Jairoun Ammar Abdulrahman, Al-Hemyari Sabaa Saleh, El-Dahiyat Faris, Jairoun Maimona, Shahwan Moyad, Al Ani Mena, Habeb Mustafa, Babar Zaheer-Ud-Din
Health and Safety Department, Dubai Municipality, Dubai, UAE.
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800, Gelugor, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
J Pharm Policy Pract. 2022 Mar 28;15(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40545-022-00422-2.
People with weakened immune systems may not develop adequate protection after taking two doses of the mRNA-combined COVID-19 vaccine. The additional dose may improve the level of protection against Covid-19.
Current study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and determents of third COVID-19 vaccine booster dose acceptance among population in the UAE.
This is online descriptive cross-sectional community-based study conducted among the students and faculty of Ajman University from 25 August to 20 October 2021. The questionnaire, which was in the English language, encompassed two sections containing 22 items. Section one gathered the demographic details of the respondents, while Section two used 13 questions to evaluate the respondents' knowledge of and attitude to the third COVID-19 vaccine booster dose.
614 respondents participated in this study. The average knowledge score was 44.6% with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of [41%, 49%]. Better knowledge scores were observed in postgraduates (OR 4.29; 95% CI 2.28-8.11), employees in the healthcare sector (OR 1.62; 95% CI 1.05-2.51), participants who had relatives infected with the Covid-19 (OR 1.46; 95% CI 1.05-2.02), participants who had infected with Covid-19 (OR 2.21; 95% CI 1.43-3.43) and participants who had received first two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine (OR 2.08; 95% CI 1.40-3.11). The average attitude score was 70.2% with a 95% confidence interval (CI) of [69.2%, 71.2%].
Necessary steps should be taken by the government and public health authorities, in line with the local culture, to increase vaccination acceptance and foster positive attitudes towards the vaccine. A suitable approach to this would be to develop an educational framework that could demonstrate the risks of vaccine avoidance or delay to the general population. Moreover, health authorities should pay more attention to the false information being disseminated across the internet, especially social media. Also, healthcare workers should be trained in vaccinology and virology to make sure that they are able to understand important developments in these fields and convey the findings to their patients.
免疫系统较弱的人在接种两剂mRNA新冠疫苗后可能无法产生足够的保护。额外的一剂疫苗可能会提高对新冠病毒的防护水平。
当前研究旨在评估阿联酋人群对第三剂新冠疫苗加强针的知晓情况、态度及影响因素。
这是一项于2021年8月25日至10月20日在阿治曼大学的学生和教职员工中开展的基于社区的在线描述性横断面研究。问卷为英文，包含两个部分，共22个项目。第一部分收集受访者的人口统计学细节，第二部分用13个问题评估受访者对第三剂新冠疫苗加强针的知晓情况和态度。
614名受访者参与了本研究。平均知晓得分是44.6%，95%置信区间为[41%，49%]。研究生（比值比4.29；95%置信区间2.28 - 8.11）、医疗保健部门员工（比值比1.62；95%置信区间1.05 - 2.51）、有亲属感染新冠病毒的参与者（比值比1.46；95%置信区间1.05 - 2.02）、感染过新冠病毒的参与者（比值比2.21；95%置信区间1.43 - 3.43）以及接种过前两剂新冠疫苗的参与者（比值比2.08；95%置信区间1.40 - 3.11）的知晓得分更高。平均态度得分是70.2%，95%置信区间为[69.2%，71.2%]。
政府和公共卫生当局应根据当地文化采取必要措施，以提高疫苗接种接受度并培养对疫苗的积极态度。对此合适的方法是制定一个教育框架，向普通民众展示避免接种或延迟接种疫苗的风险。此外，卫生当局应更加关注互联网尤其是社交媒体上传播的虚假信息。同时，医护人员应接受疫苗学和病毒学方面的培训，以确保他们能够理解这些领域的重要进展并将研究结果传达给患者。
