Psychological and situational factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine intention among postpartum women in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Contributing factors to COVID-19 vaccination intention in low-income and middle-income countries have received little attention. This study examined COVID-19-related anxiety and obsessive thoughts and situational factors associated with Pakistani postpartum women's intention to get COVID-19 vaccination.

Design

Cross-sectional study administering a survey by a telephone interview format between 15 July and 10 September 2020.

Setting

Four centres of Aga Khan Hospital for Women and Children-Garden, Kharadar, Karimabad and Hyderabad-in Sindh Province, Pakistan.

Participants

Women who were enrolled in our longitudinal Pakistani cohort study were approached (n=1395), and 990 women (71%) participated in the survey, of which 941 women who were in their postp

SUBMITTER: Premji SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9511008 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature