Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Vaccination is an essential intervention to curb the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This review aimed to estimate the pooled proportion of COVID-19 vaccine acceptance worldwide.

Methods

A systematic search of the MEDLINE (PubMed) database using "COVID-19," "vaccine" and "acceptance" to obtain original research articles published between 2020 and July 2021. Only studies with full text and that were published in English were included. The Joanna Briggs Institute meta-analysis was used to assess the data quality. The meta-analysis was performed using generic inverse variance with a random-effects model using the Review Manager software.

Results

A total of 172 studies across 50 countries worldwide were included. Subgroup analyses were performed

SUBMITTER: Norhayati MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8828741 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature