Attitude and acceptance toward COVID-19 vaccines among Kabul city's residents: a cross sectional study
Turkish Journal of Public Health
; 21(1):1-15, 2023.
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| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-20242355
ABSTRACT
Objective:
The present study aimed to assess the attitude and perception of Kabul city's residents toward COVID-19 vaccines hesitancy and acceptance.Methods:
Applying a cross-sectional study design, the data was collected from 665 participants in Kabul city using a predesigned validated questionnaire. For statistical analysis, Spearman correlation, chi-square, and logistic regression techniques were used.Results:
Although the vaccine availability was limited for the public during the survey period, 70.5% of the participants were willing to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Meanwhile, 49.2% participants were concerned about the COVID-19 vaccines side effects. The presence of positive COVID-19 cases among family members and friends (OR 2.7), presence of fears during COVID-19 pandemic (OR 4.4) and beliefs that vaccine has important and vital role in people's protection against COVID-19 (OR 5.3), increase the likelihood of vaccine acceptance among the participants. On the other hand, participant's mistrust of the safety of COVID-19 vaccines (OR 0.21) and disbelief on ministry of public health "MoPH" advice about COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficiency (OR 0.27) decrease the odds of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among the respondents. In addition, a strong correlation was found between vaccine attitude and vaccine acceptance scales (Spearman p=0.52, p<0.001).Conclusion:
Although majority of the participants were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccines, due to high level of participant's concerns about COVID-19 vaccines-related side effects, a great proportion of the respondents were hesitate to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. Accordingly, public awareness about COVID-19 vaccines must be increased to counteract incorrect and misleading propaganda about vaccination and immunization.
Host Resistance and Immunity [HH600]; Prion; Viral; Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210]; Social Psychology and Social Anthropology [UU485]; coronavirus disease 2019; viral diseases; pandemics; immunization; vaccination; vaccines; public health; human diseases; disease prevention; health protection; cross-sectional studies; families; safety; efficiency; awareness; attitudes; epidemiology; immune sensitization; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; man; Afghanistan; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Central Asia; Asia; Least Developed Countries; low Human Development Index countries; low income countries; West Asia; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections
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Tipo de estudio:
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Estudio pronóstico
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Ensayo controlado aleatorizado
Tópicos:
Vacunas
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Turkish Journal of Public Health
Año:
2023
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