Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance among the Pakistani population

Chaudhary, Farooq Ahmad; Ahmad, Basaruddin; Khalid, Muhammad Danial; Fazal, Ayesha; Javaid, Muhammad Mohsin; Butt, Danial Qasim

doi:10.1080/21645515.2021.1944743

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“…Recent studies which have been done to primarily determine the rate of vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in Pakistan have produced comparable results. One of these has approximated vaccine acceptance percentage around 53% [28]. But has not analyzed individual barriers towards COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and has not evaluated the vaccination status of the population against other endemic infectious diseases in Pakistan.…”

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Perception, Willingness, Barriers, and Hesistancy Towards COVID-19 Vaccine in Pakistan: Comparison Between Healthcare Workers and General Population

Kashif¹,

Fatima²,

Ahmed³

et al. 2021

Cureus

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Perception, Willingness, Barriers, and Hesistancy Towards COVID-19 Vaccine in Pakistan: Comparison Between Healthcare Workers and General Population

Kashif¹,

Fatima²,

Ahmed³

et al. 2021

Cureus

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“…The findings of the present study are consistent with previous research. For example, socio-demographic variables such as age group being 60-69 years [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44], middle or higher level of education [38,[40][41][42][45][46][47], being currently married [48][49][50], being employed [42,51,52], having a monthly family income of 20,001-50,000 PKR [40,43,45,47,48,51], residing in urban areas, having high access to mass media, having a history of influenza vaccination [38,41,49,[53][54][55], performing physical activity, and perceiving fair and good status of health [47], were significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Findings revealed that the pandemic had largely affected the income, work, and daily lives of more than 40% of the respondents.…”

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“…This study found that people believed in the emergence of Islamophobia in the West, due to which they perceived the COVID-19 infection as well as the vaccination campaign as a genocidal attempt towards Muslims to control their population by causing infertility and considering it a "Western plot" in general, as is perceived about other vaccination campaigns by some communities in Pakistan [9][10][11]. Additionally, the prevalence of other myths and misconceptions included considering COVID-19 to be a man-made virus [18,57], fear of insertion of a secret micro-chip under the guise of vaccination [18], increased chances of death, and a lack of trust in the government [40], health workers [50], and the vaccine [24,39,42,47,51,[58][59][60]. The present study reported these factors to be responsible for vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan.…”

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COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy or Acceptance and Its Associated Factors: Findings from Post-Vaccination Cross-Sectional Survey from Punjab Pakistan

Zakar

Momina

Shahzad

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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COVID-19 has posed massive challenges related to health, economy, and the social fabric of the entire human population. To curb the spread of the virus, the Government of Pakistan initiated a vaccination campaign against COVID-19. The objective of this research was to assess the factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance or hesitancy. The data were collected telephonically using a cross-sectional survey design through a close-ended structured questionnaire from a sample of 1325 vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals with a response rate of 38%. SPSS v. 26 was used to analyze the data. The study revealed that 73% of the respondents were male, half in the 40–49 age group, 78% living in urban areas, and 45% had a monthly income between 20,001–50,000 Pakistani rupees. People felt reluctant to get vaccinated because of myths and misinformation related to it. The socio-demographic factors including male, age 60–69, middle or higher level of education, marital status, currently employed, from middle socio-economic status, living in urban areas, high access to mass media, history of influenza vaccination, physical activity, and perceived good health status were significantly associated with COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Concerted efforts are needed to achieve vaccine targets for the broader population through understanding and identifying barriers to vaccination.

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“…This will seriously help convince people who are against the vaccine. References [ 39 ] and [ 40 ] also stated that religious leaders play a crucial role to manage vaccine hesitancy problem in COVID-19 period.…”

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An Integrated Decision-Making Approach Based on q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Sets in Service Industry

Uslu

Dınçer

Yüksel

et al. 2022

Int J Comput Intell Syst

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This study defines key issues for sustainable healthcare policy in COVID-19 period. For this purpose, 9 different criteria that affect vaccine hesitancy are selected with the help of a detailed literature evaluation. A novel hybrid fuzzy decision-making model is developed using DEMATEL and TOPSIS based on q-Rung orthopair fuzzy sets. A comparative evaluation has also been performed using IF DEMATEL and PF DEMATEL. The results of all different methods are almost the same that indicates the reliability and coherency of the proposed model. The findings demonstrate that religion is the most critical factor that causes vaccine hesitancy. It is also defined that active population in daily life is the most important alternative. Developing countries should mainly focus on the actions regarding the religious issues to have sustainable healthcare policies in COVID-19 period. In this context, religious leaders can be released to the media and give information that the vaccine is not against religious rules. This has a significant contribution to convince people who are against the vaccine. Furthermore, these countries should also give priorities to the active population in daily life. Because this group supports the workforce in the country very seriously, it can be possible to increase the workforce in the country by completing the vaccination of this group that helps to boost economic development.

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Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance among the Pakistani population

Cited by 92 publications

References 29 publications

Perception, Willingness, Barriers, and Hesistancy Towards COVID-19 Vaccine in Pakistan: Comparison Between Healthcare Workers and General Population

Perception, Willingness, Barriers, and Hesistancy Towards COVID-19 Vaccine in Pakistan: Comparison Between Healthcare Workers and General Population

COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy or Acceptance and Its Associated Factors: Findings from Post-Vaccination Cross-Sectional Survey from Punjab Pakistan

An Integrated Decision-Making Approach Based on q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Sets in Service Industry

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