A Cross-Sectional Analysis into the Willingness and Hesitancy to Test and Vaccinate Against COVID-19 Among the Elderly Population in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Reem S AlOmarNouf A AlShamlanMarwa Mahmoud ShafeyAssim M AlAbdulKaderKhalid S AlHarkanWejdan M Al-JohaniSameerah MotabganiNourah K AlkalthamAbdullah A AlharbiPublished in: Patient preference and adherence (2023)
The current findings add to the epidemiological evidence and show that the social network theory within the context of health may have played a role in self-awareness of previous infections. Also, social factors should be incorporated in public health interventions and public health campaigns targeting the elderly are still needed especially with the continued discovery of variants of interests.