Preferences and willingness of accepting COVID-19 vaccine booster: Results from a middle-income country

Chang, Chee Tao; Lim, Xin-Jie; Chew, Chii-Chii; Rajan, Philip; Keat, Chan Huan; Hassan, Muhammad Radzi Abu; Shafie, Asrul Akmal; Lee, Shaun Wen Huey

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.057

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“…In line with the fndings of the present study, assessments of public acceptance of the third COVID-19 vaccine dose in the United Arab Emirates [51] indicate that respondents with a higher level of education were more willing to take the third COVID-19 vaccine dose. In contrast, a study by Chang et al [52] surveying willingness to accepting the third COVID-19 vaccine in Malaysia reported that people with higher educational levels and healthcare professionals were less willing to accept the third COVID-19 dose. One possible explanation for these contradicting results may be that highly educated individuals wanted more investigational/experimental proof regarding the safety and efcacy of the third COVID-19 vaccine dose.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 88%

Factors Predicting Compliance with the Uptake of the Third COVID-19 Vaccine among the Arab Minority in Israel

Ali-Saleh

Khatib

Hadid

2023

Health & Social Care in the Community

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Between December 2020 and February 2021, Israel administered two doses of COVID-19 vaccine to >50% of its adult population. Nonetheless, due to declining immunity and the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant, the government offered a third COVID-19 vaccine dose in July 2021. Although the vaccine was shown to provide effective protection against severe illness, the compliance rate among the Arab minority remained low. The present study sought to identify the factors predicting willingness to uptake the COVID-19 vaccine in the Arab community. An online survey of 2486 participants was conducted in November 2021 to assess vaccination-related behaviours, such as perceived benefits, barriers, incentives (e.g., the green pass), subjective norms, and pandemic fatigue. Positive correlations were found among reasons for obtaining a green pass, trust in formal authorities, perceived effectiveness of the third COVID-19 vaccine dose, subjective norms, and attitudes toward the booster dose. Pandemic fatigue was positively correlated with vaccination barriers. Trust in authorities, perceived booster dose effectiveness, subjective norms, and attitudes were negatively related to pandemic fatigue and barriers to vaccination. Demographic variables such as age, education level, and income level were positively related to odds of getting the booster. Participants who reported being religious exhibited a lower rate of booster dose compliance than secular participants. The study findings show that the reasons for acquiring a green pass were positively correlated with the perceived effectiveness of the booster dose, demonstrating that individuals understood the vaccine benefits. Further, having a green pass was negatively related to barriers. Incentives such as the green pass play a major role in encouraging the population to take the COVID-19 vaccine. In addition, public campaigns to explain the health benefits and refute erroneous myths support higher vaccination rates.

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confidence: 88%

Factors Predicting Compliance with the Uptake of the Third COVID-19 Vaccine among the Arab Minority in Israel

Ali-Saleh

Khatib

Hadid

2023

Health & Social Care in the Community

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“…A review reported that the overall estimation of booster acceptance rate stood at 81% [ 25 ]. Chang et al [ 26 ] reported that the populations from middle-income countries had a satisfactory percentage in willingness to take a booster dose (87.6%), while another review reported that the acceptance rate for the COVID-19 booster dose among low-, middle-, and high-income countries in the Mediterranean regions were 73.4%, 67.9%, and 83.0%, respectively [ 27 ].…”

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COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Hesitancy in Malaysia: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study

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Vaccination is a key public health strategy that is known to be effective in mitigating the risk of infection and severe disease. However, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the percentage (<50%) of Malaysians who have received a booster for the COVID-19 vaccine has remained stagnant over a year. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of and the factors associated with hesitancy toward the second dose of booster for the COVID-19 vaccine. A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted from August to November 2022. The Oxford Vaccine Hesitancy Scale was used to assess the hesitancy toward the second dose of booster for the COVID-19 vaccine. Simple and multiple factors logistic regressions were used to determine the predictors of hesitancy. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. Data from 798 respondents were included in the analysis. The prevalence of hesitancy toward the second booster of the COVID-19 vaccine was 26.7%. The predictors of second-booster hesitancy were older age (AOR = 1.040, 95 CI = 1.022, 1.058), having received the third dose (first booster) because of instruction by the government (AOR = 2.125, 95% CI = 1.380, 3.274), concern about serious long term side effects of the vaccine (AOR = 4.010, 95% CI = 2.218, 7.250), and opinions of close friends and immediate family members that the booster is harmful (AOR = 2.201, 95% CI = 1.280, 3.785). Conversely, factors that appear to reduce vaccine booster hesitancy were acceptance of the third dose due to the high number of cases and the increasing rate of infection (AOR = 0.548, 95% CI = 0.317, 0.947), the belief that the vaccine will decrease the risk of getting the infection (AOR = 0.491, 95% CI = 0.277, 0.870), and opinions of close friends and immediate family members that the booster is helpful (AOR = 0.479, 95% CI = 0.273, 0.840). In conclusion, more than one-fifth of Malaysians were hesitant to take the second booster of the COVID-19 vaccine. This suggests that appropriate steps that increase vaccine acceptance, taking into consideration the findings of the present study, are needed to address this issue and to foster more positive attitudes toward vaccination. The survey was available in three main languages but limited to people with internet access; hence, it would likely be biased toward younger adults and social media users and exclude those with limited or no internet access, in particular older people. Therefore, the results are not representative of the Malaysian population at large and caution should be exercised when interpreting the findings.

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“…Most of the studies conducted on primer vaccination in Bangladesh reported that 60–80 % of people had positive attitudes to accept a COVID-19 vaccine [ [39] , [40] , [41] , [42] , [43] ]. Worldwide, numerous studies have investigated varied COVID-19 VBD acceptance across different sub-population groups, including 44.6 % university community in Jordan [ 26 ], 75.3 % university people in Italy [ 27 ], 58.28 % adult people in India [ 30 ], 78.66 % health professionals in Nepal [ 32 ], 87.8 % university community in Germany [ 45 ] , 74.5 % students and health professionals in Poland [ 46 ], 72.7 % university community in Belgium [ 47 ], 62 % adult in the USA [ 48 ], 87.6 % general people in Malaysia [ 53 ] , 93.7 % Chinese general people [ 54 ], 71 % adult poles in Poland [ 55 ], 76.8 % older citizen in China [ 56 ], and 71.1 % health care workers in Saudi Arabia [ 57 ], 77.76 % general people in Pakistan [ 58 ] and 73.8 % health personnel in Singapore [ 59 ] declared their willingness to boost 3rd dose vaccine against the COVID-19 pandemic. These findings are supportive to our findings.…”

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Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose among the people of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

Roy,

Ali,

Sarker

et al. 2023

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Preferences and willingness of accepting COVID-19 vaccine booster: Results from a middle-income country

Cited by 8 publications

References 21 publications

Factors Predicting Compliance with the Uptake of the Third COVID-19 Vaccine among the Arab Minority in Israel

Factors Predicting Compliance with the Uptake of the Third COVID-19 Vaccine among the Arab Minority in Israel

COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Hesitancy in Malaysia: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine booster dose among the people of Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study

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