Perception of Availability, Accessibility, and Affordability of COVID-19 Vaccines and Hesitancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in India

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作者
Ayappan, Akshay [1 ]
Padhi, Bijaya Kumar [2 ]
Ananthesh, L. [1 ]
Chaudhary, Raushan Kumar [1 ]
Mateti, Uday Venkat [1 ]
Kellarai, Adithi [3 ]
Unnikrishnan, Mazhuvanchery Kesavan [1 ]
Dsouza, Jaclyn Drishal [1 ]
Parsa, Ali Davod [4 ]
Kabir, Russell [4 ]
Sah, Ranjit [5 ,6 ]
机构
[1] Nitte Univ, NGSM Inst Pharmaceut Sci NGSMIPS, Dept Pharm Practice, Mangaluru 575018, India
[2] Postgrad Inst Med Educ & Res, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Community Med, Chandigarh 160012, India
[3] Nitte Univ, Justice KS Hegde Charitable Hosp, KS Hegde Med Acad KSHEMA, Dept Gen Med, Mangaluru 575018, India
[4] Anglia Ruskin Univ, Sch Allied Hlth, Chelmsford CM1 1SQ, England
[5] Tribhuvan Univ, Inst Med, Dept Microbiol, Teaching Hosp, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal
[6] Dr DY Patil Vidyapeeth, Dr DY Patil Med Coll Hosp & Res Ctr, Dept Microbiol, Pune 411018, India
关键词
accessibility; affordability; availability; COVID-19; vaccine hesitancy; CHALLENGES;
D O I
10.3390/vaccines10122009
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
Background: The current study aimed to identify the perceptions and issues regarding the affordability, availability, and accessibility of COVID-19 vaccination and determine the extent of vaccine hesitancy among non-vaccinated individuals. Methods: A Prospective cross-sectional study was conducted among 575 individuals for a period of six months. All the relevant information was collected using the peer-validated survey questionnaire. An independent t-test was applied to check the association between variables. Results: Among 575 participants, 80.8% were vaccinated, and 19.2% were non-vaccinated. Among the vaccinated, 35.1% were vaccinated in private centres and 64.9% in public health centres (PHC). In total, 32% had accessibility issues and 24.5% had availability issues. However, responders vaccinated at PHC were having more issues in comparison to other groups which was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Among the 163 privately vaccinated participants, 69.9% found it completely affordable. Another 26.9% and 3.1% found vaccines partly affordable and a little unaffordable. Among the 110 non-vaccinated, 38.1% were found to be vaccine-hesitant. Conclusions: Individuals vaccinated at PHC experienced issues such as long waiting times, unavailability of doses, and registration. Further, a significant level of hesitancy towards COVID-19 vaccines was observed. The safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines contributed to negative attitudes.
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