Perception Towards COVID-19 Vaccination-A Cross-Sectional Study in Iraq

IF 0.3 Q3 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

International Medical Journal Malaysia Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DOI:10.31436/imjm.v22i4.2101

Miami Yousif, Ahmad A. Almuhyi, Haneen A. Albadwi, Rand A. Almuhyi

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INTRODUCTION: The current COVID-19 pandemic has urged the scientific community globally to find answers in terms of therapeutics including vaccination to control the disease. Various COVID-19 vaccines have been distributed in many countries, including Iraq. Vaccination program will only be successful when there are high rates of acceptance and coverage. Thus, to accomplish this program, it is critical to understand the perceptions of the COVID-19 vaccine and its acceptance. Therefore, our study was performed to investigate community perceptions towards COVID-19 vaccinations in Iraq. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Iraq from March 2021 to June 2021. We enrolled a total of 9,620 participants (3,160 men and 6,460 women). The participants responded to an online survey on COVID-19 vaccination which consisted of three sections of questionnaires. The first section (Section A) was on demographic characteristics of respondents including age, gender, occupation, level of education, and residency whereas the second section (Section B) was on the respondent’s perception toward COVID-19 vaccine, with nine inquiries about reasons for fearing COVID-19 vaccine. The final section (Section C) was questions on the type of vaccine they prefer to receive, once it is made available. RESULTS: Of the total respondents, 70.68% were not keen for a COVID-19 vaccination. Some of the respondents’ concerns were that the vaccines are not safe and may cause infection with COVID-19, infertility, congenital infection, and fetal anomalies. Majority of respondents who accepted to be vaccinated trusted the Pfizer vaccine followed by Sinopharm vaccine. CONCLUSION: Hesitancy for COVID-19 vaccination among participants were mainly due to lack of trust in the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and also feared of being infected and death. Thus, the healthcare providers and community leaders should come out with strategies to decrease the hesitancy and increase the acceptability of the vaccines.

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对COVID-19疫苗接种的看法——伊拉克的一项横断面研究

导言:当前的COVID-19大流行敦促全球科学界从包括疫苗接种在内的治疗方法方面寻找答案，以控制疾病。包括伊拉克在内的许多国家分发了各种COVID-19疫苗。只有在接受率和覆盖率高的情况下，疫苗接种计划才会成功。因此，要完成这一规划，了解对COVID-19疫苗的看法及其接受程度至关重要。因此，我们的研究旨在调查伊拉克社区对COVID-19疫苗接种的看法。方法:2021年3月至2021年6月在伊拉克进行了一项横断面研究。我们总共招募了9620名参与者(3160名男性和6460名女性)。参与者回答了一项关于COVID-19疫苗接种的在线调查，该调查由三部分问卷组成。第一部分(A部分)是关于受访者的人口特征，包括年龄、性别、职业、教育水平和居住地，而第二部分(B部分)是关于受访者对COVID-19疫苗的看法，有9个关于害怕COVID-19疫苗的原因的问题。最后一部分(C部分)是关于一旦有了疫苗，他们更愿意接种哪种疫苗的问题。结果:在调查对象中，70.68%的人不希望接种COVID-19疫苗。一些受访者担心疫苗不安全，可能导致COVID-19感染、不孕症、先天性感染和胎儿异常。大多数接受接种疫苗的受访者信任辉瑞疫苗，其次是国药疫苗。结论:参与者对新冠肺炎疫苗接种的犹豫主要是由于对疫苗的安全性和有效性缺乏信任，以及对感染和死亡的恐惧。因此，卫生保健提供者和社区领导人应该拿出策略来减少犹豫，提高疫苗的可接受性。

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期刊介绍： International Medical Journal Malaysia (IMJM) is the official journal of the Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia. It serves primarily as a forum for education and intellectual discourse for health professionals namely in clinical medicine but covers diverse issues relating to medical ethics, professionalism as well as medical developments and research in basic medical sciences. It also serves the unique purpose of highlighting issues and research pertaining to the Muslim world. Contributions to the IMJM reflect its international and multidisciplinary readership and include current thinking across a range of specialties, ethnicities and societies.