Social Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccines in Pakistan

Social Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccines in Pakistan: Fear and Social Trends

Social settings of Pakistan is unique in the sense that it is composed of multilingual, multicultural and different ethnicities. Also their believes and faiths are so unpredictable. It is therefore observed that this social phenomenon affects the acceptability of new things in this area. Polio vaccination has not worked so well in the past. Iodized salt acceptability has also been criticized in the last decades and is a matter of controversy till now. This behavior has also developed before the commencement of vaccination of COVID-19 in Pakistan, as there are many rumors and fears circulating via social media amongst Pakistan. What will be the acceptance rate for this vaccination, the time will decide.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Social Acceptance, Social Anxiety
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 986

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Capital Territory
    • Islamabad, Capital Territory, Pakistan, 44000
      • Islamabad City
  • Punjab
    • Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan, 63100
      • Bahawalpur Rural and Urban Areas
    • Faisalābad, Punjab, Pakistan, 38000
      • Faisalabad city
    • Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 54000
      • Lahore City

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 16 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

All residents of pakistan are eligible to be in included in the study regardless of their geo-location and residencey

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult
• Cooperative
• Willing to participate in study
• Pakistani citizen

Exclusion Criteria:

• Minors
• non-cooperative/unconconcious
• non-citizen of Pakistan

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

4

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Islamabad Group; Individuals residing and surveyed in Islamabad	Other: Questionnaire; A structured questionnaire will be served to each participant of study after getting the verbal consent from him for inclusion into the study
Lahore Group; Individuals residing and surveyed in Lahore	Other: Questionnaire; A structured questionnaire will be served to each participant of study after getting the verbal consent from him for inclusion into the study
Faisalabad Group; Individuals residing and surveyed in Faisalabad	Other: Questionnaire; A structured questionnaire will be served to each participant of study after getting the verbal consent from him for inclusion into the study
Bahawalpur Group; Individuals residing and surveyed in Bahawalpur

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Demographics (Age)	This is a survey based study in which questionnaire based survey will be conducted. Respondents will be asked about their age, their response will be recorded.	Till 23 February 2021
Demographics (Weight)	This is a survey based study in which questionnaire based survey will be conducted. Respondents will be asked about their weight and their response will be recorded.	Till 23 February 2021
Demographics (Gender)	This is a survey based study in which questionnaire based survey will be conducted. Respondents will be asked about their gender and their response will be recorded.	Till 23 February 2021
Demographics (Education)	This is a survey based study in which questionnaire based survey will be conducted. Respondents will be asked about their level of education and their response will be recorded.	Till 23 February 2021
Demographics (Family set up)	This is a survey based study in which questionnaire based survey will be conducted. Respondents will be asked about their family set i.e. joint family or separate family and their response will be recorded.	Till 23 February 2021
Demographics (Residence)	This is a survey based study in which questionnaire based survey will be conducted. Respondents will be asked about their residence i.e. either in rural area or living in city and their response will be recorded.	Till 23 February 2021
Attitude, knowledge and behavior about COVID-19 Vaccine and its acceptance or rejection	As this is a survey based study in which questionnaire based survey will be conducted. Respondents will be asked about vaccines, knowledge about vaccines, about corona vaccine specifically, about efficacy of vaccines, about efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine. about acceptance or rejection of vaccine, if they will not have a shot of vaccine then reasons, if they will have shots then reason for vaccination. if they are fear off vaccines then their reasons	Till 23 February 2021

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Correlation of Age with a particular behavior	Statistical Analysis of raw data about age will be computed. Various age groups will be classified and arranged. Frequencies of these age groups will be calculated and will be analyzed about any relationship with a particular behavior about vaccination.	Till the end of February 2021
Correlation of Weight with a particular behavior	Statistical Analysis of raw data about age will be computed. Various age groups will be classified and arranged. Frequencies of these age groups will be calculated and will be analyzed about any relationship with a particular behavior about vaccination.	Till 23 February 2021
Correlation of Gender with a particular behavior	Statistical Analysis of raw data about age will be computed. Various age groups will be classified and arranged. Frequencies of these age groups will be calculated and will be analyzed about any relationship with a particular behavior about vaccination.	Till 23 February 2021
Correlation of Education level with a particular behavior	Statistical Analysis of raw data about age will be computed. Various age groups will be classified and arranged. Frequencies of these age groups will be calculated and will be analyzed about any relationship with a particular behavior about vaccination.	Till 23 February 2021
Correlation of Family set up with a particular behavior	Statistical Analysis of raw data about age will be computed. Various age groups will be classified and arranged. Frequencies of these age groups will be calculated and will be analyzed about any relationship with a particular behavior about vaccination.	Till 23 February 2021
Correlation of Residence with a particular behavior	Statistical Analysis of raw data about age will be computed. Various age groups will be classified and arranged. Frequencies of these age groups will be calculated and will be analyzed about any relationship with a particular behavior about vaccination.	Till 23 February 2021
Respondents Attitude, knowledge and behavior about COVID-19 Vaccine and its acceptance or rejection	Statistical Analysis of raw data about age will be computed. Various age groups will be classified and arranged. Frequencies of these age groups will be calculated and will be analyzed about any relationship with a particular behavior about vaccination. t-Test will be applied to observe any statistically significant difference between different co-variates	Till 23 February 2021

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Islamia University of Bahawalpur
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jafir Shirazi, PhD, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur; Study Director: Anam Sharmeen, M. Phil, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur; Study Chair: Asfa Akbar, M. Phil, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur; Study Chair: Fouzia Akbar, M.Phil, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 23, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 23, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): February 23, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 26, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): January 27, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 24, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 23, 2021
• Last Verified: February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Anxiety; Fear; Acceptance; Social Behavior
• Other Study ID Numbers: Living amongst the fear

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No