Analysis of People’s Attitude Toward COVID-19 Vaccine and Its Information Sources in Thailand

Abstract

IntroductionCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy has become a global problem. Therefore, we aimed to determine the relationship between the information sources on vaccines and the willingness of people to be vaccinated in Thailand. MethodsA sample of 500 respondents was drawn from an Internet research panel, and a questionnaire survey was administered to evaluate respondents' willingness to be vaccinated by sex, age group, educational background, occupation, and presence of chronic diseases, as well as their information sources on COVID-19 vaccines. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression analysis were employed to assess the relationship between vaccine hesitancy/refusal and other variables. ResultsOur results demonstrated that 90.2% of the participants were either willing to vaccinate or were already vaccinated. By contrast, 6.0% were hesitant and 3.8% did not want to be vaccinated. Females, people with education less than master's/bachelor's degree or high school, day laborers, housewives, and unemployed were significantly related to vaccine hesitation/refusal. Furthermore, they were less likely than the vaccine willingness group to use information resources from the Ministry of Health, public health centers, or medical associations. ConclusionsAs vaccine hesitancy and refusal ratio were found to be substantially lower than in a previous study for Thailand and other countries, public authorities should poll the public to identify vaccine-hesitant populations and their reasoning and provide appropriate information directly to the general public.

COVID-19 vaccine side effects and its associated factors among healthcare workers

“…This assertion was consistent with our diagnostic finding that 43 individuals thought the vaccine was risky, and 31 of them said the shot had negative adverse effects. This outcome is congruent with earlier research [26].…”

The Relationship between Sources of COVID-19 Vaccine Information and Willingness to Be Vaccinated: An Internet-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Japan

“…(1) Sex, (2) age, (3) occupation, (4) educational background, (5) presence of chronic diseases (excluding COVID-19 infection), (6) willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine (derived from the questions: “Would you be willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19?” or “Have you already received the COVID-19 vaccination?” with the response options being “yes,” “unsure,” and “no”), and (7) information sources for COVID-19 vaccines (multiple answers). These items were adopted from Japanese and Thai studies [ 8 , 20 , 21 ]. The sources of information for COVID-19 vaccines were as follows: (1) television (TV) news, (2) newspapers, (3) weekly magazines, (4) websites of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)/National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID), Japan, (5) Covi-Navi website, a collection of correct COVID-19 information by Japanese infectious disease specialists, (6) medical associations’ and public health centers’ websites, (7) pharmaceutical companies’ websites, (8) summary websites of COVID-19 information created by non-experts, (9) Social Networking Services (SNS) such as Facebook and Twitter, (10) Internet video sites such as YouTube and TikTok, (11) doctors’ personal websites, (12) non-doctors’ personal websites, (13) family doctors, (14) neighborhoods/friends/families, or (15) publicity or direct visits from local government offices/health centers.…”

Frequency of COVID‐19 vaccine side effects and its associated factors among the vaccinated population of Pakistan: A cross‐sectional study

“…Although the ratio is declining, nearly 10% of the population was hesitant about or not getting the vaccine in Thailand. 13 In Saudi Arabia, a cross-sectional study confirmed that fear of side effects was the major driving factor behind vaccine hesitancy. 14 On the other hand, 31.5% of parents in Italy were hesitant in vaccinating their children, 15 and 25% of young adults also expressed their hesitance in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.…”