Publication date: Jul 01, 2023
Despite the significant milestone of vaccine discovery, the spread of misinformation and pseudoscientific claims has resulted in an increasing number of people refusing vaccination in Syria. In this study, we aimed to explore fears and misconceptions towards COVID-19 vaccines among the Syrian population. We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional study between January and May 2022, using a convenience sample of 10,006 participants aged at least 18 years and living in Syria. We administered a validated online/paper questionnaire and conducted face-to-face interviews. We used SPSS software (version 26) for statistical analysis, assessing our data using frequency and χ tests, with p
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Misinformation | COVID‐19 |
| Syria | effectiveness |
| Vaccines | fear |
| side effect | |
| Syria | |
| vaccine | |
| vaccine acceptance |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | VO | vaccination |
| disease | VO | population |
| disease | VO | vaccine |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | VO | frequency |
| disease | VO | effectiveness |
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