Prevalence and Predictors of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in a Healthcare Setting in Bauchi State, Northeastern Nigeria: Outcome of a Cross-Sectional Study

Background: COVID-19 has been a deadly disease in the last three-four years with huge economic impact globally. Although it does not seem to be severe in our environment, but the aftermath is devastating. Public health preventing measures like limiting social gatherings, maintaining social distance, isolating infected persons, and lately vaccines were promising in controlling the spread of the infection and pandemic. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional research design was used to select samples of healthcare professionals who made the inclusion criteria. A stratified random sampling technique was used to select samples of 226 healthcare workers present at the clinics and offices. Data extracted were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, and chi-square test at 95% CI and a level of significance of 0.05. Result: The finding showed; the prevalence rate of vaccine acceptance is 82.3% and the chi-square tests analysis revealed a statistically significant association between vaccine acceptance and age (p-value=0.034), professionalism (p-value= <0.001), educational level (p-value=0.047) and year of working experience (p-value= 0.023). Conclusion: Prevalence of COVID-19 vaccination is generally high. However, a significant number of healthcare workers were hesitant to take it if not for government command. Sociodemographic factors were statistically associated with vaccine acceptance. We recommend healthcare workers across the state to be exposed to training on immunization and how to improve vaccine acceptance in the community.