Acceptability for COVID-19 vaccination: Perspectives from Muslims
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-30-2022
Abstract
This study aims to assess COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among Muslims in Malaysia. A cross-sectional internet-based survey was to determine acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine. Other influential factors, namely socio-demographics, COVID-19 experience, self-perceived level of religiosity, support in immunization, COVID-19 immunization attitudes, and health fatalistic beliefs (measured using the Helpless Inevitability Subscale of the Religious Health Fatalism Questionnaire, RHFQ-HI) were investigated. The majority reported a definite intent to receive the COVID-19 vaccine (57.3%; 95% CI 55.0-59.6) followed by a probable intent (42.7%; 95% CI 40.4-45.0%). COVID-19 immunization attitudes measured by attitudinal barriers to vaccination scores were found to be the strongest influence of COVID-19 vaccination intent, whereby participants who have lower attitudinal barrier scores reported higher COVID-19 vaccination intent (OR = 6.75 ; 95% 5.20-8.75). Although religious health fatalism was not significantly associated with vaccination intent, a significantly higher proportion of participants with score 4-9 (61.9%) in the RHFQ-HI reported intent to receive COVID-19 vaccine than those with a score of 10-20 (53.5%), p < .001. Intervention for people with skeptical attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccination is warranted.
Keywords
COVID-19, Vaccine, Vaccine acceptance, Vaccine hesitancy, Muslim
Divisions
fac_med,tidrec
Funders
Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia under the Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) program [Grant No: MO002-2019],Special Projects of the Central Government Guiding Local Science and Technology Development, China [Grant No: 2021L3018]
Publication Title
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Volume
18
Issue
5
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publisher Location
530 WALNUT STREET, STE 850, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 USA