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Motivation for COVID-19 vaccination among international students in Russia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

E. Nikolaev  and
S. Petunova
E. Nikolaev
Affiliation:
Ulianov Chuvash State University, Social And Clinical Psychology Department, Cheboksary, Russian Federation
S. Petunova*
Affiliation:
Ulianov Chuvash State University, Social And Clinical Psychology Department, Cheboksary, Russian Federation
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

After Russia decided to start COVID-19 vaccination of international students who are getting their education on its territory, they received an opportunity to get a single dose of COVID-19 Sputnik Light vaccine. What motives can such international students have for being vaccinated in the situation of uncertainty?

Objectives

Our goal is to define the structure of motivation for COVID-19 vaccination among international students who are getting education at different departments of the university.

Methods

In October 2021, we surveyed 409 international students getting education at Ulianov Chuvash State University in Cheboksary, who agreed to COVID-19 vaccination.

Results

Those who applied for vaccination were mostly 3rd year students (32.03%) and 4th year ones (21.52%). 8 students out of the surveyed (1.96%) had been vaccinated outside Russia, 4 – in Russia (0.98%). 8.56% of the pool had had COVID-19, 57.7% had not, 33.74% could not give a certain answer. Main motives for COVID-19 vaccination were: unwillingness to be ill (57.21%), unwillingness to have any limitations imposed (22.98%), unwillingness, especially of medical students, to have problems in their studies (12.22%), inclination towards following their relatives’ advice (5.13%), desire to follow the surrounding people’s example (1.98%). In personal conversations, the students often expressed their wish for being vaccinated with a 2-component Sputnik V vaccine for a better protection from illness.

Conclusions

The survey of the international students’ motives showed that most of them have positive attitude to COVID-19 vaccination and feel inclined to be vaccinated with a Russian vaccine in order to reduce the risk of getting ill.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

COVID-19 vaccinationmotivationinternational students
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S536 - S537
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