Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice, College of Pharmacy, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
Ann Afr Med. 2024 Jul 1;23(3):271-284. doi: 10.4103/aam.aam_201_23. Epub 2024 Jul 8.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the greatest global health catastrophe of the century, with its vaccine hesitancy compounding the woes. Relevant stakeholders, including pharmacy students (whose education was disrupted) are important bulwarks against these catastrophes, but their COVID-19-related information are scarce.
We assessed COVID-19 knowledge, its vaccine uptake intentions, and the influence of personality traits among pharmacy undergraduates in a Nigerian university.
This was a post-lockdown cross sectional study conducted at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.
A 61-item questionnaire was used to collect data among pharmacy undergraduates who attended Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria, in May 2021.
Summary statistics- mean (±standard deviation), range, frequency, proportion; inferential statistics- Chi square statistics, binary logistic regression.
The response rate was 88% (168/191). The average COVID-19 knowledge score, the frequency of acceptance, and hesitancy to take COVID-19 vaccine among study participants were 42.9% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 42.1-43.7), 39.1% (95% CI = 37.3%-41.8%), and 61.9% (95% CI = 58.0%-64.2%), respectively. In addition, of the 168 study participants, 73 (43.5%) considered themselves to have high self-esteem, 67 (39.9%) were highly extroverted, 91 (54.2%) highly privately self-conscious, 96 (57.1%) highly publicly self-conscious, and 60 (35.7%) highly self-restrained, with 57 (34.0%) not believing in the existence of COVID-19. COVID-19 knowledge varied significantly by level of study ( F [2,165] = 5.539; P = 0.005; η 2 = 0.06). Similarly, those with high self-esteem were twice as knowledgeable regarding COVID-19 as those with low self-esteem (odds ratio [OR]: 2.02; 95% CI: 1.08-3.78; P = 0.03) with gleaning COVID-19-related information from social media platforms predicting COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (CVH) (OR: 0.37; 95% CI: 0.16-0.85; P = 0.02).
The observed suboptimal COVID-19 knowledge was associated with participants' low level of self-esteem, and the prevalent CVH was associated with obtaining COVID-19-related information from social media platform.
2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是本世纪最大的全球健康灾难，其疫苗犹豫更是雪上加霜。包括药学学生（其教育受到干扰）在内的相关利益攸关方是应对这些灾难的重要堡垒，但他们与 COVID-19 相关的信息却很少。
我们评估了尼日利亚一所大学药学本科生的 COVID-19 知识、疫苗接种意向及其人格特质的影响。
这是在索科托州 Usmanu Danfodiyo 大学药学院进行的封锁后横断面研究。
2021 年 5 月，我们使用 61 项问卷收集了在尼日利亚索科托州 Usmanu Danfodiyo 大学药学专业就读的本科生的数据。
描述性统计-均值（±标准差）、范围、频率、比例；推断性统计-卡方统计、二元逻辑回归。
回复率为 88%（168/191）。研究参与者的平均 COVID-19 知识得分、接受 COVID-19 疫苗的频率和犹豫程度分别为 42.9%（95%置信区间[CI] = 42.1-43.7）、39.1%（95% CI = 37.3%-41.8%）和 61.9%（95% CI = 58.0%-64.2%）。此外，在 168 名研究参与者中，有 73 名（43.5%）认为自己自尊心强，67 名（39.9%）性格外向，91 名（54.2%）高度内向，96 名（57.1%）高度公开自我意识，60 名（35.7%）高度自我克制，有 57 名（34.0%）不相信 COVID-19 的存在。COVID-19 知识在学习水平上有显著差异（ F [2,165] = 5.539；P = 0.005；η 2 = 0.06）。同样，自尊心强的人对 COVID-19 的了解程度是自尊心低的人的两倍（优势比[OR]：2.02；95%CI：1.08-3.78；P = 0.03），从社交媒体平台获取 COVID-19 相关信息预测 COVID-19 疫苗犹豫（CVH）（OR：0.37；95%CI：0.16-0.85；P = 0.02）。
观察到的 COVID-19 知识不足与参与者的低自尊水平有关，而普遍存在的 CVH 与从社交媒体平台获取 COVID-19 相关信息有关。
