التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in a Sample From the United Arab Emirates General Adult Population: A Cross-Sectional Survey, 2020 |
| المؤلفون: |
Albahri, Abdulaziz Hussain, Alnaqbi, Shahad Ahmed, Alshaali, Asma Obaid, Alnaqbi, Shatha Ahmed, Shahdoor, Shaikha Mohammad |
| المصدر: |
Frontiers in Public Health, 9:614499 |
| سنة النشر: |
2021 |
| المجموعة: |
Publisso (ZB MED-Publikationsportal Lebenswissenschaften) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
COVID-19, Female [MeSH], Influenza Vaccines [MeSH], Adult [MeSH], Humans [MeSH], COVID-19 Vaccines [MeSH], Public Health, Cross-Sectional Studies [MeSH], vaccine hesitancy, public perception, vaccine, Pandemics [MeSH], Male [MeSH], COVID-19 [MeSH], UAE, vaccination, vaccine acceptance, SARS-CoV-2 [MeSH], SARS-CoV-2, United Arab Emirates [MeSH] |
| الوصف: |
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a tremendous stress on economies and healthcare systems worldwide. Having a vaccine is one of the promising solutions. However, vaccination hesitancy is becoming a recognized future challenge. This study aims to evaluate the current vaccine hesitancy in a segment of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) general public and its associated factors.Methods: This was an online cross-sectional survey that took place from the 14th to the 19th of September 2020 across the UAE. The questionnaire asked the participants about their willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the future. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to assess the association between vaccination willingness and the participants' sociodemographic factors, experiences and beliefs regarding COVID-19, and previous influenza vaccine uptake.Results: There was a total of 2,705 participants; 72.5% were females, and 69.8% were Emirati nationals. A total of 1,627 (60.1%) participants were willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine in the future. There were statistically significant associations between the following factors and vaccine acceptance: male gender, non-Emiratis, younger age group, residents of Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, having lesser educational attainment, perceived increased personal or public risk of contracting the disease [aOR = 1.71, 95% CI (1.35–2.17), p < 0.0001; aOR = 1.84, 95% CI (1.44–2.36), p < 0.0001, respectively], and increased perception of serious outcome from the disease. Conversely, vaccine hesitancy was associated with unemployment, not receiving the influenza vaccine within the past 2 years [aOR = 0.36, 95% CI (0.30–0.44), ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: |
unknown |
| Relation: |
https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6479970; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.614499; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8350048/ |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpubh.2021.614499 |
| الاتاحة: |
https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6479970
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.614499
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8350048/ |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.3479DB33 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |