Acceptability of a COVID-19 vaccine among adults in the United States: How many people would get vaccinated?
Vaccine
; 38(42): 6500-6507, 2020 09 29.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-723156
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic in March 2020. Several prophylactic vaccines against COVID-19 are currently in development, yet little is known about people's acceptability of a COVID-19 vaccine.METHODS:
We conducted an online survey of adults ages 18 and older in the United States (n = 2,006) in May 2020. Multivariable relative risk regression identified correlates of participants' willingness to get a COVID-19 vaccine (i.e., vaccine acceptability).RESULTS:
Overall, 69% of participants were willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Participants were more likely to be willing to get vaccinated if they thought their healthcare provider would recommend vaccination (RR = 1.73, 95% CI 1.49-2.02) or if they were moderate (RR = 1.09, 95% CI 1.02-1.16) or liberal (RR = 1.14, 95% CI 1.07-1.22) in their political leaning. Participants were also more likely to be willing to get vaccinated if they reported higher levels of perceived likelihood getting a COVID-19 infection in the future (RR = 1.05, 95% CI 1.01-1.09), perceived severity of COVID-19 infection (RR = 1.08, 95% CI 1.04-1.11), or perceived effectiveness of a COVID-19 vaccine (RR = 1.46, 95% CI 1.40-1.52). Participants were less likely to be willing to get vaccinated if they were non-Latinx black (RR = 0.81, 95% CI 0.74-0.90) or reported a higher level of perceived potential vaccine harms (RR = 0.95, 95% CI 0.92-0.98).CONCLUSIONS:
Many adults are willing to get a COVID-19 vaccine, though acceptability should be monitored as vaccine development continues. Our findings can help guide future efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccine acceptability (and uptake if a vaccine becomes available).Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Vaccination
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Vaccine
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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