Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccines Acceptability among Egyptian Population: An On-line Cross-Sectional Study | ||||
| Journal of High Institute of Public Health | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 52, Issue 1, April 2022, Page 17-23 PDF (425.61 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jhiph.2022.230587 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
Haytham M. Ahmed 
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| Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: since COVID-19 emergence in December 2019, health systems in collaboration with scientists all over the world struggled to face this pandemic. Population acceptance of vaccination is a very important factor necessary to achieve herd immunity. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of vaccine acceptance and its predictors among the Egyptian population. Methods: An online cross-sectional study was conducted on a total sample of 846 individuals selected by using the non-probability snowball sampling technique during August and September 2021. Data was collected by An Arabic questionnaire which included data on the socio-economic characters of the participants, health-related variables, and the outcome variable (participants' vaccine acceptance). The odds ratio and 95% confidence interval were used to identify the association between vaccine acceptance and socio-demographic and health-related variables. Results: Of 846 participants, 467 accept vaccination representing 55.2% of the total sample. Vaccine acceptance was associated with a higher age group (>50 years), male gender, urban residents, educated, married, high-income individuals, and healthcare workers. Also, vaccine acceptance was associated with a history of chronic disease, fair/poor self-rated health status, negative history of COVID-19 infection, and a high perception of the infection risk. About 83.4% of vaccine refusals believed that the vaccine is not safe, while 50.7% believed it is ineffective. Conclusion: Socio-demographic and some health-related characters are significant predicators of vaccine acceptance among the population. These variables must be taken into consideration in interventions aimed to increase the population vaccination rate. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| acceptability; COVID-19 vaccines; Egyptian population; on-line cross-sectional study; predictors | ||||
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