Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine by Foreigners in South Korea

Vaccination against COVID-19 is an important strategy for its control. Assessing the willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccine in different subgroups is important for an inclusive vaccination program design. Our aim was to determine the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and associated factors among...

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Autores principales:	Chiara Achangwa, Tae-Jun Lee, Moo-Sik Lee
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 vaccine vaccine acceptance vaccine hesitancy associated factors foreigners South Korea Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0ad2702a3c784e1f925c3ae31c3865cc2021-11-25T17:50:30ZAcceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine by Foreigners in South Korea10.3390/ijerph1822120351660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/0ad2702a3c784e1f925c3ae31c3865cc2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12035https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Vaccination against COVID-19 is an important strategy for its control. Assessing the willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccine in different subgroups is important for an inclusive vaccination program design. Our aim was to determine the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and associated factors among foreigners in South Korea. An online cross-sectional study was carried out from May to June 2021. In this study, 710 individuals participated and most were aged between 26 and 29 (36.1%) years. Overall, 70.8% were willing to receive the vaccine. Males were less likely to accept the vaccine than females (OR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.4–0.7, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Single people were more likely to receive the vaccine than those who were married (OR: 1.4; 95% CI: 0.9–2.0, <i>p</i> = 0.04). Other factors associated with willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccine were; vaccine convenience (OR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2–2.3, <i>p</i> = 0.002), doctors’ recommendation (OR: 2.8; 95% CI: 2.0–3.9, <i>p</i> < 0.001), vaccine price (OR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2–2.3, <i>p</i> = 0.003), vaccine effectiveness (OR: 8.3; 95% CI: 5.8–12.1, <i>p</i> < 0.001), vaccine importance (OR: 7.9; 95% CI: 4.6–14.1, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and vaccine safety (OR: 6.9; 95% CI: 4.5–10.8, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Providing more information on vaccine safety and effectiveness is required to increase vaccine acceptance.Chiara AchangwaTae-Jun LeeMoo-Sik LeeMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19 vaccinevaccine acceptancevaccine hesitancyassociated factorsforeignersSouth KoreaMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12035, p 12035 (2021)
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description	Vaccination against COVID-19 is an important strategy for its control. Assessing the willingness to accept the COVID-19 vaccine in different subgroups is important for an inclusive vaccination program design. Our aim was to determine the COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate and associated factors among foreigners in South Korea. An online cross-sectional study was carried out from May to June 2021. In this study, 710 individuals participated and most were aged between 26 and 29 (36.1%) years. Overall, 70.8% were willing to receive the vaccine. Males were less likely to accept the vaccine than females (OR: 0.5; 95% CI: 0.4–0.7, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Single people were more likely to receive the vaccine than those who were married (OR: 1.4; 95% CI: 0.9–2.0, <i>p</i> = 0.04). Other factors associated with willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccine were; vaccine convenience (OR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2–2.3, <i>p</i> = 0.002), doctors’ recommendation (OR: 2.8; 95% CI: 2.0–3.9, <i>p</i> < 0.001), vaccine price (OR: 1.7; 95% CI: 1.2–2.3, <i>p</i> = 0.003), vaccine effectiveness (OR: 8.3; 95% CI: 5.8–12.1, <i>p</i> < 0.001), vaccine importance (OR: 7.9; 95% CI: 4.6–14.1, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and vaccine safety (OR: 6.9; 95% CI: 4.5–10.8, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Providing more information on vaccine safety and effectiveness is required to increase vaccine acceptance.
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title	Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine by Foreigners in South Korea
title_short	Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine by Foreigners in South Korea
title_full	Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine by Foreigners in South Korea
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Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine by Foreigners in South Korea

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