COVID-19 Vaccination Willingness and Associated Factors in Japanese Primary Care Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction/objectives

COVID-19 vaccination is important to stop the pandemic. It has been reported that willingness to be vaccinated is associated with system factors as well as individual attitudes and beliefs. Primary care patients include individuals at increased risk of poor outcomes after COVID-19 infection, such as elderly people and those with comorbidities. This study investigated attitudes in this population toward COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination, including willingness to be vaccinated and associated factors. This study was conducted in Japan, where the population has low vaccine confidence, during the initial phase of COVID-19 vaccination.

Methods

Patients from 1 primary care clinic in Kitaibaraki City, Ibaraki, Japan, participated in this study from March to A

SUBMITTER: Kajikawa N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9160894 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature