Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, College of Medical Health Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Tepi, Ethiopia.
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medical Health Sciences, Mizan Tepi University, Tepi, Ethiopia.
PLoS One. 2022 Nov 2;17(11):e0276857. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276857. eCollection 2022.
Medical students are among the potential risky population for the transmission of COVID 19 infections; their willingness to receive COVID 19 vaccine is not well studied. Thus, this study assessed Predictors of Unwillingness to receive COVID -19 vaccines among Ethiopian Medical students.
From the 25th of May, 2020 to the 26th of June, 2021, an institution-based cross-sectional study was done at Mizan-Tepi University Teaching Hospital,On 313 medical students from each department and batch were chosen using a multistage sampling approach. A bivariate and multivariable logistic regression were done to identify the predictors of Unwillingness to receive COVID -19 vaccines. Figures, tables, and graphs were used to present the findings. The adjusted odds ratio and its 95% confidence interval were provided.
In this study 124 (40.7%) 95% CI (35.1,46.4) medical students were not willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. And also increased in the age of the student[AOR 0.43, 95% CI; (.29,.63)], Knowledge status about COVID 19 infection transmission, risk factors and control behavior[AOR 1.45, 95% CI; (1.14, 1.85)], perceived susceptibility to COVID 19 infection [AOR 1.70 (1.15, 2.51)], perceived severity of COVID 19 infection[AOR 1.26 (1.01, 1.57)], perceived benefit of COVID 19 vaccine [AOR .58(.38, .88)], positive attitude towards COVID 19 vaccines [AOR .46(.35, .62)], and confidence in safety and efficacy of the vaccine and public authorities decissin in the best interest of the community [AOR 1.93(1.24, 2.99)] were predictors of non-willingness to receive COVID 19 vaccine.
Non-willingness to accept the COVID 19 vaccine was predicted by student age, elements in the Health belief model such as anticipated susceptibility, severity, and benefit, and a positive attitude and trust in the vaccine.
医学生是 COVID-19 感染潜在高危人群之一，他们对接种 COVID-19 疫苗的意愿尚未得到充分研究。因此，本研究评估了埃塞俄比亚医学生中不愿接种 COVID-19 疫苗的因素。
2020 年 5 月 25 日至 2021 年 6 月 26 日，在米赞-提皮大学教学医院进行了一项基于机构的横断面研究。采用多阶段抽样方法，从每个系和批次中抽取 313 名医学生。采用单变量和多变量逻辑回归来确定不愿接种 COVID-19 疫苗的预测因素。采用图表来呈现研究结果。提供了调整后的优势比及其 95%置信区间。
在这项研究中，有 124 名（40.7%）医学生不愿意接种 COVID-19 疫苗，95%CI（35.1，46.4）。学生年龄的增加[AOR 0.43，95%CI；（0.29，0.63）]、对 COVID-19 感染传播、风险因素和控制行为的知识状况[AOR 1.45，95%CI；（1.14，1.85）]、对 COVID-19 感染的感知易感性[AOR 1.70（1.15，2.51）]、对 COVID-19 感染严重程度的感知[AOR 1.26（1.01，1.57）]、对 COVID-19 疫苗益处的感知[AOR.58（.38，.88）]、对 COVID-19 疫苗的积极态度[AOR.46（.35，.62）]以及对疫苗安全性和效力以及公共当局决策的信任，以符合社区最佳利益[AOR 1.93（1.24，2.99）]，这些都是不愿接种 COVID-19 疫苗的预测因素。
不愿接受 COVID-19 疫苗接种的原因包括学生年龄、健康信念模型中的元素（如预期易感性、严重性和益处）以及对疫苗的积极态度和信任。
