Al-Shouli Samia T, AlAfaleq Nouf O, Almansour Mohammed, Alsadhan Munira, Alsalem Norah, Alqahtani Maha, Aldahash Norah, Almazyad Leena, Alhazmi Sadeem, Aljerian Khaldoon
Immunology Unit, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11461, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Jul 24;11(7):1276. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11071276.
COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Vaccination against the virus was first approved in Saudi Arabia in December 2020. Vaccinated individuals are still at risk of getting infected with the virus and can transmit the disease. Therefore, the perception of vaccinated individuals regarding the disease can help limit the spread of the virus.
To measure the risk perception of COVID-19 following vaccination and factors that have an effect on risk perception; to identify the health protective behaviours of the vaccinated individuals.
This is a quantitative analytical cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study. The target population includes individuals aged 18 and above who live in the Riyadh region and have been vaccinated, during the period of June 2021 to December 2021.
The perception of 30.2% of participants did not change after vaccination, with many participants continuing to "always" take precautions even after vaccination. Numerous factors, such as age, gender, marital status, occupational status, employment status, and total household income, have shown significant effects towards risk perception.
Many vaccinated individuals have continued to take precautionary steps and their risk perception has not changed.
新冠病毒病（COVID-19）是一种由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起的高传染性疾病。2020年12月，沙特阿拉伯首次批准针对该病毒的疫苗接种。接种疫苗的个体仍有感染该病毒的风险，并且能够传播疾病。因此，接种疫苗个体对该疾病的认知有助于限制病毒传播。
测量接种疫苗后对新冠病毒病的风险认知以及影响风险认知的因素；确定接种疫苗个体的健康保护行为。
这是一项基于问卷的定量分析横断面研究。目标人群包括2021年6月至2021年12月期间居住在利雅得地区且已接种疫苗的18岁及以上个体。
30.2%的参与者接种疫苗后的认知没有改变，许多参与者即使在接种疫苗后仍“始终”采取预防措施。年龄、性别、婚姻状况、职业状况、就业状况和家庭总收入等众多因素对风险认知显示出显著影响。
许多接种疫苗的个体继续采取预防措施，且他们的风险认知没有改变。
