Nassani Mohammad Zakaria, Noushad Mohammed, Rastam Samer, Hussain Mudassir, Alsalhani Anas B, Al-Saqqaf Inas Shakeeb, Alali Faisal Mehsen, Demachkia Amir Mohiddin, de Melo Renata Marques, Arshad Mohammed, Luddin Norhayati, Husein Adam, Qamar Zeeshan, Koppolu Pradeep, Darwish Mahmoud, Nassar Ahmad Salim Abdalla, Habib Adnan, Suleyman Firas, Khanam H M Khuthija, Yousief Salah A, Al-Maweri Sadeq Ali, Tabassum Nafeesa, Samran Abdulaziz, Dimashkieh Mohiddin R, Al-Awar Mohammed Sadeg, Tarakji Bassel
Department of Restorative and Prosthetic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Dar Al Uloom University, Riyadh 13313, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Clinical Sciences, Vision College of Medicine, Vision Colleges, Riyadh 11691, Saudi Arabia.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Sep 26;10(10):1614. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10101614.
This study sought to investigate the acceptance rate and associated factors of COVID-19 vaccines among dentists and dental students in seven countries.
A structured questionnaire prepared and guided by the report of the SAGE Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy was distributed among groups of dentists and dental students in seven countries across four continents.
A total of 1527 subjects (850 dentists and 677 dental students) participated in this survey. Although 72.5% of the respondents reported their intention to accept COVID-19 vaccines (dentists: 74.4%, dental students: 70.2%), there was a significant difference in agreement between dentists/dental students across countries; generally, respondents in upper-middle-, and high-income countries (UM-HICs) showed significantly higher acceptance rates compared to those in low- and lower-middle income countries (L-LMICs). Potential predictors of higher vaccine acceptance included being a dentist, being free of comorbidity, being well-informed about COVID-19 vaccines, having better knowledge about COVID-19 complications, having anxiety about COVID-19 infection, having no concerns about the side effects of the produced vaccines and being a resident of an UM-HIC.
The results of our survey indicate a relatively good acceptance rate of COVID-19 among the surveyed dentists and dental students. However, dentists and dental students in L-LMICs showed significantly lower vaccine acceptance rates and trust in COVID-19 vaccines compared to their counterparts in UM-HICs. Our results provide important information to policymakers, highlighting the need for implementation of country-specific vaccine promotion strategies, with special focus on L-LMICs.
本研究旨在调查七个国家的牙医和牙科学生中新冠疫苗的接种率及相关因素。
一份由疫苗犹豫问题SAGE工作组报告编制并指导的结构化问卷，在四大洲七个国家的牙医和牙科学生群体中进行了分发。
共有1527名受试者（850名牙医和677名牙科学生）参与了本次调查。尽管72.5%的受访者表示他们打算接种新冠疫苗（牙医：74.4%，牙科学生：70.2%），但不同国家的牙医/牙科学生之间在接种意愿上存在显著差异；总体而言，中高收入国家和高收入国家（UM-HICs）的受访者接种率明显高于低收入和中低收入国家（L-LMICs）。较高疫苗接种意愿的潜在预测因素包括是一名牙医、没有合并症、对新冠疫苗充分了解、对新冠并发症有更好的认识、对新冠感染感到焦虑、对所生产疫苗的副作用没有担忧以及是UM-HICs的居民。
我们的调查结果表明，在接受调查的牙医和牙科学生中，新冠疫苗的接种率相对较高。然而，与UM-HICs的同行相比，L-LMICs的牙医和牙科学生的疫苗接种率和对新冠疫苗的信任度明显较低。我们的结果为政策制定者提供了重要信息，突出了实施针对特定国家的疫苗推广策略的必要性，尤其要关注L-LMICs。
