vaccine uptake (AOR 2.534, 95% CI 1.412, 4.549), perception of COVID-19 severity (AOR 4.109, 95% CI 2.190, 7.710), perception that COVID-19 can be prevented by vaccine (AOR 2.420, 95% CI 1.160, 5.049), and development of herd immunity against COVID-19 vaccines (AOR 2.566, 95% CI 1.431, 4.599) were factors significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.Conclusion:
The acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among college students was low. The history of chronic medical illness, training on COVID-19 vaccine, history of vaccine uptake, perception that COVID-19 can be prevented by vaccine, perception of herd immunity development against COVID-19, and severity of COVID 19 infection were factors significantly associated with the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine. Hence, it is necessary to promote COVID-19 vaccination among college students through health education and vaccine outreach.
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MEDLINE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
J Multidiscip Healthc
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
JMDH.S381151
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