| Title: |
A National Survey to Assess the COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Conspiracy Beliefs, Acceptability, Preference, and Willingness to Pay among the General Population of Pakistan |
| Authors: |
Muhammad Subhan Arshad; Iltaf Hussain; Tahir Mahmood; Khezar Hayat; Abdul Majeed; Imran Imran; Hamid Saeed; Muhammad Omer Iqbal; Muhammad Uzair; Anees ur Rehman; Waseem Ashraf; Areeba Usman; Shahzada Khurram Syed; Muqarrab Akbar; Muhammad Omer Chaudhry; Basit Ramzan; Muhammad Islam; Muhammad Usman Saleem; Waleed Shakeel; Iram Iqbal; Furqan Hashmi; Muhammad Fawad Rasool |
| Source: |
Vaccines, Vol 9, Iss 720, p 720 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: |
COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccine; conspiracy theories; vaccine acceptance; vaccine hesitancy; general public; Medicine |
| Description: |
The current study aims to assess the beliefs of the general public in Pakistan towards conspiracy theories, acceptance, willingness to pay, and preference for the COVID-19 vaccine. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online self-administered questionnaire during January 2021. The Chi-square test or Fisher exact test was utilized for statistical data analysis. A total of 2158 respondents completed the questionnaire, among them 1192 (55.2%) were male with 23.87 (SD: ±6.23) years as mean age. The conspiracy beliefs circulating regarding the COVID-19 vaccine were believed by 9.3% to 28.4% of the study participants. Among them, 1040 (48.2%) agreed to vaccinate on its availability while 934 (43.3%) reported the Chinese vaccine as their preference. The conspiracy beliefs of the participants were significantly associated with acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. The existence of conspiracy beliefs and low vaccine acceptance among the general population is a serious threat to successful COVID-19 vaccination. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/7/720; https://doaj.org/toc/2076-393X; https://doaj.org/article/ab69487545984eada4eee1e606976bb7 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/vaccines9070720 |
| Availability: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9070720; https://doaj.org/article/ab69487545984eada4eee1e606976bb7 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.E8CDD109 |
| Database: |
BASE |