Department of Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Malaysia.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Oct 3;17(10):3365-3370. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1944743. Epub 2021 Jul 8.
This study examined the factors associated with acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine compared to hesitance in the Pakistani population and specifically focusing on the perceived beliefs, knowledge, concerns, risk, and safety perception relating to the COVID-19 vaccine. A total of 423 subjects were recruited from the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan. A 27-item valid and reliable questionnaire was used to assess socio-demographic characteristics, acceptance, and hesitance toward COVID-19 vaccine, perceived beliefs, knowledge, perceived concerns, risk, and safety of COVID-19 vaccines and its source of information. Chi-square tests and logistic regression were used for analysis. About 53% of the participants were planning to get vaccinated and a significantly greater proportion of better educated, higher income, and healthier participants in the vaccine acceptance group ( < .05). The odds of knowing the vaccine they should get, having the confidence in the vaccine to stop the pandemic, and understanding the way vaccines work, were greater in the vaccine acceptance group than the vaccine-hesitant group (OR: 5.4; 3.5, 2.1, 3.1, respectively). Most participants (52.3%) obtained the information regarding the COVID-19 vaccine from the print and live news media (52.3%) followed by social media (23.7%). The lack of knowledge, understanding, and perception of the risk, safety partly explains the low rate of vaccine acceptance in the Pakistani population. Strategies to raise awareness of the benefits of vaccination should target individuals in the lower socioeconomic group and those with chronic disease.
本研究旨在探讨与巴基斯坦人口对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度相关的因素，特别是针对与 COVID-19 疫苗相关的感知信念、知识、担忧、风险和安全性。共从巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡的巴基斯坦医学科学院招募了 423 名受试者。使用 27 项有效且可靠的问卷来评估社会人口统计学特征、对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受和犹豫程度、对 COVID-19 疫苗的感知信念、知识、感知担忧、风险和安全性以及其信息来源。采用卡方检验和逻辑回归进行分析。约 53%的参与者计划接种疫苗，在疫苗接种接受组中，受过更好教育、收入更高和更健康的参与者比例显著更高（<0.05）。在疫苗接种接受组中，知道应该接种哪种疫苗、对疫苗阻止大流行有信心以及理解疫苗作用方式的可能性都大于疫苗犹豫组（OR：5.4；3.5，2.1，3.1）。大多数参与者（52.3%）通过印刷和现场新闻媒体（52.3%）获取有关 COVID-19 疫苗的信息，其次是社交媒体（23.7%）。缺乏知识、理解和对风险、安全性的认识部分解释了巴基斯坦人口中疫苗接种率较低的原因。提高疫苗接种好处意识的策略应针对社会经济地位较低的个体和患有慢性病的个体。
