Predicting the COVID-19 vaccine receive intention based on the theory of reasoned action in the south of Iran

Abstract

Background Vaccination against Covid 19 disease was based on rational practice theory. One of the most effective methods to control the COVID-19 pandemic is extensive vaccination coverage in the shortest time. The relevant beliefs and predictors of COVID-19 vaccine and the barriers to and facilitators of receiving COVID-19 vaccine should be identified. Individuals’ intention to receive COVID-19 and the effective factors are of an utmost importance. This study aimed to predict intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine in the South of Iran. Methods This cross-sectional study was performed over a period of 2 months (May 2021 to July 2021) in 4 southern provinces in Iran. The study population of this study included people over 18 years of age who did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The online questionnaire was used to collect data. We recruited participants through a self-selection sampling method and posted the online survey link. The questionnaire had two parts: demographic information and Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) questions. All statistical calculations and hypotheses tests were performed using SPSS21 and Amos21 software and the significance level was considered 0.05. Results A total number of 2556 people participated in this study with a mean age of 37.76 (10.7) of years (Age Range = 18–75). The findings showed that attitudes and subjective norms and the use of social media predict the intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine. SEM showed that attitude (β = 0.596, P < 0.001), subjective norms (β = 0.265, P < 0.001) were significant predictors of vaccination intention. In this study, 78% of people were willing to receive the vaccine when they were officially allowed to. Conclusion According to the results of the study, it is suggested to strengthen positive attitudes and subjective norms about the importance of COVID-19 vaccination as well as using social media to inform the community in order increase the intention to vaccinate COVID-19 and increase vaccine coverage.

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“…The models of measuring intention have been used by most of the previous studies (Ezati Rad et al, 2022;Roh et al, 2022;Rahmayanti et al, 2021;Rashid et al, 2022;Mishra et al, 2021;Xu et al, 2020;Judge et al, 2019;Khan et al, 2019;Carfora et al, 2019;Razaei et al, 2019) with integration of some or the other factors. Based on the significance of Environmental Concern & Awareness (Xu et al, 2020) and the importance of SNSs in creating awareness, we propose to test these variables to predict the purchase intention of green products.…”

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“…Thus, the TRA possesses adequate predictive validity. Interestingly in the study by Armitage and christian (2003); Ezati et al (2022), the behavioural intention construct is considered sufficiently predictive of behaviour use it as a dependent variable, because intention consistently led to behaviour. Baumgartner and Hensley (2006), for 3,350,000 million of adults in Klang Valley, the sample size is 384 respondents.…”