Factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine uptake among adults in Nigeria

Emerging variants of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has claimed over 3000 lives in Nigeria and vaccination remains a means of reducing the death toll. Despite ongoing efforts by the government to ensure COVID-19 vaccination of most residents to attain herd immunity, myths and beliefs have adver...

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Published in:PloS one Vol. 17; no. 2; p. e0264371
Main Authors: Adedeji-Adenola, Halimat, Olugbake, Olubusola A., Adeosun, Shakirat A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Public Library of Science 24.02.2022
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Aged
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - psychology
COVID-19 - transmission
COVID-19 Vaccines
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diagnosis
Fatalities
Female
Health attitudes
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology
Herd immunity
Humans
Immunization
Information sources
Male
Medical personnel
Middle Aged
Multivariate analysis
Nigeria - epidemiology
Perception
SARS-CoV-2 - immunology
SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity
Social networks
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Vaccination
Vaccination Hesitancy - psychology
Vaccination Hesitancy - statistics & numerical data
Vaccination Hesitancy - trends
Vaccines
Viral diseases
Nigeria
Bangladesh
ISSN:1932-6203, 1932-6203
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Summary:Emerging variants of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has claimed over 3000 lives in Nigeria and vaccination remains a means of reducing the death toll. Despite ongoing efforts by the government to ensure COVID-19 vaccination of most residents to attain herd immunity, myths and beliefs have adversely shaped the perception of most Nigerians, challenging the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine. This study aimed to assess the factors influencing the awareness, perception, and willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine among Nigerian adults. A cross-sectional online nationwide study was conducted from April to June 2021 among Nigerian adult population using the snowballing method. Descriptive analysis was used to summarise the data. Univariate and multivariate analysis was used to identify the predictors of COVID-19 uptake among the respondents. A p value <0.05 was considered significant. A total of 1058 completed forms were analysed and 63.9% were females. The mean age was 40.8 years±12.2 years. Most of the respondents (740; 69.5%) had satisfactory awareness of the vaccination exercise. The media was the main source of information. Health workers reported higher level of awareness (aOR = 1.822, 95% CI: 1.388-2.524, p<0.001). Respondents that are Christians and Muslims had better awareness compared to the unaffiliated (aOR = 6.398, 95% CI: 1.918-21.338, P = 0.003) and (aOR = 7.595, 95% CI: 2.280-25.301, p<0.001) respectively. There is average score for perception statements (566; 53.2%) towards COVID-19 vaccination. Close to half of the respondents (44.2%) found the short period of COVID-19 production worrisome. Majority of the respondents were willing to get the vaccine (856; 80.9%). Those without a prior diagnosis of COVID-19 had a lower willingness to get vaccinated (aOR = 0.210 (95% CI: 0.082-0.536) P = 0.001). The study revealed a high level of awareness, willingness to receive the vaccine and moderate perception towards the vaccination activities. Influencing factors that significantly affects awareness were religion, occupation, education and prior diagnosis of COVID-19; for perception and willingness-occupation, and prior diagnosis of the COVID-19 were influencing factors.
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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0264371