Lin, Yulan and Huang, Zhiwen and Xu, Xiaonan and Du, Wei and Alias, Haridah and Hu, Zhijian and Wong, Li Ping (2022) Multi-dimensional psychosocial factors influencing the willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster: A survey among the public in Mainland China. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 18 (6). ISSN 2164-5515, DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2022.2126667.
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This study aimed to investigate multi-dimensional psychological and social factors that influence the willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster in China. A nationwide cross-sectional online survey was conducted between March and April 2022. A total of 6375 complete responses were received. The majority were of age 18 to 40 years old (80.0%) and college-educated (49.2%). In total, 79% responded extremely willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster. By demographics, younger age, females, higher education, and participants with the lowest income reported higher willingness. Having a very good health status (odds ratio OR] 3.56, 95% confidence interval CI] 2.92-4.34) and a higher score of vaccine confidence (OR 3.50, 95% CI 2.98-4.11) were associated with an increased willingness to receive a booster shot. Experiencing no side effects with primary COVID-19 vaccination (OR 2.46, 95% CI 1.89-3.20) and higher perceived susceptibility of COVID-19 infection (OR 2.38, 95% CI 1.92-2.95) were also associated with an increased willingness to receive a booster shot. A variety of psychosocial factors, namely having no chronic diseases, lower perceived concern over the safety of a booster shot, higher perceived severity of COVID-19 infection, and a higher level of institutional trust, were also significantly associated with greater willingness to get a booster shot. In conclusion, the present study adds evidence to the significant role of psychosocial factors in predicting COVID-19 vaccine booster acceptance and provides insights to design interventions to increase booster uptake in certain targeted demographic groups.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Special Projects of the Central Government Guiding Local Science and Technology Development, China [2021L3018] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19; vaccine booster; psychosocial factors; willingness; China |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology > QR180 Immunology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Social & Preventive Medicine |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jul 2024 04:03 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jul 2024 04:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/40413 |
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