Uptake of COVID-19 booster shot among healthcare workers: A mediation analysis approach
Rehman S. Rehman E. Jianglin Z.
5 October 2022Frontiers Media S.A.
Frontiers in Public Health
2022#10
Since the thrust of previous research investigations has been on peoples willingness to get immunized against the COVID-19 infection, the underpinning principle of compliance has received very little attention. Addressing the possible drivers and mechanisms influencing vaccine acceptance may provide significant insights for limiting the pandemic. In response, we intend to investigate the influence of decision regret and the consequences of post-vaccination adverse effects on the inclination to undertake booster shots. An electronic survey that was self-administered was conducted in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The questionnaire was completed by 1,369 participants, with a response rate of 41%. 1,343 of them (98.10%) had received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccination. Besides, the present research has also adopted a mediation model. Our findings demonstrate that unfavorable vaccination responses in healthcare workers significantly affect their likelihood of receiving booster shots. Interestingly, healthcare workers who had adverse experiences after being immunized were more prone to regret their prior immunization decisions, which in response affected their decision to get a booster shot. The motivation to receive the booster dosage and adverse post-vaccination responses were mediated by decision regret. The outcomes suggested indissociable connections between unfavorable vaccination responses, decision regret, and the likelihood of receiving a booster shot. To strengthen immunization acceptance intent and enhance the likelihood of receiving COVID-19 booster shots, it is recommended that awareness of these post-vaccination adverse events be extensively integrated into immunization awareness programs and policy measures supporting booster doses. Copyright
booster shots , COVID-19 , decision regret , healthcare workers , vaccination adverse reaction , vaccine hesitation , willingness
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Department of Biomedical Sciences, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule, Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Haripur, Pakistan
Department of Mathematics, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Department of Dermatology, Shenzhen Peoples Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Jinan University, The First Affiliated Hospital, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
Candidate Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Skin Diseases, Shenzhen, China
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Department of Dermatology
Candidate Branch of National Clinical Research Center for Skin Diseases
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