College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Woldia University, Woldia, Ethiopia.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Dec 2;17(12):4925-4933. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.2013082. Epub 2022 Feb 4.
Health-care professions are among the highly exposed group of population affected by COVID-19 pandemic and identified as the target population to get vaccination against the spread of the infection. However, vaccine reluctance is still high, which may negatively affect the efforts to prevent the spread of the infection. Hence, this study was aimed to assess acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine and associated factors among health professionals working in Hospitals of South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia.
Institutional-based cross-sectional study was performed among 422 health professionals working in Hospitals of South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, from March 1 to 30, 2021. Study participants were selected through simple random sampling techniques. Data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to identified factors associated with acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine with a value < 0.05 at 95% CI considered as statistically significant.
Overall, 45.3% of health professionals accepted COVID-19 vaccine. Age (AOR: 2.55; 95% CI: 1.32-4.92), being male (AOR: 1.729; 95% CI: 1.32-2.34), had higher risk of COVID-19 (AOR: 1.74, 95% CI: 1.00-3.02), and positive attitude (AOR: 3.26, 95% CI: 2.14-4.96) were found to be statistically significant with the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine.
The acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among health professionals was significantly low. Participant's age, sex, high risk of COVID-19, and attitude toward COVID-19 vaccine were significantly associated with vaccine acceptance. Therefore, the government with respective stakeholders should emphasize addressing the concern of the health professionals and increase attitudes regarding COVID-19 vaccine to scale up vaccine acceptance.
医疗保健专业人员是受 COVID-19 大流行影响的高暴露人群之一，被确定为接种疫苗以防止感染传播的目标人群。然而，疫苗接种的抵触情绪仍然很高，这可能会对预防感染传播的努力产生负面影响。因此，本研究旨在评估在埃塞俄比亚西北南贡德尔地区医院工作的卫生专业人员对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度及其相关因素。
2021 年 3 月 1 日至 30 日，在埃塞俄比亚西北南贡德尔地区医院进行了一项基于机构的横断面研究，共有 422 名卫生专业人员参与。研究对象通过简单随机抽样技术选取。通过自填式问卷收集数据。采用多变量逻辑回归分析确定与 COVID-19 疫苗接种接受程度相关的因素，置信区间为 95%，P 值<0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
总体而言，45.3%的卫生专业人员接受了 COVID-19 疫苗。年龄（AOR：2.55；95%CI：1.32-4.92）、男性（AOR：1.729；95%CI：1.32-2.34）、感染 COVID-19 的风险较高（AOR：1.74，95%CI：1.00-3.02）和对 COVID-19 疫苗的积极态度（AOR：3.26，95%CI：2.14-4.96）与 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度呈统计学显著相关。
卫生专业人员对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度明显较低。参与者的年龄、性别、COVID-19 感染风险以及对 COVID-19 疫苗的态度与疫苗接种接受度显著相关。因此，政府和相关利益攸关方应重视解决卫生专业人员的关切，并提高对 COVID-19 疫苗的态度，以提高疫苗接种率。
