Geetanjali C. Achrekar|Kavita Batra|Yashashri Urankar|Ravi Batra|Naved Iqbal|Sabiha A. Choudhury|Deepti Hooda|Roohi Khan|Suraj Arora|Aditi Singh|Francesco Chirico|Manoj Sharma
Assessing COVID-19 Booster Hesitancy and Its Correlates: An Early Evidence from India
University of Nevada, Las Vegas|Community Health Center|Jamia Millia Islamia|Mizoram University|Maharshi Dayanand University|London School of Commerce|King Khalid University|University of Nevada, Las Vegas|Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore|University of Nevada, Las Vegas
emergence sarscov2 mutants waning immunity breakthrough infections prompted use booster doses covid19 vaccine fight pandemic india started booster doses january 2022 critical determine intention booster dose uptake correlates therefore current crosssectional study aimed investigate booster dose acceptability associated predictors among indian population convenience sampling technique utilized recruit sample 687 indian residents 55item psychometric validated survey tool used assess booster dose acceptability vaccine literacy vaccine confidence univariate bivariate multivariate statistical methods used analyze data 50 participants reported willingness take booster dose among group willing take booster dose n 303 441 significantly larger proportion respondents unvaccinated primary series 122 vs 52 p 0001 annual income 296 lacsannum 528 vs 331 p 0001 residents rural areas 380 vs 232 p 0001 living vulnerable individuals 785 vs 652 p 0001 familyfriends tested positive covid19 546 vs 351 p 0001 demographic vaccine variables multitheory model subscales predict initiation booster dose among hesitant participants statistically significant r2 0561 f 26 244 11978 p 0001 adjusted r2 0514 findings study highlight need develop evidencebased interventions promote vaccine uptake particularly among hardtoreach communities living developing countries