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ArticleJournal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives2024

Hesitancy Towards COVID-19 Vaccine Among Students of Medical and Allied Health Sciences in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Maham Zahid, Youhib U Rehman, Asif Rehman, Khalid Rehman

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Maham ZahidKhyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Youhib U RehmanKhyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Asif RehmanKhyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Khalid RehmanKhyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.

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Abstract

Objective: To measure COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its associated factors among medical and allied health sciences students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Methodology: This cross-sectional survey was conducted online using Google survey platform in March 2021. Study population comprised of medical and allied health sciences students studying in medical/allied health sciences academic institutes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The web-based online link was provided to around 800 students to fill in the questionnaire via email, WhatsApp and/or social media network. Response rate was around 50%. The main outcome variable was vaccine hesitancy. Factors associated with vaccine hesitancy were explored by bivariate and multivariate regression analysis. Results: Out of 398 medical and allied health sciences students, there were 193 (48.5%) males and 205 (51.5%) females with mean age was 22.6± 2.8 years. The vaccine hesitancy rate was found to be 52.8%. A significant relationship between vaccine hesitancy and gender was observed. Other factors including lack of adequate knowledge about vaccines (p < 0.001), Chinese origin of vaccines (p < 0.001), lack of knowledge that vaccination can reduce the chances of acquiring infection (p < 0.001), fear of potential side effects (p < 0.001) and hidden agenda behind free forceful vaccination (p = 0.045), were found to be main barriers or reasons responsible for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among medical and allied health sciences students. Conclusion: Important associated barriers with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy included gender, lack of information, fear of side effects, lack of trust in imported and Chinese vaccines, and perception of hidden agenda behind COVID-19 vaccination.

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COVID-19Developing countriesHealth occupationsMedical studentsVaccine hesitancy

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