Social Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccines in Pakistan

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

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

Conditions
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Social Acceptance, Social Anxiety

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Questionnaire


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Adult Cooperative Willing to participate in study Pakistani citizen Exclusion Criteria: Minors non-cooperative/unconconcious non-citizen of Pakistan

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 16 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Islamabad Group<br>Individuals residing and surveyed in Islamabad | Other: Questionnaire<br>* A structured questionnaire will be served to each participant of study after getting the verbal consent from him for inclusion into the study<br>|
| Lahore Group<br>Individuals residing and surveyed in Lahore | Other: Questionnaire<br>* A structured questionnaire will be served to each participant of study after getting the verbal consent from him for inclusion into the study<br>|
| Faisalabad Group<br>Individuals residing and surveyed in Faisalabad | Other: Questionnaire<br>* A structured questionnaire will be served to each participant of study after getting the verbal consent from him for inclusion into the study<br>|
| Bahawalpur Group<br>Individuals residing and surveyed in Bahawalpur | |

What is the study measuring?
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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 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Acceptance, Anxiety, Fear, Social Behavior