Attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine in the general paraguayan population

dc.creatorTorales,Julio César
dc.creatorRios Gonzalez,Carlos
dc.creatorO´Higgins,Marcelo Gerardo
dc.creatorAlmirón Santacruz,José
dc.creatorDuarte,Derlis Gustavo
dc.creatorRuiz Díaz,Noelia
dc.creatorAyala Servín,José Nicolás
dc.creatorGarcía Franco,Oscar
dc.creatorEstigarribia Sanabria,Gladys
dc.creatorSanabria Báez,Gabriela
dc.creatorRíos Mujica,Patricia
dc.creatorVillalba Arias,Jorge
dc.creatorCastaldelli Maia,João Mauricio
dc.creatorVentriglio,Antonio
dc.creatorBarrios Coronel,Iván
dc.date2021-12-01
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-25T15:52:47Z
dc.date.available2023-09-25T15:52:47Z
dc.identifierhttp://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1816-89492021000300025
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8832035
dc.descriptionABSTRACT Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes affecting the healthcare systems and the approach to the infectious diseases worldwide. The hope to regain a certain level of “normalcy” relays on the development of vaccines. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine in the Paraguayan population, exploring factors that could be addressed to support the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination campaign. Materials and methods: Cross sectional and descriptive study. Participants were recruited through an Internet-based survey, spread through social media, during the month of March 2021. All participants received complete information about the aim of the study, privacy and data-processing. Results: Of the 2,297 participants, 67.9% (n=1,559) were women, 49.9% (n=1,147) were employed, 89.1% (n=2,046) reported a university education, and 96.6% (n=2218) were from urban areas. Overall, 81.8% (n=1,879) of participants stated that they were willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 if a vaccine was available. A significant relationship has been found between having applied for the influenza vaccine and the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 (p <0.0001), with an OR: 3.09 (95% CI 2.1-4.5). Conclusion: The percentage of participants inclined to be vaccinated against the COVID-19 is similar to that of those expecting a proper immunization from the vaccine. Government and health agencies should make an effort to provide accurate information that responds to people's concerns about vaccination, at any level of society.
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherEFACIM. Editorial de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Universidad Nacional de Asunción
dc.relation10.18004/anales/2021.054.03.25
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceAnales de la Facultad de Ciencias Médicas (Asunción) v.54 n.3 2021
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectvaccine
dc.subjectgeneral population
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectimmunity.
dc.titleAttitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine in the general paraguayan population
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article


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