Knowledge, attitude and acceptance of people toward COVID-19 vaccine: A cross-sectional study in Vietnam

Abstract

   Background: This study aimed to investigate the community's knowledge, attitudes and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines and identify factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.

   Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional study, collected by online survey of people including 8 questions on knowledge, 6 questions on attitudes and 6 questions on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance.

   Results: A total of 1,485 responses were included in the analysis. Females accounted for 59.8%, only 2.2% were 60 years of age or older. Most of them lived in Ho Chi Minh City (39.3%). The rates of good knowledge, positive attitude and vaccine acceptance were 92.1%; 90.8% and 94.2%, respectively. Factors associated with increased acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination were female (p < 0.05), married (p < 0.001), having a university degree or higher (p < 0.001), living in Ho Chi Minh City (p < 0.05), working as health care worker (p = 0.001), currently pregnant (p = 0.034) or breastfeeding (p = 0.011). Having good knowledge and positive attitudes were associated with increased acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination (p < 0.001).

   Conclusion: The study showed that people with good knowledge, positive attitudes and high acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination and that there was a strong association among these factors. This study is a useful reference for implementing similar surveys in the future.

DOI: 10.59715/pntjmp.4.3.4