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Determinants of Willingness for COVID-19 Vaccine: Implications for Enhancing the Proportion of Vaccination Among Indians.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Vaccine hesitancy in context of COVID-19 in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in Indian context: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pathogens and global health · 2024Pooled it
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and its determinants: A cross-sectional study among the socioeconomically disadvantaged communities living in Delhi, India.Vaccine: X · 2022Article
- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: A narrative review of four South Asian countries.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- A Global Map of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Rates per Country: An Updated Concise Narrative Review.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2022Review
- Attitudes, acceptance and hesitancy among the general population worldwide to receive the COVID-19 vaccines and their contributing factors: A systematic review.EClinicalMedicine · 2021Article
- Scrutiny of COVID-19 response strategies among severely affected European nations.Osong public health and research perspectives · 2021Article
- Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccine and Determinant Factors Among Patients with Chronic Disease Visiting Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northeastern Ethiopia.Patient preference and adherence · 2021Article
- Community voices around COVID-19 vaccine in Chennai, India: A qualitative exploration during early phase of vaccine rollout.The Indian journal of medical researchArticle
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Abstract
Objective To assess willingness for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine and identify the factors attributing to the willingness. Design A cross-sectional study was conducted, adopting an exponential, non-discriminative snowball sampling technique. The questionnaire collected the socio-demographic profile, history of COVID-19 infection, presence of co-morbidities (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, cancer), willingness, and preference of vaccine among participants. An online platform (Google Forms) was used to collect data from all over India. A total of 2032 Indian adults aged above 18 years were included in the study. Results Around 1598 (78.6%) expressed willingness to receive the COVID vaccine, and among the healthcare providers (HCPs), 579 (80.3%) were willing for COVID vaccination. Factors like the belief that the vaccine is necessary (aOR=1.68, 95% CI =1.34 to 2.11), respondents having no history of COVID infection (aOR=0.71, 95% CI: 0.52 to 0.97), having trust in the government (aOR=6.09, CI: 4.59 to 7.98), people who felt the cost of the vaccine didn't matter (aOR=4.92, CI: 3.80 to 6.37), and respondents with no perceived risk of COVID infection (aOR=0.63; CI: 0.47 to 0.83) were more associated with willingness for COVID vaccination. Conclusions An effective vaccine should be well-received by the public. The responsibility lies with the government, health authorities, and manufacturers to take appropriate steps to dispel rumors in order to ensure people's understanding and acceptance.
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