Acceptance of covid-۱۹ vaccine among population of South Khorasan province in Iran

Background and Objective: For the first time the corona virus was identified in Wuhan, China. Everyone is at risk of complications of covid-۱۹ but elderly and people with comorbidities, such as pulmonary disease ،cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease may have more severe complications. One of the most important strategies to control covid-۱۹ pandemic is vaccination. Several vaccines have been approved by the World Health Organization and are available. One of the most important factors that plays an important role in the public coverage of a vaccine is its acceptance by the community. Therefore, in this study we investigated acceptance of covid-۱۹ vaccine and beliefs and barriers related to COVID-۱۹ vaccination in South Khorasan Province of Iran.Materials and Methods: A self-assessment questionnaire was designed. the questionnaire questions consisted of several sections: demographic information, people's attitudes about Corona and its vaccine, and acceptance of vaccine for injection. This questionnaire was provided to the participants through Pors Line an online survey platform in Iran. ۱۰۴۳ people participated in this study. The results were analyzed with SPSS version ۲۳ software. Normal distributions were evaluated using one-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test. The analytical procedure consisted of two tests. First،Chi-square test was used to examine Relationship between vaccine and demographic characteristics .This study was approved by the ethics committee of Birjand University of Medical Sciences (IR.BUMS.REC.۱۳۹۹.۴۸۵).Results: Total number of participants in this study was ۱۰۴۳. This study was conducted in South Khorasan province. The highest number of respondents was belonged to Tabas city (۶۳.۶). The majority of respondents were in the (۱۹-۳۰ years old). ۴۲.۴% of participants, were male and ۵۷.۶۰% were female. Most of the participants were married (۶۹.۸). Moreover most respondents had a bachelor's degree (۴۲.۹). The majority of people stated that Covid ۱۹ is a serious and important disease (۸۷.۳%) and they said that they were more likely to get Covid ۱۹ (۶۰.۷%). ۸۵.۲% of the participants wanted to take the vaccine .Results indicated that vaccination acceptance was higher in participants that were over ۴۱ years old. Moreover, the rate of vaccine admission was higher in men than women and in proportion to the increase in education, the rate of vaccine acceptance also increases.Conclusion: Universal and effective coverage of the Covid ۱۹ vaccine requires vaccine acceptance and designing approaches to address them.

Keywords:

COVID-۱۹ , COVID-۱۹ vaccine , vaccine