Factors Associated with Vaccination Intention Against COVID-19 Among People in Mukdahan Province

Abstract

This research is a cross-sectional analytical study. Objectives to study the factors associated with the intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine of the people in Mukdahan Province. Data were collected from a sample of 581 people using questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with multiple logistic regression, and the value was presented as an adjusted odds ratio (OR_adj), 95% CI, and a statistical significance level of 0.05. The results showed that 61.3% of the samples were female, aged between 41 and 50 years old, 23.0% graduated from lower secondary education, 59.4% were engaged in agriculture, 90.0% had no underlying disease, 55.6% had an intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and the factors that were significantly related to the intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine (P-value<0.05) were agriculture/employee (OR_adj=5.01, 95% CI: 2.29-10.97), self-employed (OR_adj=3.05, 95% CI: 1.37-6.82), student (OR_adj=5.41, 95% CI: 1.60-18.39), government official (OR_adj=6.11, 95% CI: 2.36-15.80), COVID-19 prevention behavior (OR_adj= 2.07, 95% CI 1.40-3.07), perceptions in preventing COVID-19 (OR_adj=2.43, 95% CI: 1.59-3.70). Therefore, the focus should be on public immunization campaigns by promoting awareness for disease prevention and personal disease prevention behaviors that are appropriate for each occupational.