Universal Predictors of Dental Students’ Attitudes towards
COVID-19 Vaccination: Machine Learning-Based Approach

J 2021

Universal Predictors of Dental Students’ Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: Machine Learning-Based Approach

RIAD, Abanoub, Yi HUANG, Huthaifa ABDULQADER, Mariana MORGADO, Silvi DOMNORI et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Universal Predictors of Dental Students’ Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: Machine Learning-Based Approach

Authors

RIAD, Abanoub (818 Egypt, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Yi HUANG (156 China, belonging to the institution), Huthaifa ABDULQADER, Mariana MORGADO, Silvi DOMNORI, Michal KOŠČÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), José João MENDES, Miloslav KLUGAR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Elham KATEEB

Edition

Vaccines, Basel, MDPI, 2021, 2076-393X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30102 Immunology

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.961

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/21:00122571

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101158

UT WoS

000726871300001

Keywords in English

COVID-19 vaccines; decision making; decision trees; dental education; international association of dental students; machine learning; mass vaccination; regression analysis

Abstract

V originále

Background: young adults represent a critical target for mass-vaccination strategies of COVID-19 that aim to achieve herd immunity. Healthcare students, including dental students, are perceived as the upper echelon of health literacy; therefore, their health-related beliefs, attitudes and behaviors influence their peers and communities. The main aim of this study was to synthesize a data-driven model for the predictors of COVID-19 vaccine willingness among dental students. Methods: a secondary analysis of data extracted from a recently conducted multi-center and multi-national cross-sectional study of dental students’ attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination in 22 countries was carried out utilizing decision tree and regression analyses. Based on previous literature, a proposed conceptual model was developed and tested through a machine learning approach to elicit factors related to dental students’ willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Results: machine learning analysis suggested five important predictors of COVID-19 vaccination willingness among dental students globally, i.e., the economic level of the country where the student lives and studies, the individual’s trust of the pharmaceutical industry, the individual’s misconception of natural immunity, the individual’s belief of vaccines risk-benefit-ratio, and the individual’s attitudes toward novel vaccines. Conclusions: according to the socio-ecological theory, the country’s economic level was the only contextual predictor, while the rest were individual predictors. Future research is recommended to be designed in a longitudinal fashion to facilitate evaluating the proposed model. The interventions of controlling vaccine hesitancy among the youth population may benefit from improving their views of the risk-benefit ratio of COVID-19 vaccines. Moreover, healthcare students, including dental students, will likely benefit from increasing their awareness of immunization and infectious diseases through curricular amendments.

Links

LTC20031, research and development project

Name: Towards an International Network for Evidence-based Research in Clinical Health Research in the Czech Republic

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, INTER-COST

MUNI/A/1608/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Prohlubování znalostí v oblasti zdravotních rizik a benefitů výživy, prostředí a životního stylu III

Investor: Masaryk University

MUNI/IGA/1543/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Evidence-based Practice of Healthcare Professionals and Students in the Czech Republic (Acronym: Evidence-Based Practice in Czechia)

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

RIAD, Abanoub, Yi HUANG, Huthaifa ABDULQADER, Mariana MORGADO, Silvi DOMNORI, Michal KOŠČÍK, José João MENDES, Miloslav KLUGAR and Elham KATEEB. Universal Predictors of Dental Students’ Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: Machine Learning-Based Approach. Vaccines. Basel: MDPI, 2021, vol. 9, No 10, p. 1-19. ISSN 2076-393X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101158.

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RIAD, Abanoub, Yi HUANG, Huthaifa ABDULQADER, Mariana MORGADO, Silvi DOMNORI, Michal KOŠČÍK, José João MENDES, Miloslav KLUGAR and Elham KATEEB. Universal Predictors of Dental Students’ Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: Machine Learning-Based Approach. \textit{Vaccines}. Basel: MDPI, 2021, vol.~9, No~10, p.~1-19. ISSN~2076-393X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101158.

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