학술논문
Monitoring the COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Trend and its Determinants Among Iranian Adults.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Molaeipour L; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Hajebi A; Research Center for Addiction and Risky Behaviors (ReCARB), Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Janani L; Imperial Clinical Trials Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.; Salehi M; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Taghdisi MH; Public Health Department, Faculty of Health and Medical Engineering, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.; Nazari-Kangavari H; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Esmailzadehha N; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Varse F; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Pourattar N; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Motevalian SA; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.; Research Center for Addiction and Risky Behaviors (ReCARB), Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Source
Publisher: Academy of Medical Sciences of I.R. Iran Country of Publication: Iran NLM ID: 100889644 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1735-3947 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10292977 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Arch Iran Med Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Background: Vaccination seems to be the most critical means of halting the COVID-19 pandemic. It is crucial to understand the factors that influence COVID-19 vaccine acceptance to avoid low vaccination rates. This study intended to monitor the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and its association with socio-demographic factors and prior diagnosis of COVID-19 in Iranian adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: The study utilized data from the COVID-19 Population Survey of Iran (COPSIR), a repeated national survey designed to monitor COVID-19-related behavioral insights. From April 2020 to November 2021, thirteen iterations of a series of cross-sectional studies involving computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted.
Results: The COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate remained above 80% until the ninth wave in February 2021, when it dropped to 62.9%. However, throughout the next four surveys, it rose gradually from 72.0% to 85.7%. The multilevel regression model revealed that the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was significantly and positively linked with age and education.
Conclusion: Despite the relatively high COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate among Iranian adults, after the emergence of vaccines on the global market and controversies about their safety in Iran, the initially high vaccine acceptance rate dropped significantly, and then increased over time and returned to its peak level (85%). According to the Commodity Theory, this rise in vaccine acceptance can be attributed to the COVID-19 vaccine shortage in the country between January and July 2022. For Iranian adults to accept vaccines more readily, health promotion programs should target the youth and the less literate adults.
(© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.)
Methods: The study utilized data from the COVID-19 Population Survey of Iran (COPSIR), a repeated national survey designed to monitor COVID-19-related behavioral insights. From April 2020 to November 2021, thirteen iterations of a series of cross-sectional studies involving computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted.
Results: The COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate remained above 80% until the ninth wave in February 2021, when it dropped to 62.9%. However, throughout the next four surveys, it rose gradually from 72.0% to 85.7%. The multilevel regression model revealed that the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance was significantly and positively linked with age and education.
Conclusion: Despite the relatively high COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate among Iranian adults, after the emergence of vaccines on the global market and controversies about their safety in Iran, the initially high vaccine acceptance rate dropped significantly, and then increased over time and returned to its peak level (85%). According to the Commodity Theory, this rise in vaccine acceptance can be attributed to the COVID-19 vaccine shortage in the country between January and July 2022. For Iranian adults to accept vaccines more readily, health promotion programs should target the youth and the less literate adults.
(© 2023 The Author(s). This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.)