| Literature DB >> 34358136 |
Muhammad Subhan Arshad1, Iltaf Hussain1, Tahir Mahmood2, Khezar Hayat3,4, Abdul Majeed1, Imran Imran5, Hamid Saeed6, Muhammad Omer Iqbal7, Muhammad Uzair8, Anees Ur Rehman1, Waseem Ashraf5, Areeba Usman9, Shahzada Khurram Syed10, Muqarrab Akbar11, Muhammad Omer Chaudhry12, Basit Ramzan13, Muhammad Islam6, Muhammad Usman Saleem14, Waleed Shakeel5, Iram Iqbal5, Furqan Hashmi6, Muhammad Fawad Rasool1.
Abstract
The current study aims to assess the beliefs of the general public in Pakistan towards conspiracy theories, acceptance, willingness to pay, and preference for the COVID-19 vaccine. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online self-administered questionnaire during January 2021. The Chi-square test or Fisher exact test was utilized for statistical data analysis. A total of 2158 respondents completed the questionnaire, among them 1192 (55.2%) were male with 23.87 (SD: ±6.23) years as mean age. The conspiracy beliefs circulating regarding the COVID-19 vaccine were believed by 9.3% to 28.4% of the study participants. Among them, 1040 (48.2%) agreed to vaccinate on its availability while 934 (43.3%) reported the Chinese vaccine as their preference. The conspiracy beliefs of the participants were significantly associated with acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. The existence of conspiracy beliefs and low vaccine acceptance among the general population is a serious threat to successful COVID-19 vaccination.Entities:
Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccine; conspiracy theories; general public; vaccine acceptance; vaccine hesitancy
Year: 2021 PMID： 34358136 DOI： 10.3390/vaccines9070720
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccines (Basel) ISSN： 2076-393X