Abstract
Objective: To measure COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its associated factors among medical and allied health sciences students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Methodology: This cross-sectional survey was conducted online using Google survey platform in March 2021. Study population comprised of medical and allied health sciences students studying in medical/allied health sciences academic institutes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The web-based online link was provided to around 800 students to fill in the questionnaire via email, WhatsApp and/or social media network. Response rate was around 50%. The main outcome variable was vaccine hesitancy. Factors associated with vaccine hesitancy were explored by bivariate and multivariate regression analysis. Results: Out of 398 medical and allied health sciences students, there were 193 (48.5%) males and 205 (51.5%) females with mean age was 22.6±2.8 years. The vaccine hesitancy rate was found to be 52.8%. A significant relationship between vaccine hesitancy and gender was observed. Other factors including lack of adequate knowledge about vaccines (p
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Zahid, Maham; Rehman, Youhib U.; Rehman, Asif; and Rehman, Khalid
(2024)
"Hesitancy towards COVID-19 Vaccine among Students of Medical and Allied Health Sciences in Pakistan: A cross sectional study,"
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives: Vol. 14:
Iss.
3, Article 2.
DOI: 10.55729/2000-9666.1231
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.gbmc.org/jchimp/vol14/iss3/2
