Willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing and vaccination in urban China during the low-risk period : a cross-sectional study
Song, Suhang; Zang, Shujie; Gong, Liubing; Xu, Cuilin; Lin, Leesa; Francis, Mark R.; Hou, Zhiyuan (2022-12)
Song, Suhang
Zang, Shujie
Gong, Liubing
Xu, Cuilin
Lin, Leesa
Francis, Mark R.
Hou, Zhiyuan
12 / 2022
556
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202204053035
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202204053035
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Peer reviewed
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Background: Regular testing and vaccination are effective measures to mitigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence on the willingness and uptake of the COVID-19 testing is scarce, and the willingness and uptake of vaccination may change as the pandemic evolves. This study aims to examine willingness and uptake of COVID-19 testing and vaccination during a low-risk period of the COVID-19 pandemic in urban China. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 2244 adults in urban China. Descriptive analyses were performed to compare the respondents’ willingness and uptake of COVID-19 testing and vaccination. Multivariate logistic regressions were fitted to investigate factors associated with the willingness and uptake of the two measures. Results: In early 2021, about half (52.45%) of the respondents had received or scheduled a COVID-19 test at least once, and a majority (95.63%) of the respondents were willing to receive testing. About two-thirds (63.28%) of the respondents had received/scheduled or were willing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Willingness and uptake of COVID-19 testing were not associated with socio-demographic characteristics, except for occupation. Being of older age, migrants, having higher educational attainment and secure employment were associated with a higher uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among the surveyed respondents, while willingness to vaccinate was consistent across socio-demographic characteristics among those who had not been vaccinated. Conclusions: By early 2021, Chinese adults expressed almost universal willingness of COVID-19 testing and over half of adults have been tested, while the willingness and uptake of COVID-19 vaccination were relatively low at the low-risk period of the COVID-19 pandemic. Maintaining willingness of COVID-19 vaccination is critical and necessary, especially when the pandemic evolved into a low-risk period.
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- TUNICRIS-julkaisut [18987]