Knowledge, perception, and acceptance toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in Aseer region of KSA
Scientists have emerged with innovative research on non-human primates showing that the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases neutralizing antibody levels against all variants. The current cross-sectional survey was designed to evaluate the knowledge, perception, and acceptance of the boost...
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| author | Shahabe Saquib Abullais Suraj Arora Meelaf Al Shahrani Abdul Ahad Khan Waleed Al Shahrani Syed Esam Mahmood Saad Al Qahtani Mohammed Maqbool Ahmad Saib Jameel Priyanka Saluja |
| author_facet | Shahabe Saquib Abullais Suraj Arora Meelaf Al Shahrani Abdul Ahad Khan Waleed Al Shahrani Syed Esam Mahmood Saad Al Qahtani Mohammed Maqbool Ahmad Saib Jameel Priyanka Saluja |
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| description | Scientists have emerged with innovative research on non-human primates showing that the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases neutralizing antibody levels against all variants. The current cross-sectional survey was designed to evaluate the knowledge, perception, and acceptance of the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine among the patients visiting the various dental clinics in Aseer region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 609 dental patients were selected from various dental clinics by a simple random probability sampling method. The questionnaire was designed in multiple languages and categorized as demographic information, knowledge, perception, and acceptance of participants to a booster dose. An anonymous, self-administered, closed-ended online, and paper-based questionnaire was used to assess the above parameters. In the current survey, the majority of the participants were Saudis (80.8%) with an age mean of 37.7 ± 8.7 years. About 68.6% (418 out of 609) of participants had poor knowledge about the booster dose. Significant differences in the levels of knowledge were found in relation to gender, area of residency, education, nationality, and occupation. The distribution of level of perception of booster dose differs significantly among participants of different marital statuses and nationalities. Hesitation to booster was reported more in the rural than in the urban population. Despite a low level of knowledge, a higher level of good perception and acceptance of booster doses were reported among the studied population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d5d6134582d54fa2b8e3a2a7b97c37a12023-09-26T13:19:08ZengTaylor & Francis GroupHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics2164-55152164-554X2022-11-0118610.1080/21645515.2022.20951622095162Knowledge, perception, and acceptance toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in Aseer region of KSAShahabe Saquib Abullais0Suraj Arora1Meelaf Al Shahrani2Abdul Ahad Khan3Waleed Al Shahrani4Syed Esam Mahmood5Saad Al Qahtani6Mohammed Maqbool7Ahmad Saib Jameel8Priyanka Saluja9King Khalid UniversityKing Khalid UniversityKing Khalid UniversityKing Khalid UniversityKing Khalid UniversityKing Khalid UniversityKing Khalid UniversityKing Khalid UniversityJazan UniversityJCD Dental CollegeScientists have emerged with innovative research on non-human primates showing that the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine increases neutralizing antibody levels against all variants. The current cross-sectional survey was designed to evaluate the knowledge, perception, and acceptance of the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine among the patients visiting the various dental clinics in Aseer region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 609 dental patients were selected from various dental clinics by a simple random probability sampling method. The questionnaire was designed in multiple languages and categorized as demographic information, knowledge, perception, and acceptance of participants to a booster dose. An anonymous, self-administered, closed-ended online, and paper-based questionnaire was used to assess the above parameters. In the current survey, the majority of the participants were Saudis (80.8%) with an age mean of 37.7 ± 8.7 years. About 68.6% (418 out of 609) of participants had poor knowledge about the booster dose. Significant differences in the levels of knowledge were found in relation to gender, area of residency, education, nationality, and occupation. The distribution of level of perception of booster dose differs significantly among participants of different marital statuses and nationalities. Hesitation to booster was reported more in the rural than in the urban population. Despite a low level of knowledge, a higher level of good perception and acceptance of booster doses were reported among the studied population.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2095162acceptancebooster dosecovid-19knowledge and awarenessperception |
| spellingShingle | Shahabe Saquib Abullais Suraj Arora Meelaf Al Shahrani Abdul Ahad Khan Waleed Al Shahrani Syed Esam Mahmood Saad Al Qahtani Mohammed Maqbool Ahmad Saib Jameel Priyanka Saluja Knowledge, perception, and acceptance toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in Aseer region of KSA Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics acceptance booster dose covid-19 knowledge and awareness perception |
| title | Knowledge, perception, and acceptance toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in Aseer region of KSA |
| title_full | Knowledge, perception, and acceptance toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in Aseer region of KSA |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, perception, and acceptance toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in Aseer region of KSA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, perception, and acceptance toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in Aseer region of KSA |
| title_short | Knowledge, perception, and acceptance toward the booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in Aseer region of KSA |
| title_sort | knowledge perception and acceptance toward the booster dose of covid 19 vaccine among patients visiting dental clinics in aseer region of ksa |
| topic | acceptance booster dose covid-19 knowledge and awareness perception |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2095162 |
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