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J Med Virol
. 2021 Jul 13.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.27199. Online ahead of print.
Public awareness about coronavirus vaccine, vaccine acceptance, and hesitancy
Marwa O Elgendy[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Mohamed E A Abdelrahim[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Measurement of the population's general knowledge of the coronavirus vaccine is very important to improve public acceptance and decrease vaccine hesitancy to confront the disease. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of the participants towards the coronavirus vaccine. Data was collected using an online survey, in the form of a structured questionnaire, conducted during April-May 2021 in Egypt and subjects from all over Egypt participated. The questionnaire was divided into 3 parts to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding coronavirus. The first part was to assess participants' experience about coronavirus infection [8 items], the second was to assess the health beliefs about coronavirus and vaccine [16 items] and the third was to assess general knowledge, attitude, and practices of the participants towards vaccine [28 items]. A total of 871(465 females) participants participated, 81% of them were still committed to the precautionary measures for protection. 88% of them accepted to take the vaccine. 83% of the participants answered that they will encourage family, friends, and colleagues to get the vaccine. 94% knew that the coronavirus vaccine provides immunity against infection for a period of 6 to 12 months. 91.9% believed that the current infection with coronavirus is one of the main contraindications to vaccination. 89% believed that both pregnant women and chronic disease patients can get vaccinated and also that there is no specific age for a specific type of vaccination. 94% of them knew that subjects taking immunosuppressive drugs should be prescribed Sinopharm, not AstraZeneca vaccine. The median score of this survey was 20/22 regarding knowledge about the coronavirus vaccine. Overall, the study participants had good knowledge about the coronavirus vaccine and accepted to take the vaccine which indicates the highly international efforts to confront the coronavirus. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; Egypt, FDA; public awareness.
. 2021 Jul 13.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.27199. Online ahead of print.
Public awareness about coronavirus vaccine, vaccine acceptance, and hesitancy
Marwa O Elgendy[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Mohamed E A Abdelrahim[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34255346
- DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27199
Abstract
Measurement of the population's general knowledge of the coronavirus vaccine is very important to improve public acceptance and decrease vaccine hesitancy to confront the disease. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practices of the participants towards the coronavirus vaccine. Data was collected using an online survey, in the form of a structured questionnaire, conducted during April-May 2021 in Egypt and subjects from all over Egypt participated. The questionnaire was divided into 3 parts to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding coronavirus. The first part was to assess participants' experience about coronavirus infection [8 items], the second was to assess the health beliefs about coronavirus and vaccine [16 items] and the third was to assess general knowledge, attitude, and practices of the participants towards vaccine [28 items]. A total of 871(465 females) participants participated, 81% of them were still committed to the precautionary measures for protection. 88% of them accepted to take the vaccine. 83% of the participants answered that they will encourage family, friends, and colleagues to get the vaccine. 94% knew that the coronavirus vaccine provides immunity against infection for a period of 6 to 12 months. 91.9% believed that the current infection with coronavirus is one of the main contraindications to vaccination. 89% believed that both pregnant women and chronic disease patients can get vaccinated and also that there is no specific age for a specific type of vaccination. 94% of them knew that subjects taking immunosuppressive drugs should be prescribed Sinopharm, not AstraZeneca vaccine. The median score of this survey was 20/22 regarding knowledge about the coronavirus vaccine. Overall, the study participants had good knowledge about the coronavirus vaccine and accepted to take the vaccine which indicates the highly international efforts to confront the coronavirus. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; Egypt, FDA; public awareness.