Global Prevalence and Drivers of Dental Students’ COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Autor: Ahmed Abdalla, Viandra Tjokroadiredjo, Silvi Domnori, MohammadMostafa Aghamohseni, Kristīne Romanovska, Samin Sirous, Serap Beşiroğlu, MAYA FEDHILA, Abanoub Riad, Miloslav KLUGAR, Mariana Morgado, Berk KOPARAN, Julien Issa, Anita Hom, Parsa Firoozi, Elham Kateeb, Huthaifa AbdulQader, JOSE JOAO BALTAZAR MENDES, Aneeqa Aslam
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Cross-sectional study
education
Immunology
COVID-19 vaccines
cross-sectional studies
Context (language use)
Computer-assisted web interviewing
Dental education
Public opinion
Article
decision making
medicine_pharmacology_other
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Drug Discovery
Pandemic
medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
030212 general & internal medicine
Social determinants of health
Socioeconomic status
Pharmacology
mass vaccination
business.industry
dental students
030206 dentistry
multicentre study
3. Good health
Vaccination
dental education
international association of dental students
Infectious Diseases
Multicenter study
social determinants of health
Family medicine
Medicine
Mass vaccination
business
Psychology
Zdroj: Vaccines
Volume 9
Issue 6
Vaccines, Vol 9, Iss 566, p 566 (2021)
ISSN: 2076-393X
DOI: 10.3390/vaccines9060566
Popis: Background: Acceleration of mass vaccination strategies is the only pathway to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare professionals and students have a key role in shaping public opinion about vaccines. This study aimed to evaluate the attitudes of dental students globally towards COVID-19 vaccines and explore the potential drivers for students’ acceptance levels. Methods: A global cross-sectional study was carried out in February 2021 using an online questionnaire. The study was liaised by the scientific committee of the International Association of Dental Students (IADS), and data were collected through the national and local coordinators of IADS member organizations. The dependent variable was the willingness to take the COVID-19 vaccine, and the independent variables included demographic characteristics, COVID-19-related experience, and the drivers of COVID-19 vaccine-related attitude suggested by the WHO SAGE. Results: A total of 6639 students from 22 countries, representing all world regions, responded to the questionnaire properly. Their mean age was 22.1 ± 2.8 (17–40) years, and the majority were females (70.5%), in clinical years (66.8%), and from upper-middle-income economies (45.7%). In general, 22.5% of dental students worldwide were hesitant, and 13.9% rejected COVID-19 vaccines. The students in low- and lower-middle-income (LLMI) economies had significantly higher levels of vaccine hesitancy compared to their peers in upper-middle- and high-income (UMHI) economies (30.4% vs. 19.8%
p <
0.01). Conclusions: The global acceptance level of dental students for COVID-19 vaccines was suboptimal, and their worrisome level of vaccine hesitancy was influenced by the socioeconomic context where the dental students live and study. The media and social media, public figures, insufficient knowledge about vaccines, and mistrust of governments and the pharmaceutical industry were barriers to vaccination. The findings of this study call for further implementation of epidemiology (infectious diseases) education within undergraduate dental curricula.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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