COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and behaviours among people living with HIV in British Columbia
department or school: Dentistry, Faculty of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Ejiegbu, Anne Ngozi
issued: 2023-10-23T17:05:06Z
issued: 2023
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Objectives: Immunocompromised individuals face heightened risks from vaccine-preventable diseases, including People Living with HIV (PLHIV), who are further vulnerable due to socio-economic and comorbidity factors, as underscored by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This study employed a scoping review to identify barriers and facilitators to vaccination in immunocompromised individuals. It also includes a cross-sectional study focused on COVID-19 vaccines in PLHIV to highlight socio-economic and health-related factors influencing vaccine uptake and hesitancy. Methods: The scoping review was guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute’s framework encompassing studies published between January 1974 and July 25, 2022, in academic databases and grey-literature sources. Subsequently, a 34-item anonymous survey was distributed to PLHIV via e-newsletters through HIV/AIDS-related organisations in British Columbia. The survey, conducted between November 2022 and January 2023, collected information on socio-demographics, COVID-19-vulnerability factors, HIV indicators, and vaccine hesitancy scores using the validated adult Vaccine Hesitancy Scale. Descriptive (means and frequencies) and inferential statistics, including ANOVA and Binary logistic regression, were conducted to detect factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and vaccine uptake. Significant level (p<0.05). Results: Seventy-six publications were included in the scoping review, with vaccine uptake ranging from 5.6% to 96.7%. Barriers to vaccine uptake included concerns about adverse effects, lack of physician recommendations, and younger age, while facilitators included older age, perceived disease vulnerability, higher education, prior vaccination history, and longer immunosuppression duration. iv From the cross-sectional study, out of 276 respondents (mean age 29.93±7.548), nearly 40% received three vaccine doses or more, and 82.2% at least one dose. Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake included age [aOR=1.063],…
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note: COVID-19 VACCINE HESITANCY AND BEHAVIOURS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV IN BRITISH COLUMBIA by Anne Ngozi Ejiegbu BDS, The University of Lagos, 2019 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (Craniofacial Science) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) October 2023 © Anne Ngozi Ejiegbu, 2023 ii The following individuals certify that they have read and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance the thesis entitled: COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Behaviours Among People Living with HIV In British Columbia Submitted by partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of In Examining Committee: Dr Mario Brondani, Professor, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, UBC Supervisor Dr Batoul Shariati, Clinical Professor, Department of Oral and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Dr Jonathan P. Little, Professor, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan Supervisory Committee Member Dr Renata Grazziotin-Soares, Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Anne Ngozi Ejiegbu Master of Science Craniofacial Science iii Abstract Objectives: Immunocompromised individuals face heightened risks from vaccine-preventable diseases, including People Living with HIV (PLHIV), who are further vulnerable due to socio-economic and comorbidity factors, as underscored by the recent COVID-19 pandemic. This study employed a scoping review to identify barriers and facilitators to vaccination in immunocompromised individuals. It also includes a cross-sectional study focused on COVID-19 vaccines in PLHIV to highlight socio-economic and health-related factors influencing vaccine uptake and hesitancy. Methods: The scoping review was guided by the Joann…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2023-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0437303
language: eng
degree discipline: Craniofacial Science
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Brondani, Mario
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86289