Osarenkhoe John O, Agbon Godwin O, Esene Hendrith, Ohenhen Victor, Bassey Aniekeme S
Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital, Okada, NGA.
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Igbinedion University Teaching Hospital, Okada, NGA.
Cureus. 2023 Aug 29;15(8):e44352. doi: 10.7759/cureus.44352. eCollection 2023 Aug.
Despite the target set by WHO, Africa still falls short when it comes to individuals' use of COVID-19 vaccines. There is a similar pattern of low vaccine usage for the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and yellow fever (YF).
The objective of our study is to compare the awareness, attitude, and uptake of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPD), COVID-19, HBV, and YF, between a rural and an urban community in Nigeria.
The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out between January 2022 and December 2022 in a rural community, Okada, and an urban community, Benin, in Edo State, Nigeria. A total of 283 rural participants and 483 urban participants were interviewed. SPSS Statistics version 26 (IBM Corp. Released 2019. IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0. Armonk, NY: IBM Corp.) was used for data collection and analysis. The significant value was set at P<0.05.
A major percentage of both populations, 98.3% urban and 90.1% rural, reported being aware of COVID-19 vaccines (indicated by P<0.001). There was a similar pattern with HBV vaccine awareness. However, awareness of YF vaccines was more common in the rural (63.3%) community than in the urban (55.0%) community. A complete dose uptake of COVID-19 vaccines was reported by 7.7% of the rural and 2.2% of the urban respondents. The major reason for the refusal of vaccine uptake was the fear of possible side effects.
The study showed that vaccine uptake for COVID-19, HBV, and YF is low despite seemingly good awareness of these vaccines. The number one reason for any vaccine refusal is the possibility of experiencing side effects.
尽管世界卫生组织设定了目标，但在个人使用新冠疫苗方面，非洲仍未达标。乙肝病毒（HBV）疫苗和黄热病（YF）疫苗的使用情况也呈现出类似的低接种率模式。
我们研究的目的是比较尼日利亚一个农村社区和一个城市社区在疫苗可预防疾病（VPD）、新冠、乙肝和黄热病方面的认知、态度及接种情况。
该研究是一项描述性横断面研究，于2022年1月至2022年12月在尼日利亚江户州的一个农村社区冈田和一个城市社区贝宁进行。共采访了283名农村参与者和483名城市参与者。使用SPSS Statistics 26版（IBM公司。2019年发布。适用于Windows的IBM SPSS Statistics，版本26.0。纽约州阿蒙克：IBM公司）进行数据收集和分析。显著性值设定为P<0.05。
两个群体中的大部分人，城市为98.3%，农村为90.1%，报告称知晓新冠疫苗（P<0.001）。乙肝疫苗的知晓情况也呈现类似模式。然而，黄热病疫苗的知晓情况在农村社区（63.3%）比城市社区（55.0%）更为普遍。农村7.7%的受访者和城市2.2%的受访者报告完成了新冠疫苗的接种。拒绝接种疫苗的主要原因是担心可能出现副作用。
该研究表明，尽管对这些疫苗的知晓度看似良好，但新冠、乙肝和黄热病疫苗的接种率较低。拒绝接种任何疫苗的首要原因是可能出现副作用。
