Author:
JEERAGYAL DEVIKA P,DEVENDRA BASTI BHARATESH,B SRINIVASA
Abstract
Objectives: To understand the overall perception of acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination if it is given free of cost by the Government of India.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was done at Apollo Medical College in Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh. A study was undertaken among students of different courses, like medical students, nursing students, physiotherapy students, and medical skill students, who are currently studying in this college. After getting written informed consent, a pretested questionnaire was used to collect the data. Analysis was done using SPSS software.
Results: Out of 1115 students, 883 responded. 75% of students are willing to take the COVID vaccine. 85% of students are ready to take the vaccine if their head of institution insists them to take. Probability of vaccine non acceptance is higher in lower age group students. Students in the age group of 18–23 are 4.77 times higher risk of not accepting the vaccine compared to students above 23 years.
Conclusion: 21–23-year-old age group students are more likely to accept vaccination than lower age group students. MBBS students are less likely to accept than other health-care students.
Publisher
Innovare Academic Sciences Pvt Ltd
Subject
Pharmacology (medical),Pharmaceutical Science,Pharmacology
Reference19 articles.
1. Dong E, Du H, Gardner L. An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time. Lancet Infect Dis 2020;20:533-4. doi: 10.1016/ S1473-3099 (20)30120-1, PMID 32087114
2. Johns Hopkins University and Medicine. Coronavirus Resource Center: COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE). United States: Johns Hopkins University (JHU); 2020. Available from: https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html [Last accessed on 2020 Jun 29].
3. Sanche S, Lin YT, Xu C, Romero-Severson E, Hengartner N, Ke R. High contagiousness and rapid spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Emerg Infect Dis 2020;26:1470-7. doi: 10.3201/ eid2607.200282, PMID 32255761
4. Dubé E, MacDonald NE. Chapter 26. Vaccine Acceptance: Barriers, Perceived Risks, Benefits, and Irrational Beliefs in the Vaccine. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Academic Press; 2016. p. 507-52.
5. WHO. Report of the Sage Working Group on Vaccine Hesitancy. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2014.