Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
J Infect Dev Ctries. 2022 Jun 30;16(6):993-1000. doi: 10.3855/jidc.15603.
Public acceptance, understanding, and trust are some significant challenges facing COVID-19 vaccine coverage. Our study objective was to assess the acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccination and its predictors among the Egyptian adult population.
An online survey was conducted on 1,053 participants from six randomly selected governorates in Egypt between March and April 2021 using an Arabic self-administrated questionnaire, developed using the Google Form App.
Out of the 1,053 participants surveyed, 321 (31.5%) reported that they would accept taking the vaccine when it is available. The main reasons for refusing COVID-19 vaccination were doubt in vaccine effectiveness (80%), lack of trust due to rapid vaccine production (70%), deficiency of information about the vaccine (66%), and fear of vaccine side effects (55%). Regression analysis concluded that previous history of influenza vaccination (p = 0.01), perceived vaccine effectiveness (0.00), vaccine price (p = 0.02), and doctors' recommendation to take the vaccine (p = 0.03) were the only significant predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.
Low level of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance has been shown among the Egyptian population. To expand vaccination acceptance and coverage, the government should promote vaccine confidence by increasing the availability of clear, precise, and up-to-date information addressing public concerns. It should also provide free vaccinations and should reach out to doctors for promoting the vaccine.
公众对疫苗的接受程度、理解程度和信任程度是新冠疫苗接种面临的一些重大挑战。我们的研究目的是评估埃及成年人群对新冠疫苗接种的接受率及其预测因素。
2021 年 3 月至 4 月期间，我们使用阿拉伯语自我管理问卷，通过 Google 表单应用程序，在埃及六个随机选定的省份对 1053 名参与者进行了在线调查。
在接受调查的 1053 名参与者中，321 名（31.5%）表示他们将在疫苗可用时接受接种。拒绝接种新冠疫苗的主要原因是怀疑疫苗的有效性（80%）、由于疫苗快速生产而缺乏信任（70%）、缺乏有关疫苗的信息（66%）以及担心疫苗的副作用（55%）。回归分析得出，既往流感疫苗接种史（p=0.01）、感知疫苗有效性（0.00）、疫苗价格（p=0.02）和医生推荐接种疫苗（p=0.03）是新冠疫苗接种接受度的唯一显著预测因素。
埃及人群中新冠疫苗接种的接受程度较低。为了扩大疫苗接种的接受程度和覆盖范围，政府应通过提供明确、准确和最新的信息来增加公众对疫苗的信心，以解决公众的担忧。政府还应提供免费疫苗，并应向医生寻求对疫苗的推广。
