Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

By Jiahao Wang, R. Jing, X. Lai, Haijun Zhang, Yun-Sun Lyu, M. Knoll, H. Fang. Vaccines, 2020

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Background: Faced with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the development of COVID-19 vaccines has been progressing at an unprecedented rate. This study aimed to evaluate the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in China and give suggestions for vaccination strategies and immunization programs accordingly. Methods: In March 2020, an anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted online among Chinese adults. The questionnaire collected socio-demographic characteristics, risk perception, the impact of COVID-19, attitudes, acceptance and attribute preferences of vaccines against COVID-19 during the pandemic. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify the influencing factors of vaccination acceptance. Results: Of the 2058 participants surveyed, 1879 (91.3%) stated that they would accept COVID-19 vaccination after the vaccine becomes available, among whom 980 (52.2%) wanted to get vaccinated as soon as possible, while others (47.8%) would delay the vaccination until the vaccine’s safety was confirmed. Participants preferred a routine immunization schedule (49.4%) to emergency vaccination (9.0%) or either of them (41.6%). Logistic regression showed that being male, being married, perceiving a high risk of infection, being vaccinated against influenza in the past season, believing in the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccination or valuing doctor’s recommendations could increase the probability of accepting COVID-19 vaccination as soon as possible, while having confirmed or suspected cases in local areas, valuing vaccination convenience or vaccine price in decision-making could hinder participants from immediate vaccination. Conclusion: During the pandemic period, a strong demand for and high acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination has been shown among the Chinese population, while concerns about vaccine safety may hinder the promotion of vaccine uptake. To expand vaccination coverage, immunization programs should be designed to remove barriers in terms of vaccine price and vaccination convenience, and health education and communication from authoritative sources are important ways to alleviate public concerns about vaccine safety.

Subfields: Health, Infectious Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Citations in the corpus

• High Rates of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Its Association with Conspiracy Beliefs: A Study in Jordan and Kuwait among Other Arab Countries (2021, result): “The acceptance rates reached more than 90% in earlier studies from Indonesia and China [60,61].”
• Factors Associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy (2021, background): “Specific vaccine concerns regarding its safety and potential side effects [5,9,12,17,20] are consistently among the main reasons found in the literature for not being vaccinated when the COVID-19 vaccine is ready.”
• Confidence and Receptivity for COVID-19 Vaccines: A Rapid Systematic Review (2020, background): “8% in South Korea—both also reported higher trust in central governments [21,29].”