Department of Periodontics and Community Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA.
Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Nov 30;18(6):2095162. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2095162. Epub 2022 Jul 20.
Scientists have emerged with innovative research on non-human primates showing that the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases neutralizing antibody levels against all variants. The current cross-sectional survey was designed to evaluate the knowledge, perception, and acceptance of the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine among the patients visiting the various dental clinics in Aseer region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 609 dental patients were selected from various dental clinics by a simple random probability sampling method. The questionnaire was designed in multiple languages and categorized as demographic information, knowledge, perception, and acceptance of participants to a booster dose. An anonymous, self-administered, closed-ended online, and paper-based questionnaire was used to assess the above parameters. In the current survey, the majority of the participants were Saudis (80.8%) with an age mean of 37.7 ± 8.7 years. About 68.6% (418 out of 609) of participants had poor knowledge about the booster dose. Significant differences in the levels of knowledge were found in relation to gender, area of residency, education, nationality, and occupation. The distribution of level of perception of booster dose differs significantly among participants of different marital statuses and nationalities. Hesitation to booster was reported more in the rural than in the urban population. Despite a low level of knowledge, a higher level of good perception and acceptance of booster doses were reported among the studied population.
科学家们开展了针对非人类灵长类动物的创新性研究，结果表明，COVID-19 疫苗加强针可提高针对所有变异株的中和抗体水平。本横断面调查旨在评估沙特阿拉伯阿西尔地区各牙科诊所就诊患者对 COVID-19 疫苗加强针的知识、看法和接受程度。采用简单随机概率抽样法，从各牙科诊所中抽取了 609 名牙科患者。问卷采用多种语言设计，并分为参与者的人口统计学信息、知识、看法和对加强针的接受程度。采用匿名、自我管理、封闭式在线和纸质问卷评估上述参数。在本次调查中，大多数参与者是沙特人（80.8%），平均年龄为 37.7±8.7 岁。约 68.6%（609 名参与者中有 418 名）对加强针的知识了解不足。在知识水平方面，存在显著的性别、居住地区、教育程度、国籍和职业差异。不同婚姻状况和国籍的参与者对加强针的看法水平分布存在显著差异。农村地区比城市地区的人更犹豫接种加强针。尽管知识水平较低，但报告称研究人群对加强针的良好看法和接受程度较高。
