TY - JOUR T1 - The Health Belief Model Predicts Intention to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine in Saudi Arabia: Results from a Cross-Sectional Survey. AU - Mahmud,Ilias, AU - Kabir,Russell, AU - Rahman,Muhammad Aziz, AU - Alradie-Mohamed,Angi, AU - Vinnakota,Divya, AU - Al-Mohaimeed,Abdulrahman, Y1 - 2021/08/05/ PY - 2021/06/13/received PY - 2021/07/27/revised PY - 2021/07/30/accepted PY - 2021/8/28/entrez PY - 2021/8/29/pubmed PY - 2021/8/29/medline KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Saudi Arabia KW - health belief model KW - vaccine hesitancy JF - Vaccines JO - Vaccines (Basel) VL - 9 IS - 8 N2 - We examined the intention and predictors of accepting the COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia. We conducted a nation-wide, cross-sectional online survey between February and March 2021. A total of 1387 people (≥18 years) participated. Only 27.3% adults had a definite and 30.2% had a probable vaccination intent; 26.8% and 15.6% had a probable and definite negative vaccination intent. Older people (≥50 years) (p < 0.01), healthcare workers/professionals (p < 0.001), and those who received flu vaccine (p < 0.001) were more likely to have a positive intent. People from Riyadh were less likely to receive the vaccine (p < 0.05). Among the health belief model constructs, perceived susceptibility to and severity of COVID-19 (p < 0.001), and perceived benefit of the vaccine (p < 0.001) were positively associated with vaccination intent, whereas perceived barriers had a negative association (p < 0.001). Individuals were more likely to receive the vaccine after obtaining complete information (p < 0.001) and when the vaccine uptake would be more common amongst the public (p < 0.001). SN - 2076-393X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34451991/The_Health_Belief_Model_Predicts_Intention_to_Receive_the_COVID_19_Vaccine_in_Saudi_Arabia:_Results_from_a_Cross_Sectional_Survey_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -