The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination psychological antecedent assessment using the Arabic 5c validated tool: An online survey in 13 Arab countries.

Autor: Abdou MS; Epidemiology Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Kheirallah KA; Department of Public Health, Medical School of Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan., Aly MO; Nutrition Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., Ramadan A; Department of Applied Statistics, Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt., Elhadi YAM; Department of Public Health, Medical Research Office, Sudanese Medical Research Association, Khartoum, Sudan., Elbarazi I; Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, AlAin, UAE., Deghidy EA; Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Statistics, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt., El Saeh HM; Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli, Libya., Salem KM; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Faiyum, Egypt., Ghazy RM; Tropical Health Department, High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2021 Nov 29; Vol. 16 (11), pp. e0260321. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 29 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260321
Abstrakt: Background: Following the emergency approval of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines, research into its vaccination hesitancy saw a substantial increase. However, the psychological behaviors associated with this hesitancy are still not completely understood. This study assessed the psychological antecedents associated with COVID-19 vaccination in the Arab population.
Methodology: The validated Arabic version of the 5C questionnaire was distributed online across various social media platforms in Arabic-speaking countries. The questionnaire had three sections, namely, socio-demographics, COVID-19 related infection and vaccination, and the 5C scale of vaccine psychological antecedents of confidence, complacency, constraints, calculation, and collective responsibility.
Results: In total, 4,474 participants with a mean age of 32.48 ± 10.76 from 13 Arab countries made up the final sample, 40.8% of whom were male. Around 26.7% of the participants were found to be confident about the COVID-19 vaccination, 10.7% indicated complacency, 96.5% indicated they had no constraints, 48.8% had a preference for calculation and 40.4% indicated they had collective responsibility. The 5C antecedents varied across the studied countries with the confidence and collective responsibility being the highest in the United Arab Emirates (59.0% and 58.0%, respectively), complacency and constraints in Morocco (21.0% and 7.0%, respectively) and calculation in Sudan (60.0%). The regression analyses revealed that sex, age, educational degrees, being a health care professional, history of COVID-19 infection and having a relative infected or died from COVID-19 significantly predicted the 5C psychological antecedents by different degrees.
Conclusion: There are wide psychological antecedent variations between Arab countries, and different determinants can have a profound effect on the COVID-19 vaccine's psychological antecedents.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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