Predictors of intention to get COVID-19 vaccine: A cross-sectional study

People around the world look hesitant to get the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Identifying factors behind people's hesitancy is of great importance.

This paper aimed at examining the predictors of the intention to get the COVID-19 vaccine in a sample of 281 Jordanians.

A cross-sectional online survey was employed to collect data on the intention to vaccination, knowledge and attitudes toward COVID-19, the perception of measures taken by the government to control COVID-19, self-rated health, and perceived susceptibility and severity of COVID-19.

The subjects were hesitant to get the vaccine. Intention to get the vaccine was predicted by being male, working in the education field, and having a poor perception of health, better perception of the adequacy of governmental measures, positive attitudes towards COVID-19, and higher levels of perceived susceptibility to the disease. These predictor variables accounted for 25.5% of the total variance.

This study demonstrated that this sample of Jordanian people had some hesitancy to take the COVID-19 vaccine; variables in the study partially explained that. Several implications have been discussed, including further research is needed to fully understand the relationships between different variables and the intention to get the vaccine.