Department of Disaster and Human Security Management, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Bangladesh University of Professionals, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
PLoS One. 2022 Jun 27;17(6):e0270684. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270684. eCollection 2022.
Global vaccination coverage is an urgent need to recover the recent pandemic COVID-19. However, people are concerned about the safety and efficacy of this vaccination program. Thus, it has become crucial to examine the knowledge, attitude, and hesitancy towards the vaccine. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among university students of Bangladesh. Total of 449 university students participated. Most of these students used the internet (34.74%), social media (33.41%), and electronic media (25.61%) as a source of COVID-19 vaccine information. Overall, 58.13% and 64.81% of university students reported positive knowledge and attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine. 54.34% of these students agreed that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective. 43.88% believed that the vaccine could stop the pandemic. The Spearman's Rank correlation determined the positive correlation between knowledge and attitude. The negative correlation was determined between positive knowledge and hesitancy, and positive attitude and hesitancy. University students with positive knowledge and attitude showed lower hesitancy. Multiple logistic regression analyses determined the university type and degree major as the predictors of knowledge, whereas only degree major was the predictor of attitudes. 26.06% of the study population showed their hesitancy towards the vaccine. University type and degree major were also determined as predictors of this hesitancy. They rated fear of side effects (87.18%) and lack of information (70.94%) as the most reasons for the hesitancy. The findings from this study can aid the ongoing and future COVID-19 vaccination plan for university students. The national and international authorities can have substantial information for a successful inoculation campaign.
全球疫苗接种覆盖率是应对近期新冠疫情的迫切需要。然而，人们对该疫苗接种计划的安全性和有效性存在担忧。因此，检查人们对疫苗的知识、态度和犹豫程度变得至关重要。我们在孟加拉国的大学生中进行了一项在线横断面调查。共有 449 名大学生参与了这项研究。这些学生主要通过互联网（34.74%）、社交媒体（33.41%）和电子媒体（25.61%）获取有关新冠疫苗的信息。总体而言，58.13%和 64.81%的大学生对新冠疫苗持积极的知识和态度。54.34%的学生认为新冠疫苗是安全有效的。43.88%的学生认为疫苗可以阻止疫情。Spearman 秩相关分析确定了知识和态度之间存在正相关。积极的知识与犹豫、积极的态度与犹豫之间存在负相关。具有积极知识和态度的大学生表现出较低的犹豫程度。多元逻辑回归分析确定了大学类型和专业是知识的预测因素，而只有专业是态度的预测因素。26.06%的研究人群对疫苗犹豫不决。大学类型和专业也是犹豫不决的预测因素。他们将对副作用的恐惧（87.18%）和缺乏信息（70.94%）列为犹豫不决的主要原因。这项研究的结果可以为大学生的新冠疫苗接种计划提供帮助。国家和国际当局可以获得成功实施疫苗接种运动的大量信息。
