Perceived risk and perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine: A survey among general public in Pakistan

The coronavirus disease has become a global pandemic, and it continues to wreak havoc on global health and the economy. The development of vaccines may offer a potential eradication of COVID-19. This study evaluated the general knowledge, attitude, and perception of COVID-19 vaccines in the Pakistan...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 17; no. 3; p. e0266028
Main Authors:	Beg, Bilal Mahmood, Hussain, Tariq, Ahmad, Mehmood, Areej, Sadaf, Majeed, Arfa, Rasheed, Muhammad Adil, Ahmad, Muhammad Moin, Shoaib, Qurat-Ul-Ain, Aroosa, Sadaf
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 24-03-2022 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adult Aged Asthenia Attitudes Biology and Life Sciences Coronaviruses COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control COVID-19 Vaccines Cross-Sectional Studies Demographics Demography Diabetes Evaluation Female Global health Health behavior Humans Male Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mortality Muscles Pain Pakistan - epidemiology Pandemics People and Places Perception Perceptions Polls & surveys Public health Questionnaires Risk perception SARS-CoV-2 Signs and symptoms Social networks Surveys and Questionnaires Vaccination Vaccines Viral diseases Pakistan United States > US Lahore Pakistan
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Summary:	The coronavirus disease has become a global pandemic, and it continues to wreak havoc on global health and the economy. The development of vaccines may offer a potential eradication of COVID-19. This study evaluated the general knowledge, attitude, and perception of COVID-19 vaccines in the Pakistani population. A self-reporting e-survey and questionnaire-based survey from vaccination centers of different cities of Pakistan among 502 participants were conducted. The questionnaire comprised four sections inquiring demographics, vaccination status, and perception or attitude towards the vaccine. Univariate logistic regression was applied to predict the knowledge, attitude and behavior of participants. The mean age of participants was 50.8±20.3 years. 53% of the participants have both doses of vaccine administered. Pain on the site of injection (49.8%) was the most common symptom, followed by asthenia (43.0%), muscle pain (29.5%), and swelling (24.5%) on the site of vaccine administration. Females complain of more symptoms than males. More severe symptoms were reported after the first dose of vaccine administration; these symptoms subsided within a week for most participants. Overall, the respondents have a positive attitude towards the vaccine. 47.4% are sure about the vaccine's efficacy, 48.6% said getting vaccinated was their own decision, and 79.9% also recommended others to get vaccinated. The study concluded that the Pakistani population has a positive attitude but inadequate knowledge towards COVID-19 vaccines. Immediate awareness and vaccination education programs should be conducted by the authorities to complete the mass vaccination schedule.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0266028