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Psychological Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance among Healthcare Workers in Kuwait: A Cross-Sectional Study Using the 5C and Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scales.

Mariam Al-Sanafi, Malik Sallam

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Article in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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89 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 157 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Mariam Al-SanafiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Farwaniya Hospital, Kuwait City 25210, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0002-1366-3693
Malik SallamDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, the University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.ORCID 0000-0002-0165-9670
Public Authority for Applied Education and Training · KWUniversity of Jordan · JO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acceptance of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination appears as a decisive factor necessary to control the ongoing pandemic. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are among the highest risk groups for infection. The current study aimed to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among HCWs in Kuwait, with identification of the psychological determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The study was conducted using an online anonymous survey distributed between 18 March 2021 and 29 March 2021. The sampling strategy was convenience-based depending on chain-referral sampling. Psychological determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance were assessed using the 5C subscales and the Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale (VCBS). The total number of study participants was 1019, with the largest group being physicians (28.7%), pharmacists (20.2%), dentists (16.7%), and nurses (12.5%). The overall rate for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was 83.3%, with 9.0% who were not willing to accept vaccination and 7.7% who were unsure. The highest rate for COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was seen among dentists (91.2%) and physicians (90.4%), while the lowest rate was seen among nurses (70.1%;

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anti-vaccineintention to vaccinateSARS-CoV-2 preventionvaccine hesitancyvaccine rejection

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PMID34202298
PMCPMC8310287
OpenAlexW3175951741

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