Asres Firew, Umeta Belachew
School of Pharmacy, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia, Ethiopia.
J Pharm Policy Pract. 2022 Apr 26;15(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s40545-021-00397-6.
The myths and conspiracy theories on the COVID-19 vaccine cause people to be hesitant and maleficent towards the vaccine.
To assess COVID-19 vaccine-related awareness, attitude and acceptance and to assess reasons for refusing the vaccine among undergraduate Jimma University Institute of Health students.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 387 undergraduate students of Jimma University Institute of Health. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect the data and summarized by descriptive statistics. A multivariable regression model was used to assess predictable variables for good awareness and positive attitude. A p value of < 0.05 was used to declare the statistical association.
Only 41% of the students had a good awareness of the COVID-19 vaccine, and more than half, 224 (57.9%) of them had a positive attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine. Age [(AOR: 95% CI) 1.18 (1.03, 1.35)] and having good awareness [(AOR: 95% CI) 2.39 (1.55, 3.68)] were associated with positive attitude of students towards the COVID-19 vaccine. However, only 27.1% of the students were willing to take the vaccine for COVID-19. Afraid of long term effects (49.1%), not being convinced of the safety standards (38.8%), lack of information about the vaccine (37.2%), and too short time for development (39.9%) was common reasons for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the present study, the majority of the participants had a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccine. However, only less than half of the participants had a good awareness of the vaccine. In addition, the acceptability of the vaccine is low. Afraid of long term effects, not being convinced of the safety profile, lack of information about the vaccine, and the time used for the development were the common reasons for refusing the vaccine. Therefore, all stakeholders are advised to increase awareness, positive attitude, and acceptance of the vaccine.
关于新冠疫苗的谣言和阴谋论导致人们对疫苗犹豫不决且心怀抵触。
评估吉马大学健康科学学院本科学生对新冠疫苗的认知、态度和接受情况，并评估拒绝接种疫苗的原因。
对吉马大学健康科学学院的387名本科学生进行了一项横断面研究。采用自填式问卷收集数据，并通过描述性统计进行汇总。使用多变量回归模型评估良好认知和积极态度的可预测变量。p值<0.05用于表明存在统计学关联。
只有41%的学生对新冠疫苗有良好认知，其中超过一半，即224名（57.9%）学生对新冠疫苗持积极态度。年龄[（调整后比值比：95%置信区间）1.18（1.03，1.35）]和有良好认知[（调整后比值比：95%置信区间）2.39（1.55，3.68）]与学生对新冠疫苗的积极态度相关。然而，只有27.1%的学生愿意接种新冠疫苗。担心长期影响（49.1%）、不相信安全标准（38.8%）、缺乏疫苗信息（37.2%）以及研发时间过短（39.9%）是拒绝接种新冠疫苗的常见原因。
根据本研究，大多数参与者对新冠疫苗持积极态度。然而，只有不到一半的参与者对疫苗有良好认知。此外，疫苗的可接受性较低。担心长期影响、不相信安全性、缺乏疫苗信息以及研发所用时间是拒绝接种疫苗的常见原因。因此，建议所有利益相关者提高对疫苗的认知、积极态度和接受程度。
