Department of Environmental Health, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, Bule Hora, Ethiopia.
Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Front Public Health. 2023 Feb 10;11:974850. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.974850. eCollection 2023.
Currently, different COVID-19 vaccines are being developed and distributed worldwide to increase the proportion of the vaccinated people and as a result to halt the pandemic. However, the vaccination progress is different from place to place even among health care workers due to variation in vaccine acceptance. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine and determinant factors among healthcare workers in west Guji zone, southern Ethiopia.
An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed to assess COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and associated factors among health care workers from July to August 2021. A simple random sampling technique was used to choose 421 representative healthcare workers from three hospitals in the west Guji Zone. The self-administrated questionnaire was used to collect data. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were computed to identify factors associated with the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. < 0.05 was considered for significantly associated factors.
From the representative health workers, 57, 47.02, and 57.9% of healthcare workers had good practice of COVID-19 prevention, adequate knowledge, and a positive attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccine consecutively. 38.1% of healthcare workers said they had a willingness to accept the COVI-19 vaccine. Profession (AOR-6, CI: 2.92-8.22), previous history of vaccine side effects (AOR: 3.67, CI: 2.75-11.41), positive attitude toward vaccine acceptance (AOR: 1.38, CI: 1.18-3.29), adequate knowledge toward COVID-19 vaccine (AOR: 3.33, CI: 1.36-8.12), and adequate practice of COVID-19 prevention measure (AOR: 3.45, CI: 1.39-8.61) were significant associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.
The proportion of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among health workers was found to be low. From the study variables, profession, previous history of vaccine side effects, positive attitude toward vaccine acceptance, adequate knowledge to ward off COVID-19 vaccine, and adequate practice of COVID-19 prevention measures were significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.
目前，世界各地正在开发和分发不同的 COVID-19 疫苗，以提高接种人群的比例，从而阻止大流行。然而，由于疫苗接受程度的不同，疫苗接种进展在不同地方甚至在医护人员中也有所不同。因此，本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚南部古吉西区医护人员对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度及其决定因素。
采用基于机构的横断面研究设计，于 2021 年 7 月至 8 月期间评估古吉西区 3 家医院的医护人员对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度及相关因素。采用简单随机抽样技术从 421 名有代表性的医护人员中抽取。采用自填式问卷收集数据。采用二变量和多变量逻辑回归分析确定与 COVID-19 疫苗接种接受度相关的因素。<0.05 被认为与因素显著相关。
在所代表的卫生工作者中，57%、47.02%和 57.9%的医护人员在 COVID-19 预防方面有良好的实践、足够的知识和对 COVID-19 疫苗的积极态度。38.1%的医护人员表示愿意接受 COVID-19 疫苗。职业（AOR-6，CI：2.92-8.22）、疫苗不良反应史（AOR：3.67，CI：2.75-11.41）、对疫苗接受度的积极态度（AOR：1.38，CI：1.18-3.29）、对 COVID-19 疫苗的充分了解（AOR：3.33，CI：1.36-8.12）和充分实施 COVID-19 预防措施（AOR：3.45，CI：1.39-8.61）与 COVID-19 疫苗接种接受度显著相关。
医护人员中 COVID-19 疫苗接种接受率较低。从研究变量来看，职业、疫苗不良反应史、对疫苗接种的积极态度、对 COVID-19 疫苗的充分了解以及充分实施 COVID-19 预防措施与 COVID-19 疫苗接种接受度显著相关。
