Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine and refusal to receive COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers in northeastern Ethiopia

Major efforts are being made to control the spread and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic using vaccines. Ethiopia began on March 13, 2021, to vaccinate healthcare workers (HCWs) for COVID-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine. However, willingness to be vaccinated depends to a large extent on factors be...

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Published in:BMC public health 2022-01, Vol.22 (1), p.128-128, Article 128
Main Authors: Adane, Metadel, Ademas, Ayechew, Kloos, Helmut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Bivariate analysis
Confidence intervals
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccine
COVID-19 Vaccines
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic variables
Dependent variables
Disease control
Ethiopia
Health care
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel
healthcare workers
Humans
Immunization
Independent variables
Information management
knowledge
Medical personnel
Pandemics
Perceptions
Public health
Regression models
SARS-CoV-2
Social sciences
Statistical analysis
vaccine refusal
Vaccines
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Summary:Major efforts are being made to control the spread and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic using vaccines. Ethiopia began on March 13, 2021, to vaccinate healthcare workers (HCWs) for COVID-19 with the AstraZeneca vaccine. However, willingness to be vaccinated depends to a large extent on factors beyond the availability of vaccines. This study aimed to determine the rate of intention to refuse COVID-19 vaccination   and associated factors among HCWs in northeastern Ethiopia. northeastern, Ethiopia. An institution-based cross-sectional study  was employed among 404 HCWs in Dessie City, northeastern Ethiopia in May, 2021. Data were collected, checked, coded, entered into EpiData Version 4.6 and exported to Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 25.0 for cleaning and analysis. The dependent variable was refuse to receive COVID-19 vaccination and the independent variables included socio-demographic factors, knowledge, attitudes and perceptions. A Binary logistic regression model was used to determine the association between vaccine refusal and the independent variables. From bivariate analysis, variables with p-values < 0.25 were retained for multivariable analysis. From multivariable analysis, variables with adjusted odds ratio (AOR), p-values
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-021-12362-8