AUTHOR=Ojewale Lucia Yetunde , Afolabi Rotimi Felix , Ogunniyi Adesola 

TITLE=COVID-19 Vaccine Attitude and Its Predictors Among People Living With Chronic Health Conditions in Ibadan, Nigeria

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 67 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604811

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2022.1604811

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=Objective:  To assess vaccination attitude and its associated factors among people with chronic health conditions.  
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, participants were 423 patients with chronic medical conditions. Data were collected on socio-demographic and COVID-19-related characteristics, via Open Data Kit software. A vaccine attitude examination (Vax) scale was adopted. The main outcome was vaccine attitude status defined as positive if a Vax sum score was above the median value; otherwise, non-positive. Data were analysed using Chi-square and multivariate logistic regression analyses.
Results: Overall proportion of patients with a positive attitude towards COVID-19 vaccination uptake was 46.6%. The most influential factor towards positive attitude was rating the government high (aOR=15.78, CI:6.52,38.16) in handling the pandemic. Other factors were education, income, COVID-19 knowledge and living room arrangement, (p<0.05). 
Conclusion: Less than half of people living with a chronic medical condition had a positive attitude towards the COVID-19 vaccine. The attitudes are strongly mediated by confidence in the government The government needs to carry out better COVID-19 vaccine- advocacy to achieve herd immunity leading to a reduction in the global spread of COVID-19.