Abstract:
Background: As the number of cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is increasing
worldwide, promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates are being produced, necessitating
consideration of their potential demand, distribution, and adoption to optimize their desired
effects.
Objective: To assess knowledge and uptake of the Covid-19 vaccine and associated factors
among adults in Shebe Sombo woreda Oromia Region South western Ethiopia, 2022
Methods: Community based cross-sectional study design was conducted from June-July, 2022
in Shebe Sombo woreda Oromia Region South western Ethiopia. A systematic random sampling
technique was used in sampling the study participants. Data was checked, cleared and entered to
EPI data 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 26. Then frequencies, proportions and analysis were
done in bi-variable. P-value<=0.25 was used to identify candidate variables then executed
multivariate logistic regression that p-value <=0.05, AOR and 95%CI were considered to
identify significant variables to dependent variables 0.757-0.833.
Result: A total of 395 households participated in the study 79.5% (314) (CI=0.757-0.833) had
good knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination. According to this study 53.5% of participants have
vaccinated for covid-19 vaccines at least once. Sex of the respondent (AOR =1.44(95%CI: 1.05,
3.92)), educational status (AOR =3.22(95%CI: 1.24, 9.86)) and residence of the respondent
(AOR =1.15(95%CI: 1.02, 3.72)) were significantly associated with good knowledge of covid 19 vaccine. Knowledge of covid-19 vaccine (AOR = 1.48(95%CI: 1.08, 2.24)), residence of the
respondent (AOR = 1.08(95%CI: 1.05, 1.64)), receiving any vaccination during childhood
(AOR = 2.02(95%CI: 1.05, 4.92)) and having family members have been diagnosed with
COVID (AOR = 1.13(95%CI: 1.03, 3.48)) were significantly associated with uptake of covid-19
vaccine.
Conclusion: - In this study knowledge and uptake of covid-19 was low. Sex, educational status and
residence are significant variable for good knowledge of covid-19 vaccine whereas knowledge of
the respondent, received any vaccination during childhood, family members have been
diagnosed with COVID-19 and residence are significant variables for uptake of Covid-19
vaccine
