| Autor: |
El Gamal M; College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE., Siddiqua A; College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE., Abdul WK; Institute of Management Technology, Dubai, UAE., Almurshidi BH; College of Science, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE., Howari FM; College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics [Hum Vaccin Immunother] 2022 Nov 30; Vol. 18 (5), pp. 2068930. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 20. |
| DOI: |
10.1080/21645515.2022.2068930 |
| Abstrakt: |
The COVID-19 pandemic affected the lives of people living across the world and the development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 is considered to be one of the most promising solutions to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. In several countries, we are witnessing hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccines, which is a complex phenomenon influenced by a variety of factors. A cross-sectional study was performed to comprehensively investigate the impact of factors like demography, COVID-19 pandemic-induced behavior, and vaccine attitude on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance (VA) among communities of five different universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). To investigate the effect of demography and COVID-19 pandemic-induced behavioral factors, Analysis of Variance was perfomed. The effect of COVID-19 vaccine attitudes on COVID-19 VA was examined through partial least squares-structural equations modeling. The results of the study showed no difference among the population in accepting COVID-19 vaccines due to their demographic factors. The effect of pandemic-induced behavioral factors on COVID-19 VA suggested that the people of UAE accepted COVID-19 vaccines irrespective of the movement and travel restrictions imposed due to the pandemic. The results on the effect of vaccine attitudes on COVID-19 VA showed that vaccine benefit attitudes, safety concerns, and trust in health-care professionals (TrHP) were found to be significant factors in VA. Furthermore, TrHP was found to reduce the negative effect of safety concerns related to COVID-19 VA. The findings broadly highlight that COVID-19 VA in the UAE was not hampered by demographic factors and the pandemic-induced behavioral constraints. The study also showed that people with co-morbidities had lower level of COVID-19 VA than people with no co-morbidities. To improve COVID-19 VA, the perceived benefits with COVID-19 vaccine and TrHP must be enhanced and simultaneously safety concerns of the vaccines need to be addressed. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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