Factors impacting COVID-19 vaccination intention among medical students

Gala, Dhir; Parrill, Allison; Patel, Krishna; Rafi, Ibnul; Nader, Georgette; Zhao, Ruby; Shoaib, Adeel; Swaminath, Girish; Jahoda, Jessica; Hassan, Rehana; Colello, Raymond J.; Rinker, Dipali Venkataraman

doi:10.1080/21645515.2022.2025733

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“…But vaccine coverage is lower than (67%) our study (84%) [21]. 61.89% of medical students were not vaccinated for Covid-19 in a Caribbean medical school [22], Where as it was 61.9% in another study [23]. But medical students were not included in this study.…”

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STUDY OF CARRIER RATE OF COVID-19 AMONG PARACLINICAL and GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE STUDENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, SRIKAKULAM

BHARATHI,

BADAMPUDI

2023

Int J Curr Pharm Sci

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Objective: Role of nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is becoming increasingly recognized, with several reports indicating that the number of asymptomatic cases can be several-fold higher than the reported symptomatic cases. With this background, we did study to know the carrier rate of Covid-19 in healthy, asymptomatic adolescents and young adults and to compare it among students exposed and not exposed to healthcare settings. Methods: Nasopharyngeal swabs were collected from 200 students: DMLT trainees as test group and Degree college students as control group, in equal number. Samples were subjected to RT-PCR test for Covid-19, by extracting RNA by using the "HimediaHiGenoMB" kit and doing PCR by using "Meril Covid-19 one-step RT-PCR kit. Results: All the participants are in the age group of 18-22 y and Female students constituted 73.5%. All participants in the test group were vaccinated (100%), but only 34% in control group (94.4% of female and 64.28% of male students had two doses). One-fourth of male students were not vaccinated at all in control group. None of the control group were positive for covid-19, but four male students (16%) and 11 female students (14.6%) were positive in test group. Conclusion: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are at risk of getting infection of Covid 19, because of their exposure to asymptomatic or, pre-symptomatic or to the Covid-19 positive persons before the diagnosis being made. Vaccine coverage in male students was less when compared to female students. Hundred percent vaccine coverage was seen in HCPs.

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STUDY OF CARRIER RATE OF COVID-19 AMONG PARACLINICAL and GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE STUDENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, SRIKAKULAM

BHARATHI,

BADAMPUDI

2023

Int J Curr Pharm Sci

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“…21 In addition, another study conducted in Colombia found that students' attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccination was still negative. 22 Although the percentage of unvaccinated students was also high in another study conducted on medical students at a Caribbean medical school, 23 the findings of the current study is a bit worrying as almost after a year of vaccination distribution in the KRI, a substantial number of students were unvaccinated or still were indecisive to take the vaccine. The current findings are significant alarm for educational and health authorities to better design measures to improve the COVID-19 vaccination uptake among university students.…”

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University students’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination

M-Amen¹

2022

Zanco J Med Sci

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Background and objective: Community immunity to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end will be achieved by a successful vaccination against COVID-19. All university students in Kurdistan Regional Government were required to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. The aim of this study is to identify the university students’ perspectives about the COVID-19 vaccination and their willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study using self-administered online survey was conducted among the university students from 14th to 28th February 2022. All undergraduate students at different Colleges of Hawler Medical University were invited to take part in the study. A convenience sampling method was applied to reach the sample through using Google form. Results: In total, 644 students participated in the study; around half (47.5%) of them have received the vaccine. There were significant statistical associations between selected students’ characteristics and their COVID-19 vaccination status. The following factors were associated with high rate of vaccination: students aged older than 20 years old (P = 0.01), being male (P = 0.037), senior students (P ˂0.001), being infected with the COVID-19 infection (P = 0.048), and having family members with chronic disease (P = 0.003). Conclusion: The current study revealed significant findings as the majority of students were still unvaccinated at a time where the COVID-19 vaccines were available to them. Having concern about serious side effects of the vaccine and its safety were the main reasons for vaccine avoidance, whereas, requiring students to be vaccinated by the place where they study was the main reason to take the vaccine. Future studies further exploring the factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy and avoidance seems essential.

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“…There was a significant variation in the influence of gender on vaccination intent, with reports of both male [ 29 , 46 , 67 ] and female [ 37 , 43 , 45 , 54 , 65 ] gender being associated with greater VH. The influence of student age was inconsistency reported; some authors demonstrated younger students [ 25 ] were more likely to be VH but others [ 39 ] showed no association.…”

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“…Many studies reported that medical students in their pre-clinical training years expressed greater VH than clinical students [ 29 , 31 , 34 , 36 , 39 , 46 , 59 , 61 , 65 , 67 ]. In pre-clinical medical students, VH rates ranged from 58.3% to 90% compared to 10% to 41.7% in clinical students.…”

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“…Differences were noted between pre-clinical and clinical students’ intentions to receive the vaccine. Clinical students expressed lower rates of VH than their pre-clinical colleagues [ 29 , 31 , 34 , 36 , 39 , 45 , 46 , 59 , 61 , 65 , 67 ] this difference in attitudes might be reflective of the influence clinical exposure to COVID-19 patients and infectious diseases, levels of knowledge related to the vaccine, encouragement by clinical sites and educators to get vaccinated, as well as the development of skills in evidence-based medicine within the clinical student group.…”

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Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review

Pandher

Bilszta

2023

Medical Education Online

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Medical students are likely to be exposed to COVID‐19 patients so achieving high vaccination coverage rates for this group of healthcare workers is important, as is their potential as vaccination role models. The aim of this scoping review was to evaluate the current literature to determine the rates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students. Systematic searches of the Medline Ovid, Embase, PubMed, and Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC) online databases was conducted for relevant articles with keywords: ‘COVID-19’, ‘vaccine hesitancy & acceptance’ and ‘medical students’. Articles were included for review if they reported the rates of vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students. Of the 258 articles identified, 52 met the inclusion criteria and underwent full-text review. Rates of vaccine hesitancy ranged from 5.4−86.7%, with generally positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination. The main factors associated with vaccine hesitancy were concerns about the safety and efficacy of vaccines due to their accelerated development, being a pre-clinical medical student, and low perceived personal risk of COVID-19 infection. Inconsistencies were found for the influence of gender on attitudes towards vaccinations. Previous vaccination behaviours were predictive of willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Knowledge about COVID-19 vaccinations and their importance was found to be deficient amongst vaccine hesitant medical students. Generally, medical students express low levels of vaccine hesitancy. However, due to the variability in the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy across different populations and the dynamic and contextual nature of hesitancy, it is recommended that vaccination intent and associated attitudes are monitored on a longitudinal basis. It is important to map vaccine hesitancy at a local level to allow medical schools to develop strategies to encourage vaccination specific to their school’s needs.

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Factors impacting COVID-19 vaccination intention among medical students

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

STUDY OF CARRIER RATE OF COVID-19 AMONG PARACLINICAL and GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE STUDENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, SRIKAKULAM

STUDY OF CARRIER RATE OF COVID-19 AMONG PARACLINICAL and GOVERNMENT DEGREE COLLEGE STUDENTS AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, SRIKAKULAM

University students’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination

Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review

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