COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance Among Healthcare Students in Vietnam, Based on Health Belief Model

Abstract

Introduction: Healthcare students have a high risk of acquiring COVID-19 while practicing in medical facilities, and their health-related decisions might considerably impact the people around them. In the circumstance of many people refusing vaccination, the delay in accepting the COVID-19 vaccine by this group could be a barrier to providing effective immunity to the entire population against the COVID-19 pandemic. Objective: The study aimed to assess the prevalence of vaccination acceptance and the factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among Vietnamese healthcare students. Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 384 respondents. The chi-square, Fisher's exact, and Mann–Whitney tests were used to assess the association between independent and dependent variables. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify the potential determinants of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Variables with p values of less than.05 at the 95% confidence interval were considered significant variables. Results: Out of 384 participants, 91.7% accepted COVID-19 vaccination. Nurse and midwife (odds ratio [OR] = 6.81, confidence interval [CI] = 2.02–22.94, p