Background: COVID-19 vaccine development is proceeding at an unprecedented pace. Once COVID-19 vaccines become widely available, it will be necessary to maximize public vaccine acceptance and coverage.
Objective: This research aimed to analyze the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Russia.
Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among Russian adults from September 26th to November 9th, 2020. Predictors of the intent to take up COVID-19 vaccination were explored using logistic regression.
Results: Out of 876 participants, 365 (41.7%) would be willing to receive the vaccine if it became available. Acceptance increased for a vaccine with verified safety and effectiveness (63.2%). Intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine was relatively higher among males (aOR=2.37, 95% CI 1.41-4.00), people with lower monthly income (aOR=2.94, 95%CI 1.32-6.57), and with positive trust in the healthcare system (aOR=2.73, 95% CI 1.76-4.24). The Russian people were more likely to accept the COVID-19 vaccine if they believed that the vaccine reduces the risk of virus infection (aOR=8.80, 95%CI 5.21-14.87) or relieves the complications of the disease (aOR=10.46, 95%CI 6.09-17.96). Other barriers such as being unconcerned about side-effects (aOR=1.65, 95%CI 1.03-2.65) and the effectiveness and safety of the vaccination (aOR=2.55, 95%CI 1.60-4.08), also affected acceptance.
Conclusions: The study showed the usefulness of the health belief model constructs in understanding the COVID-19 vaccination acceptance rate in the Russian population. This rate was influenced by sociodemographic and health-related characteristics, and health beliefs. These findings might help guide future efforts for policymakers and stakeholders to improve vaccination rates by enhancing trust in the healthcare system.
TransCelerate recommends the creation of an integrated, multifaceted approach to proactively detect data quality issues. Detection methods should include a strategy tailored to the characteristics of the study. Some sponsors are taking advantage of more advanced methods and integrated processes and systems to proactively detect and address issues, relying on advances in technology to more efficiently review data in real time. Further research is underway to assess statistical data quality detection methodology in clinical trials.
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to understand elderly consumers’ satisfaction on the community pharmacy services in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Materials and methods: A sample of 32 consumers, aged over 60, was recruited in four pharmacies in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from December, 2017 to January, 2018. Q-methodology was used to identify the patterns of consumers’ satisfaction.
Results: Two distinct patterns of elderly consumers’ viewpoints toward the community pharmacy services were identified. Elderly consumers in viewpoint 1 were satisfied with the geographic accessibility of community pharmacies. Elderly consumers in viewpoint 2 were satisfied with the affordability of medicines. However, consumers of both viewpoints expressed dissatisfaction with the pharmacy staff counseling on missed doses, storage, side effects, and interactions of medicines.
Conclusion: The results from this study suggest that pharmacy staff need to spend more time for consultations on proper medication use with elderly consumers.
The article presents the results of a marketing study of an assortment of medicinal products and biologically active additives of vitamin action prescribed in a clinical children's hospital. Vitamin preparations are prescribed not only for the prevention of various diseases, but also in complex.
Materials and research methods: The following methods were used in the work: content analysis, SWOT analysis, STEP analysis, statistical, graphic, sociological. The main information materials were: the Vidal reference book, the State Register of Medicines, price lists of pharmaceutical companies.
Results: This article is about a marketing analysis of drugs and biologically active additives of vitamin action was carried out, consisting of a comparative analysis of the assortment, SWOT analysis, which revealed the competitiveness of dietary supplements in relation to drugs with such "strengths" as a large range, composition of natural origin and " opportunities ", in the form of the absence of restrictions in promotion. The negative characteristics of “weaknesses” and “threats” of dietary supplements scored more indicators. For STEP-analysis, we ranked the factors that influence the external environment. It was found that the economic component has the greatest impact on the implementation of drugs and dietary supplements of vitamin action, and the social one is the least significant. At the final stage, a comparative point assessment was carried out, which made it possible to single out vitamins - “leaders” from the assortment under study.
Сonclusion: The obtained results are important for understanding consumer behavior and the formation of information material for the doctors.
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