Contrasting Association Between COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Mental Health Status in India and Saudi Arabia—A Preliminary Evidence Collected During the Second Wave of COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: Frontiers in medicine Vol. 9; p. 900026
• Main Authors: Jayakumar, Saikarthik, Ilango, Saraswathi, Kumar K., Senthil, Alassaf, Abdullah, Aljabr, Abdullah, Paramasivam, Anand, Mickeymaray, Suresh, Hawsah, Yazeed Mohammed, Aldawish, Ahmed Saad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 04.05.2022
• Subjects: anxiety; COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scale; COVID-19 vaccines; depression; Medicine; mental health; vaccine hesitancy; COVID-19 vaccines; PTSD; vaccine hesitancy; anxiety; mental health support; COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy scale; mental health; depression

Vaccine hesitancy is a global public health threat. Understanding the role of psychological factors in vaccine hesitancy is often neglected and relatively less explored. To analyze the relationship between mental health and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy before and after the advent of COVID-19 vaccines...