PMID- 37643925
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20230925
LR  - 20231004
IS  - 1873-2518 (Electronic)
IS  - 0264-410X (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 41
DP  - 2023 Sep 22
TI  - COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among older adult Thai Muslim people: A case-control 
      study.
PG  - 6048-6054
LID - S0264-410X(23)00994-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.08.050 [doi]
AB  - The highest death toll during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand was among 
      unvaccinated older adults. Deaths among older adults in Narathiwat Province were 
      related to a lower COVID-19 vaccination rate. This study explored the factors 
      influencing COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in a Muslim community with low 
      vaccination rates. A case-control study was conducted with participants assigned 
      to the unvaccinated "case" group and the vaccinated "control" group. The sample 
      was Thai older adults who practiced Islam and lived in Narathiwat Province. 
      Purposive sampling was conducted by selecting a case house and finding the 
      control around the case house in a 1:2 ratio. This study included 141 
      participants with a median age of 67 years (interquartile range [IQR], 8). More 
      than 80% of both groups were retired and lived with their extended relatives. 
      More participants in the vaccinated group believed that vaccines could prevent 
      death from COVID-19 than in the unvaccinated group. In the multivariable 
      analysis, factors related to the low perceived importance of the COVID-19 
      vaccination (odds ratio [OR] = 2.63) and a lack of vaccine recommendation from 
      religious leaders (OR = 4.67) significantly influenced COVID-19 vaccination 
      refusal. The COVID-19 guidance from religious leaders and the perceived 
      importance of COVID-19 vaccination influence vaccination uptake among Muslim 
      older adults in Thailand.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
FAU - Phiriyasart, Farooq
AU  - Phiriyasart F
AD  - MPH Program, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University and Su-ngai Kolok 
      Hospital, Narathiwat Provincial Public Health Office, 96120, Thailand. Electronic 
      address: farooq.phi@student.mahidol.ac.th.
FAU - Aimyong, Natnaree
AU  - Aimyong N
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, 10400, 
      Thailand. Electronic address: Natnaree.aim@mahidol.ac.th.
FAU - Jirapongsuwan, Ann
AU  - Jirapongsuwan A
AD  - Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol 
      University, 10400, Thailand. Electronic address: ann.jir@mahidol.ac.th.
FAU - Roseh, Norisan
AU  - Roseh N
AD  - Kampong Baru Community Public Healthcare Center, Social Medicine Department, 
      Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra Hospital, Narathiwat Province 96000, Thailand. 
      Electronic address: kk-sunny@hotmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230827
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Vaccine
JT  - Vaccine
JID - 8406899
RN  - 0 (COVID-19 Vaccines)
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Humans
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - *COVID-19/prevention & control
MH  - *COVID-19 Vaccines
MH  - Islam
MH  - Pandemics
MH  - Southeast Asian People
MH  - Thailand
MH  - *Vaccination Hesitancy
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - COVID-19
OT  - Muslim older adults
OT  - Vaccination uptake
OT  - Vaccine hesitancy
COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2023/08/30 00:41
MHDA- 2023/09/25 06:42
CRDT- 2023/08/29 21:53
PHST- 2022/12/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2023/08/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2023/08/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/09/25 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/08/30 00:41 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/08/29 21:53 [entrez]
AID - S0264-410X(23)00994-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.08.050 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Vaccine. 2023 Sep 22;41(41):6048-6054. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.08.050. Epub 
      2023 Aug 27.