COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Associated Factors Among College Students in Dessie City, Northeastern Ethiopia

Berihun, Gete; Walle, Zebader; Teshome, Daniel; Berhanu, Leykun; Derso, Mohammed

doi:10.2147/jmdh.s381151

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“…These results are consistent with other studies that have reported associations between vaccination willingness and factors such as profession type, education level, and marital status [12]. Previous research has suggested that being married, highly educated, experienced, or a doctor is all associated with better perception, attitude, and willingness to take up COVID-19 vaccines [4,9,10,12,16,29,30], which is in line with our findings. It is possible that these demographic characteristics are linked to higher levels of knowledge, responsibility, and concern for family, which may contribute to greater acceptance of vaccines.…”

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Perception and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alfosail¹,

Alghamdi²

2023

Cureus

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IntroductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant hospitalizations and deaths, particularly among healthcare workers (HCWs). Various therapeutic and preventive measures have been introduced, with vaccination considered the primary preventive measure. This study aims to assess the perceptions and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination among HCWs. MethodsWe conducted an analytical cross-sectional study on HCWs in hospitals located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The study included physicians, nurses, pharmacists, lab technicians, and radiologists who work in the Ministry of Health's general hospitals. A total of 394 participants were included in the study. Data were analyzed using SPSS v26, and a p-value less than 0.05 was considered significant. ResultsA majority of the participants (72.6%) were female, aged between 31-40 years (55.3%), and married (59.6%). More than half of the participants (55.6%) had received training on dealing with COVID-19. The mean scores for COVID-19 vaccine refusal, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, and perceived effectiveness of COVID

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Perception and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Alfosail¹,

Alghamdi²

2023

Cureus

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“…Also the opinion that vaccination could prevent COVID-19 increased the odds of accepting vaccination, consistent with a previous study from Ethiopia. 28 Employees considering COVID-19 a severe disease were more likely to accept vaccination, in line with a previous report from Ethiopia 13 and numerous other studies.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…In this study, very low vaccine acceptance rates were recorded among transportation workers. The vaccination rate in other studies were 39% in Ghana; 20 56.2% in Dessie, Ethiopia; 13 65% in Wollega, Ethiopia; 21 and 73% in southwest Ethiopia. 14 It seems that the vaccination rate in Ethiopia is better than the rate intending to get vaccinated among the employees in this study.…”

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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Liga

Jabir

Bacha

2023

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics

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This study examined the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccines and measured adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees in public transportations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In a public transportation company-based cross-sectional study, a self-administered questionnaire or a structured face-to-face interview was used to obtain information about willingness to get vaccinated, adherence to recommended non-pharmaceutical interventions, and source and quality of information about COVID-19 vaccines. Overall, 23.8% of 412 responding employees were willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. A majority (75.2%) never used facemasks, had poor knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines (82.3%), and had the opinion not to be susceptible to COVID-19 (81.1%). Better education increased the odds of being willing to get vaccinated (OR = 3.28, CI: (1.24–8.63)), male sex (OR = 2.45 (1.08–5.58)), history of chronic disease (OR = 3.01 (1.38–6.56)), watching TV for information on COVID-19 (OR = 14.79 (2.53–86.62)) or considering COVID-19, a severe disease (OR = 9.12 (3.89–21.35)). In addition, the opinion that vaccination can prevent COVID-19, trust in the vaccines, and assuming COVID-19 has an impact at the workplace increased the odds to accept vaccination significantly. In contrast, poor knowledge about the COVID-19 vaccines reduced accepting vaccination significantly (OR = 0.20 (0.09–0.44)). Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among public transportations workers in Addis Ababa is very low, which may be due to insufficient knowledge about the vaccines, cultural factors, religious beliefs, and a lack of or distorted information about the disease. Therefore, stakeholders should provide credible and tailored information to transportation workers on the severity and impact of COVID-19 and inform them about the effectiveness of the vaccines.

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“…In addition, it is necessary to promote the Covid-19 vaccination in healthcare practitioners to raise awareness of the importance, safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine and focus on populations at higher risk of contracting the disease. 2…”

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Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effects and Its Associated Factors Among Healthcare Workers at Dessie Hospital, Ethiopia [Letter]

Suharni¹

2023

JMDH

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We have read the paper by Reta Dewau et al on Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effects and Its Associated Factors Among Healthcare Workers at Dessie Hospital, Ethiopia. 1 We congratulate the authors for their valuable findings the side effects of the Covid-19 Vaccine in healthcare workers. We would like to share our views about this study because there are many complaints found in the field regarding the side effects of the Covid-19 Vaccine on health workers and the wider community.The study conducted by Reta Dewau et al aimed to assess the side effects of the covid-19 vaccine and related factors in health workers in hospitals and found that health workers who were vaccinated experienced at least one side effect including fever, headache, fatigue and injection site pain. 1 The vaccine used is the Covax vaccine which is a recombinant platform vaccine of the matrix-M1 spike adjuvant glycoprotein subunit protein subunit. 2 However, in this study, no information was obtained regarding the composition contained in the vaccine. The same study was conducted by Yoseph Solomon et al regarding the side effects of using the Oxford-AstraZeneca type covid-19 vaccine. It was reported that this vaccine has several side effects which peak in the first 24 hours after injection. Significant symptoms were found and the reason why vaccine recipients did not plan to take their second dose. We suggest that recipients of the covid-19 vaccine must be given information regarding possible symptoms, the effects of the vaccine and how to handle it. We also recommend that health workers be provided with protection or self-protection by using Personal Protective Equipment in providing vaccination services, to avoid transmission. 3 The study conducted by Reta Dewau et al used an institution-based cross-sectional study method. The instrument used was a questionnaire and the Variance inflation factor was used to assess the multicollinearity of the independent variables. 1 The method used is relevant to the research being carried out; however, in discussing the results and conclusions by the researchers, we only found explanations regarding factors related to the use of antihypertensive drugs with the Covid-19 vaccine which were negatively related to the development of vaccine side effects. However, it is also necessary to pay attention to the factors of respondents who have a history of chronic medical illnesses and the development of herd immunity to the Covid-19 vaccine, these are factors that are significantly related to the side effects of receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. 4 In conclusion, we agree that the Covax vaccine is the same as other Covid-19 vaccines, after giving this vaccine, several respondents will experience commonly identified side effects. We recommend holding information dissemination related to vaccines to the public who will be vaccinated to reduce misunderstandings regarding vaccine safety. In addition, it is necessary to promote the Covid-19 vaccination in healthcare practitioners to raise awareness of the importance, safety and effi...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Associated Factors Among College Students in Dessie City, Northeastern Ethiopia

Cited by 9 publications

References 56 publications

Perception and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Perception and Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine Among Healthcare Workers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions among employees of public transportations company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Covid-19 Vaccine Side Effects and Its Associated Factors Among Healthcare Workers at Dessie Hospital, Ethiopia [Letter]

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