Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination intention among university students: A cross-sectional study in Malaysia

Wong, Chee-Yin; Tham, Johan; Foo, Chai Nien; Ng, Foong Leng; Shahar, Saleha; Zahary, Mohd Nizam; Ismail, Mohd Nazri; Tan, Cheng Siang; Hoh, Boon Peng; Subbiah, Vijay Kumar; Lim, Yang Mooi

doi:10.1016/j.bsheal.2022.12.005

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“…However, this was not the case for university healthcare students in this study. Healthcare students who considered infection prevention important, those who perceived COVID-19 as a risk, and those who perceived the benefits of COVID-19 vaccination ( 16 ) may have opted to be vaccinated.…”

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“…Experience with COVID-19, the psychological effects of the pandemic, knowledge of COVID-19 and vaccination, resilience, and the side effects of vaccination were not related to the number of vaccinations. Even though students were not forced to take the vaccination, social norms ( 16 ) may have influenced their decision on whether to get vaccinated. Therefore, previously reported factors may not be related to vaccination uptake.…”

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“…Factors related to vaccination uptake among university students include their field of study (medical) and confidence in the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines ( 15 ). Factors positively related to vaccination intention are knowledge, risk perception of COVID-19, perceived benefit of COVID-19 vaccination, and social norms ( 16 ). While female, non-white college students and healthcare workers were more likely to support mandatory influenza vaccination than other college students, COVID-19 vaccination mandate preferences were not statistically different among college students ( 14 ).…”

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Cross-sectional study of factors related to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among university healthcare students

Kondo,

Abuliezi,

Ota

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionHealthcare students are more likely to become infected than other university students as they may encounter patients with COVID-19 during clinical training. Vaccination uptake is essential to prevent infection. This study explored factors related to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among healthcare students.MethodsThis cross-sectional study conducted online surveys of undergraduate and graduate nursing and healthcare graduate students from four medical universities in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area of Japan. Data were collected from June to August 2022, when the fourth vaccination program was initiated.ResultsData from 1,169 students were analyzed (response rate = 37.3%). The mean age was 25.1 ± 7.6 years, and most were female (82.3%). Academic majors included nursing (68.0%), medicine (16.3%), dentistry (9.3%), and others (6.4%). Thirty students (2.6%) were not vaccinated, one student (0.1%) had received one vaccination, 997 (85.3%) had received three, and 27 (2.3%) had received four. The major reason for not being vaccinated was insufficient confirmation of its safety (n = 25). Students who had received at least one vaccination (n = 1,139), 965 (84.7%) reported experiencing adverse side effects, the most frequent being pain at the injection site (76.2%), followed by fever (68.3%). In the logistic regression, a greater number of vaccinations (3–4 times) was associated with older age (odds ratio, OR = 1.53), working (OR = 1.67), and more frequent infection-preventive behaviors (OR = 1.05). Significantly fewer students were vaccinated at University B than at University A (OR = 0.46). Additionally, those majoring in subjects other than nursing (OR = 0.28), and students from non-Asian countries (OR = 0.30) were less likely to be vaccinated.DiscussionIt is necessary to pay attention to and encourage the vaccination of students who engage in low levels of preventive behavior, students who are young, international, or unemployed, and those in non-healthcare professional majors.

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Cross-sectional study of factors related to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among university healthcare students

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Ota

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Front. Public Health

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“…Previous surveys were conducted online on the perception and acceptance of COVID-19 booster doses. They did not capture sufficient information from the population who are not technology savvy, the elderly population, groups with lower income and the sub-urban population ( Alwi et al, 2021 , Elnaem et al, 2021 , Marzo et al, 2022a , Marzo et al, 2022b , Mohamed et al, 2021 , Wong et al, 2023 , Wong et al, 2022 ). Hence, further studies are needed to understand Malaysians' perceptions, acceptance, and concerns before implementing an additional booster dose.…”

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A survey on Malaysian’s acceptance and perceptions towards COVID-19 booster dose

Rajakumar,

Shamsuddin,

Alshawsh

et al. 2023

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

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Utilizing the theory of planned behavior to predict COVID-19 vaccination intention: A structural equational modeling approach

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Duong

Nguyen

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Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination intention among university students: A cross-sectional study in Malaysia

Cited by 6 publications

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Cross-sectional study of factors related to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among university healthcare students

Cross-sectional study of factors related to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among university healthcare students

A survey on Malaysian’s acceptance and perceptions towards COVID-19 booster dose

Utilizing the theory of planned behavior to predict COVID-19 vaccination intention: A structural equational modeling approach

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