Factors Motivating People taking Covid-19 Vaccinations In Mueang District, Prachinburi Province, Thailand

Abstract

The objective of this study was to study the motivation for vaccination against COVID-19 of the people in Mueang Prachinburi District. The data were collected from a sample group of 400 the people in Mueang Prachinburi District using a questionnaire. Then, the data obtained were analyzed for the study results. The results of the study found that among the respondent were mostly Thai female. The main age bracket was between ages 41-50 years old with no bachelor's degree and who works in the civil service/state enterprises. Majority of the respondents have an average monthly income of more than 20,000 baht and who do not have any underlying disease. Most of them have been vaccinated against COVID-19 receiving 2 complete doses of COVID-19 vaccine and the brand of vaccine injected was AstraZeneca. In the results gathered when sorted by mean of motivation, 74.5% of the respondents have perceived that the risk of influenza is high level. 69.9% have self-awareness in the prevention of influenza. 60.2%have the perception of influenza as alarming severity to people’s health, and finally 54.1% have much expectations of the effectiveness of the vaccines to the influenza.