Almaghaslah Dalia, Alsayari Abdulrhman, Kandasamy Geetha, Vasudevan Rajalakshimi
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 1882, Abha 61441, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 1882, Abha 61441, Saudi Arabia.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Apr 1;9(4):330. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9040330.
Ending the COVID-19 pandemic requires achieving herd immunity, either by previous infection or by vaccination. However, concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine are growing around the globe. The current study was conducted to investigate young the adult population's hesitancy towards the vaccine. The study used a prospective cross-sectional design. Data was collected using an online self-administered questionnaire. A total of 862 Saudi adults participated. Information was gathered on the participants' perspectives towards the severity and susceptibility of the COVID-19 infection, reasons for their hesitancy to receive the vaccine, perceived benefits, and reasons for action. Just under a quarter (19.6%) of respondents had previously tested positive for COVID-19. A small minority of the participants had already received the vaccine (2.1%), while 20.3% had registered in the Sehaty app (application) to receive the vaccine. Just under half of them (48%) will take the vaccine when mass vaccination is achieved and approximately the same number (46.7%) will only take it if it is made mandatory. Vaccine reluctance is highly prevalent among the general public in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. While many are aware of a high likelihood of getting the infection, the efficacy and safety of the COVID-19 vaccine were reported as barriers to vaccination.
终结新冠疫情需要通过既往感染或接种疫苗来实现群体免疫。然而，全球范围内对新冠疫苗的担忧日益增加。当前这项研究旨在调查年轻成年人群体对疫苗的犹豫态度。该研究采用前瞻性横断面设计。数据通过在线自填问卷收集。共有862名沙特成年人参与。收集了参与者对新冠感染严重程度和易感性的看法、他们对接种疫苗犹豫的原因、感知到的益处以及采取行动的原因。略低于四分之一（19.6%）的受访者此前新冠检测呈阳性。一小部分参与者已经接种了疫苗（2.1%），而20.3%已在Sehaty应用程序上注册以接种疫苗。略少于一半（48%）的人会在大规模接种实现时接种疫苗，大约相同比例（46.7%）的人仅在强制接种时才会接种。在新冠疫情期间，沙特阿拉伯普通公众中疫苗犹豫现象非常普遍。虽然许多人意识到感染的可能性很大，但新冠疫苗的有效性和安全性被报告为接种疫苗的障碍。
