Dentistry Administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Medicine, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh Second Health Cluster, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Front Public Health. 2023 Feb 7;11:1065157. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1065157. eCollection 2023.
Acceptance of vaccination is a multifactorial issue. The unprecedented speed at which the COVID-19 disease spread globally has meant that people have had to face the idea of receiving novel vaccines for a novel disease.
Studies conducted earlier in the pandemic had shown high vaccine hesitancy in Saudi Arabia, therefore we wanted to understand the motivating factors for people living in Saudi Arabia with regards to accepting the COVID-19 vaccine, our survey was conducted when the government had already mandated vaccination to enter public spaces. Saudi society is not particularly outspoken and therefore it was of special importance to the authors to explore the motivation behind COVID-19 vaccines.
This is a cross-sectional survey of 802 participants living in Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire was distributed to staff, visitors, and patients in a hospital in Saudi Arabia and electronic means to the general population.
A total of 521 (65%) of the respondents were women, and 281 (35%) were men. A total of 710 (88.5%) were Saudi, and 55 (6.9%) were non-Saudi. The majority of participants (496, 65.7%) stated that they registered for the vaccine as soon as it was available, with 185 (24.5%) stating that they registered when they were mandated to do so and 74 (9.8%) registered only when they felt cases were increasing. Most participants (316, 41%) stated that the main reason for taking the vaccine was one of a self-protective nature, followed by indirect vaccination (240, 31.1%), paternalistic reasons (157, 20.4%) and altruistic reasons (58, 7.5%).
With the increased burden on healthcare that is being faced by COVID-19, other resources need to be carefully allocated. This paper may aid the Saudi government in understanding the motivation for the population to take the vaccine and therefore facilitate any future vaccination campaigns to ensure the best utilization of resources.
疫苗接种的接受程度是一个多因素问题。COVID-19 疾病在全球范围内的传播速度之快，意味着人们不得不面对为一种新型疾病接种新型疫苗的想法。
在大流行早期进行的研究表明，沙特阿拉伯的疫苗犹豫率很高，因此，我们想了解生活在沙特阿拉伯的人们对接受 COVID-19 疫苗的动机。我们的调查是在政府已经强制要求接种疫苗才能进入公共场所时进行的。沙特社会并不是特别直言不讳，因此，作者特别重视探索 COVID-19 疫苗背后的动机。
这是一项针对沙特阿拉伯 802 名居民的横断面调查。调查问卷分发给沙特一家医院的工作人员、访客和患者，以及通过电子方式分发给普通民众。
共有 521 名（65%）受访者为女性，281 名（35%）为男性。710 名（88.5%）参与者为沙特人，55 名（6.9%）为非沙特人。大多数参与者（496 名，65.7%）表示，他们一有疫苗就注册接种，185 名（24.5%）表示他们在被强制要求时注册，74 名（9.8%）只有在他们觉得病例增加时才注册。大多数参与者（316 名，41%）表示接种疫苗的主要原因是出于自我保护，其次是间接接种（240 名，31.1%）、家长式理由（157 名，20.4%）和利他主义理由（58 名，7.5%）。
随着 COVID-19 给医疗保健带来的负担增加，需要谨慎分配其他资源。本文可能有助于沙特政府了解民众接种疫苗的动机，从而促进未来的任何疫苗接种活动，以确保资源的最佳利用。
