NDLI: A National Survey to Assess the COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Conspiracy Beliefs, Acceptability, Preference, and Willingness to Pay among the General Population of Pakistan

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A National Survey to Assess the COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Conspiracy Beliefs, Acceptability, Preference, and Willingness to Pay among the General Population of Pakistan

Content Provider	MDPI
Author	Arshad, Muhammad Hussain, Iltaf Mahmood, Tahir Hayat, Khezar Majeed, Abdul Imran, Imran Saeed, Hamid Iqbal, Muhammad Uzair, Muhammad Rehman, Anees Ashraf, Waseem Usman, Areeba Syed, Shahzada Akbar, Muqarrab Chaudhry, Muhammad Ramzan, Basit Islam, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Shakeel, Waleed Iqbal, Iram Hashmi, Furqan Rasool, Muhammad
Copyright Year	2021
Description	The current study aims to assess the beliefs of the general public in Pakistan towards conspiracy theories, acceptance, willingness to pay, and preference for the COVID-19 vaccine. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online self-administered questionnaire during January 2021. The Chi-square test or Fisher exact test was utilized for statistical data analysis. A total of 2158 respondents completed the questionnaire, among them 1192 (55.2%) were male with 23.87 (SD: ±6.23) years as mean age. The conspiracy beliefs circulating regarding the COVID-19 vaccine were believed by 9.3% to 28.4% of the study participants. Among them, 1040 (48.2%) agreed to vaccinate on its availability while 934 (43.3%) reported the Chinese vaccine as their preference. The conspiracy beliefs of the participants were significantly associated with acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine. The existence of conspiracy beliefs and low vaccine acceptance among the general population is a serious threat to successful COVID-19 vaccination.
Starting Page	720
e-ISSN	2076393X
DOI	10.3390/vaccines9070720
Journal	Vaccines
Issue Number	7
Volume Number	9
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2021-07-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Vaccines Biomedical Social Sciences Covid-19 Covid-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Theories Vaccine Acceptance Vaccine Hesitancy General Public
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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