S. A. R. Syed Alwi|E. Rafidah|Zurraini Arabi|O. Juslina|I. B. Brohi|Stefanus Lukas
A survey on COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and concern among Malaysians
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
abstract background vaccination effective way curtail burden covid19 success depends high acceptance vaccine however addressing concerns among vaccinehesitant individuals essential avoid failure immunisation programme study sought assess concerns acceptance rates regarding covid19 vaccine among malaysians methods online questionnaire distributed 1411 respondents via snowball sampling method among malaysians aged 18 years results majority respondents young adults 407 female 628 malay 638 muslim 723 married 529 tertiary education 868 without medical illness 85 social media 974 primary source information regarding covid19 overall acceptance rate high 833 lowest rates among elderly aged 60 years 634 pensioners 646 hesitance caused concerns regarding side effects 958 safety 847 lack information 809 effectiveness 636 religious 208 cultural factors related covid19 vaccine 68 respondents diabetes mellitus 247 hypercholesterolemia 23 hesitant accept covid19 vaccine 161 158 respectively predictors covid19 vaccine hesitance age religion current residence conclusions results indicate high rate acceptance covid19 vaccine among malaysians thus malaysian government related agencies increase campaign prepare implement covid19 mass immunisation programme among malaysians however despite high acceptance rate remains important address concerns among hesitant individuals building trust vaccine safety effectiveness adequate information regarding vaccine