Mohamed Khalis1, Asmaa Hatim2, Latifa Elmouden2, Mory Diakite1, Abdelghafour Marfak3,4, Soukaina Ait El Haj1, Rachid Farah5, Mohamed Jidar5, Kaba Kanko Conde1, Kenza Hassouni1, Hafida Charaka6, Mark Lacy7, Fatima-Zahra Aazi8, Chakib Nejjari1. 1. International School of Public Health, Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco. 2. Faculty of Dentistry, Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, Casablanca, Morocco. 3. National School of Public Health of Rabat, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Morocco. 4. Laboratory of Health Sciences and Technology, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan 1st University of Settat, Settat, Morocco. 5. Cheikh Khalifa Ibn Zaid University Hospital of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco. 6. Department of Research and Development, Hassan II University Hospital, Fez, Morocco. 7. School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. 8. Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences Ain Chock, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination among health care workers prior to the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Morocco. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Cheikh Khalifa University Hospital of Casablanca-Morocco. Utilizing a web-based platform surveys were distributed over a 3-week period via professional mailing list and social media. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated by using logistic regression models. RESULTS: A total of 303 health care workers participated in this study. The results showed a relatively high rate of vaccination acceptability (62.0%) among health care workers included in this study. Participants were more likely to accept the COVID-19 vaccine if they were physician, nurse, or technician (OR 1.79; 95% CI: 1.09-2.95), had high score of confidence in the information circulating about COVID-19 (OR 1.91; 95% CI: 1.36-2.69), or had high score of perceived severity of COVID-19 (OR 1.55; 95% CI: 1.11-2.15). Reasons of hesitation/or refusal of COVID-19 vaccine were fear of the likely side effects of the vaccine for 74.8% of participants, and concern about the effectiveness of the vaccine for 47.8%. CONCLUSION: This study showed a relatively high rate of the COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among health care workers in Morocco. Willingness to be vaccinated was significantly associated with job category, confidence in the information circulating about COVID-19, and perceived severity of COVID-19. These results could be useful in the development of educational interventions to increase the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among health care workers in Morocco and similar settings.
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination among health care workers prior to the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Morocco. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Cheikh Khalifa University Hospital of Casablanca-Morocco. Utilizing a web-based platform surveys were distributed over a 3-week period via professional mailing list and social media. Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated by using logistic regression models. RESULTS: A total of 303 health care workers participated in this study. The results showed a relatively high rate of vaccination acceptability (62.0%) among health care workers included in this study. Participants were more likely to accept the COVID-19 vaccine if they were physician, nurse, or technician (OR 1.79; 95% CI: 1.09-2.95), had high score of confidence in the information circulating about COVID-19 (OR 1.91; 95% CI: 1.36-2.69), or had high score of perceived severity of COVID-19 (OR 1.55; 95% CI: 1.11-2.15). Reasons of hesitation/or refusal of COVID-19 vaccine were fear of the likely side effects of the vaccine for 74.8% of participants, and concern about the effectiveness of the vaccine for 47.8%. CONCLUSION: This study showed a relatively high rate of the COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among health care workers in Morocco. Willingness to be vaccinated was significantly associated with job category, confidence in the information circulating about COVID-19, and perceived severity of COVID-19. These results could be useful in the development of educational interventions to increase the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among health care workers in Morocco and similar settings.
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COVID-19; Morocco; health care workers; vaccine; vaccine acceptance
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