Preferences of Vaccination for COVID-19 Among University Students and Staff: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Completed

• Conditions: Preference, Patient

• Registration Number: NCT05150769
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

From March 2021, COVID-19 vaccines have been made available to Hong Kong residents, first to priority groups including healthcare professionals and the elderly, and later to all adults and adolescents. Vaccinated individuals are generally exempted from mandatory regular out-of-pocket antigen testing. Vaccinated individuals of university halls and colleges of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will also be exempted from mandatory weekly antigen testing. Freedom of choice is highly respected in the HKU community and as such, we would like to better understand the decision-making process among members of the HKU community. The anonymised results of this independent research study will help us understand preferences among the HKU community and inform on future vaccination planning policies.

Objectives: To elicit HKU staff and students' preferences and their willingness-to-pay (WTP) for COVID-19 vaccination in Hong Kong

Design: An online cross-sectional internet-based questionnaire with a discrete choice experiment (DCE) design distributed via email. All current students and staff from the University of Hong Kong are eligible to participate in the study

Main outcome measures: Preferences for the efficacy of protecting against infection, against severe disease manifestations, duration of protection, risk of adverse events, incentives, and out-of-pocket costs

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-07-21
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-21
• Study Completion: 2021-09-21
• Status Verified: 2021-12
• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-12-08
• Study First Posted: 2021-12-09
• Last Update Posted: 2021-12-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3423

Inclusion Criteria

• At least 18 years old
• Fluent in English
• Students and staff of The University of Hong Kong

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Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals who are younger than 18 years old
• Individuals who are unwilling to give consent

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Preferences for incentives	At baseline
Preferences for efficacy of protection against infection	At baseline
Preferences for efficacy of protection against severe disease manifestations	At baseline
Preferences for duration of protection	At baseline
Preferences for risk of adverse events	At baseline
Preferences for out-of-pocket cost	At baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Hong Kong; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong