Predicting the COVID-19 vaccine receive intention based on the theory of reasoned action in the south of Iran

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BACKGROUND: Vaccination against Covid 19 disease was based on rational practice theory. One of the most effective methods to control the COVID-19 pandemic is extensive vaccination coverage in the shortest time. The relevant beliefs and predictors of COVID-19 vaccine and the barriers to and facilitators of receiving COVID-19 vaccine should be identified. Individuals' intention to receive COVID-19 and the effective factors are of an utmost importance. This study aimed to predict intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine in the South of Iran.

METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed over a period of 2 months (May 2021 to July 2021) in 4 southern provinces in Iran. The study population of this study included people over 18 years of age who did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The online questionnaire was used to collect data. We recruited participants through a self-selection sampling method and posted the online survey link. The questionnaire had two parts: demographic information and Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) questions. All statistical calculations and hypotheses tests were performed using SPSS21 and Amos21 software and the significance level was considered 0.05.

RESULTS: A total number of 2556 people participated in this study with a mean age of 37.76 (10.7) of years (Age Range = 18-75). The findings showed that attitudes and subjective norms and the use of social media predict the intention to receive COVID-19 vaccine. SEM showed that attitude (β = 0.596, P < 0.001), subjective norms (β = 0.265, P < 0.001) were significant predictors of vaccination intention. In this study, 78% of people were willing to receive the vaccine when they were officially allowed to.

CONCLUSION: According to the results of the study, it is suggested to strengthen positive attitudes and subjective norms about the importance of COVID-19 vaccination as well as using social media to inform the community in order increase the intention to vaccinate COVID-19 and increase vaccine coverage.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:22

Enthalten in:

BMC public health - 22(2022), 1 vom: 04. Feb., Seite 229

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ezati Rad, Roghayeh [VerfasserIn]
Kahnouji, Kobra [VerfasserIn]
Mohseni, Shokrollah [VerfasserIn]
Shahabi, Nahid [VerfasserIn]
Noruziyan, Fatemeh [VerfasserIn]
Farshidi, Hossein [VerfasserIn]
Hosseinpoor, Mahmood [VerfasserIn]
Kashani, Saeed [VerfasserIn]
Kamalzadeh Takhti, Hesamaddin [VerfasserIn]
Hassani Azad, Mehdi [VerfasserIn]
Aghamolaei, Teamur [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID-19 vaccine
Coronavirus
Iran
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Theory of reasoned action

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Date Completed 09.02.2022

Date Revised 09.02.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12889-022-12517-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33653034X