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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Vaccine Hesitancy among Medical Students at a Tertiary Hospital-Affiliated Medical School.

Ibrahim Omer, Abdullah Alhuzali, Tala Aletani, Zaher Althagafi, Enas Ghulam, Abdullah Awadh

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ibrahim OmerCollege of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 14611, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3228-3319
Abdullah AlhuzaliCollege of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 14611, Saudi Arabia.
Tala AletaniCollege of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 14611, Saudi Arabia.
Zaher AlthagafiCollege of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh 14611, Saudi Arabia.
Enas GhulamBasic Sciences, College of Science and Health Professions, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah 21423, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7867-8618
Abdullah AwadhKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah 21423, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5362-1228
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused a global pandemic with long-lasting economic and cultural impacts. International governments have attempted to scale up vaccine production to mitigate this crisis. However, vaccine hesitancy, particularly among healthcare providers, remains an understudied subject that may hinder vaccine effectiveness.

methodsWe performed a cross-sectional study to evaluate vaccine hesitancy among medical students using a pre-validated survey based on the 5C model of psychological antecedents, which includes confidence, complacency, constraints, calculation, and collective responsibility.

resultsThe majority of medical students had high scores for confidence (79.7%), non-complacency (88%), and not having constraints against receiving the COVID-19 vaccine (97.4%). Surprisingly, students had low scores for calculation (38%) and collective responsibility (14.7%). Many predictors of the psychological antecedents included in the 5C model have been reported, including academic year and gender.

conclusionWe observed moderate levels of vaccine hesitancy among the medical students included in our study. We urge medical students to be more aware of community public health concerns. We recommend that authorized institutions lay out urgent reforms to increase awareness of COVID-19 and available vaccines.

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COVID-19medical studentspsychological antecedentsvaccine hesitancy

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