Factors related with COVID-19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in China
Background COVID-19 vaccination has been accepted widely. However, there are only a few reports on patients’ willingness to be vaccinated. This study investigated the willingness of Chinese outpatients to accept COVID-19 vaccination as well as influencing factors. Methods A cross-sectional survey wa...
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| author | Di Zhang Qi Cui Junyi Xu Jian Cai Xiaoping Lu Yinguang Yang |
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| description | Background COVID-19 vaccination has been accepted widely. However, there are only a few reports on patients’ willingness to be vaccinated. This study investigated the willingness of Chinese outpatients to accept COVID-19 vaccination as well as influencing factors. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Jiangsu province, China in December 2020. Self-administered questionnaires, which were distributed to 625 outpatients among secondary hospitals, addressed demographic characteristics, sociological characteristics, and subjective reasons. There were 522 (83.5%) participants who gave completely valid responses. Logistic regression analysis was performed to explore the risk factors for willingness of COVID-19 vaccination. Results 71.5% of participants were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. “worried about contracting COVID-19” (49.6%) and “vaccines have just been introduced and need time to consider” (38.9%) were the main reasons for being willing and unwilling to receive COVID-19 vaccine, respectively. The logistic regression analysis showed that “vaccines are an effective way to prevent diseases” (OR = 5.07, 95%CI: 3.32–7.75), “the price you are willing to pay for non-free vaccines (yuan) (101–500 vs ≤100)″ (OR = 1.87, 95%CI: 1.16–3.02), “per capital monthly income(yuan) (>6000 vs ≤3000)”(OR = 2.13, 95%CI: 1.03–4.41), and “self- assessed health status (Good vs Bad)″ (OR = 1.71, 95%CI: 1.01–2.90) were the main risk factors for outpatients to be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Conclusions The willingness of Chinese outpatients to receive COVID-19 vaccine was not high. The government should do more to increase publicity of knowledge about COVID-19 vaccine thus increasing willingness to vaccinate, and provide free vaccine to eliminate the cost impact. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dfc9c5d36a044efa2ad2b28a3def8282023-09-26T12:47:03ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2021-11-0117113963396810.1080/21645515.2021.19544411954441Factors related with COVID-19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in ChinaDi Zhang0Qi Cui1Junyi Xu2Jian Cai3Xiaoping Lu4Yinguang Yang5Jiangsu UniversityChina Medical UniversityDemonstration Ward of General Practitioners, Zhenjiang First People's HospitalHospital Branch, Zhenjiang First People's HospitalCommunity Health Service Center of Dagang StreetHospital Branch, Zhenjiang First People's HospitalBackground COVID-19 vaccination has been accepted widely. However, there are only a few reports on patients’ willingness to be vaccinated. This study investigated the willingness of Chinese outpatients to accept COVID-19 vaccination as well as influencing factors. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Jiangsu province, China in December 2020. Self-administered questionnaires, which were distributed to 625 outpatients among secondary hospitals, addressed demographic characteristics, sociological characteristics, and subjective reasons. There were 522 (83.5%) participants who gave completely valid responses. Logistic regression analysis was performed to explore the risk factors for willingness of COVID-19 vaccination. Results 71.5% of participants were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. “worried about contracting COVID-19” (49.6%) and “vaccines have just been introduced and need time to consider” (38.9%) were the main reasons for being willing and unwilling to receive COVID-19 vaccine, respectively. The logistic regression analysis showed that “vaccines are an effective way to prevent diseases” (OR = 5.07, 95%CI: 3.32–7.75), “the price you are willing to pay for non-free vaccines (yuan) (101–500 vs ≤100)″ (OR = 1.87, 95%CI: 1.16–3.02), “per capital monthly income(yuan) (>6000 vs ≤3000)”(OR = 2.13, 95%CI: 1.03–4.41), and “self- assessed health status (Good vs Bad)″ (OR = 1.71, 95%CI: 1.01–2.90) were the main risk factors for outpatients to be willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Conclusions The willingness of Chinese outpatients to receive COVID-19 vaccine was not high. The government should do more to increase publicity of knowledge about COVID-19 vaccine thus increasing willingness to vaccinate, and provide free vaccine to eliminate the cost impact.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1954441covid-19 vaccination willingnessinfluencing factorscross-sectional studyoutpatientchina |
| spellingShingle | Di Zhang Qi Cui Junyi Xu Jian Cai Xiaoping Lu Yinguang Yang Factors related with COVID-19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in China Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics covid-19 vaccination willingness influencing factors cross-sectional study outpatient china |
| title | Factors related with COVID-19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in China |
| title_full | Factors related with COVID-19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in China |
| title_fullStr | Factors related with COVID-19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors related with COVID-19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in China |
| title_short | Factors related with COVID-19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in China |
| title_sort | factors related with covid 19 vaccination willingness among outpatients in china |
| topic | covid-19 vaccination willingness influencing factors cross-sectional study outpatient china |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1954441 |
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