ArticlePloS one2021
Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan among health care workers.
Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05857176 (Assessment of Safety and Satisfaction Toward COVID-19 Vaccines), which is not on this map. Cited by 51 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Assessment of Safety and Satisfaction Toward COVID-19 Vaccines: A Cross-sectional Study.
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Pakistan: A Mini Review of the Published Discourse.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Assessment of COVID-19 vaccine take-up and its predictors among healthcare professionals in public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Facility-based cross-sectional study.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2023Article
- Awareness and Practices towards Vaccinating Their Children against COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study among Pakistani Parents.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and social contact patterns in Pakistan: results from a national cross-sectional survey.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
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- Understanding factors influencing healthcare workers' intention towards the COVID-19 vaccine.PloS one · 2023Article
- Effect of religious fatalism and concern about new variants on the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Assessment of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and its associated factors in Debre Berhan City, Ethiopia, 2022.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveAcceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine will impart a pivotal role in eradicating the virus. In Pakistan, health care workers (HCWs) are the first group to receive vaccination. This survey aimed at the level of acceptance to the COVID-19 vaccine and predictors of non-acceptance in HCWs.
methodThis was a cross-sectional study design and data were collected through 3rd December 2020 and February 14th, 2021. An English questionnaire was distributed through social media platforms and administration of affiliate hospitals along with snowball sampling for private hospitals.
resultsOut of 5,237 responses, 3,679 (70.2%) accepted COVID-19 vaccination and 1,284 (24.5%) wanted to delay until more data was available. Only 5.2% of HCWs rejected being vaccinated. Vaccine acceptance was more in young (76%) and female gender (63.3%) who worked in a tertiary care hospital (51.2%) and were direct patient care providers (61.3%). The reason for rejection in females was doubtful vaccine effectiveness (31.48%) while males rejected due to prior COVID-19 exposure (42.19%) and side effect profile of the vaccine (33.17%). Logistic regression analysis demonstrated age between 51-60 years, female gender, Pashtuns, those working in the specialty of medicine and allied, taking direct care of COVID-19 patients, higher education, and prior COVID-19 infection as the predictors for acceptance or rejection of COVID-19 vaccine.
conclusionIn conclusion, this survey suggests that early on in a vaccination drive, majority of the HCWs in Pakistan are willing to be vaccinated and only a small number of participants would actually reject being vaccinated.
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