Yulan Lin's research while affiliated with Fujian Medical University and other places

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Introduction This study aimed to shed light on how young people from low-income families were responding to COVID-19. Methods This cross-sectional study recruited young people aged between 18 and 24 years from the low-income-group communities. A convenience sampling approach was used. Google Surveys were used to gather data from the survey. The qu...
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Introduction This study aims to shed light on parent–child relationships and the psychological health of parents from low-income families after the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. Methods This cross-sectional study recruited 553 parents of children aged 13–24 years in low-income community settings. The Parent–Child Conflict scale of...
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The anti-vaccination movement was an ongoing issue in Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. It is unclear whether the introduction of new COVID-19 vaccines would similarly provoke anti-vaccine sentiments. This study analyzed COVID-19 anti-vaccine sentiments in the Malaysian community. Anti-vaccine comments from Fac...
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Background: Dengue is prevalent among the indigenous community due to impoverished living conditions near the forest fringe areas and lack of health awareness. The study aims to determine the effect of a dengue awareness calendar on knowledge, belief, and practices (KBP) among the indigenous population. Method: A cross-sectional study was conduc...
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Background: This study aimed to survey the attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines and their acceptability among the Japanese public as soon as the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized vaccines and their rollouts started around the world. Methods: An anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted in Japan between 4 January and...
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Objectives To assess the effects of ‘Sanming model’ on drug-related expenditures. Design Interrupted time series analysis with two time points was conducted to analyse the effects of ‘Sanming model’ using segmented regression model. Setting Two hundred and eighty public hospitals in Fujian province in China. Participants A total of 777 171 inpat...
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Introduction: The healthcare setting is a stressful and demanding work environment, and healthcare workers face a continuous expansion of their job roles and responsibilities. Past studies have shown that factors aecting burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers merit further research, as there were inconsistent findings, es...
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Introduction The healthcare setting is a stressful and demanding work environment, and healthcare workers face a continuous expansion of their job roles and responsibilities. Past studies have shown that factors affecting burnout, resilience, and quality of life among healthcare workers merit further research, as there were inconsistent findings, e...
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Introduction: Proper understanding of the prevalence and determinants of nicotine dependence is crucial for developing and implementing effective tobacco control interventions. The aim of the study was to identify the intrinsic and extrinsic barriers to smoking cessation, and to assess the association between nicotine dependence with demographic v...
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Background: Healthcare workers have to deal with highly demanding work situations, making healthcare one of the most challenging professions. Up to now, far too little attention has been paid to burnout, resilience and the quality of life among Malaysian healthcare workers. Therefore, this paper explores the correlation between burnout, resilience...
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Background Healthcare workers have to deal with highly demanding work situations, making healthcare as one of the most challenging professions. Up to now, far too little attention has been paid to burnout, resilience and the quality of life among Malaysian healthcare workers. Therefore, this paper explores the correlation between burnout, resilienc...
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We aimed to investigate whether the age-adjusted Charlson comorbidity index (ACCI) can predict the postoperative overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) patients. Between 1 July 2015 and 31 July 2021, a retrospective cohort study was conducted among patients with primary ESCC who underwe...
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Background: Monkeypox virus is gaining attention due to its severity and spread among people. This study sheds light on the modeling and forecasting of new monkeypox cases. Knowledge about the future situation of the virus using a more accurate time series and stochastic models is required for future actions and plans to cope with the challenge. Me...
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Background: Monkeypox virus is gaining attention due to its severity and spread among people. This study sheds light on the modeling and forecasting of new monkeypox cases. Knowledge about the future situation of the virus using a more accurate time series and stochastic models is required for future actions and plans to cope with the challenge....
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Objective To investigate user behavioural profiles and the prevalence of self-medication with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for COVID-19 among the general public in China. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting Self-administered online survey was carried out between January and June 2021 in China. Results A total of 1,132 complete responses...
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This study aimed to investigate multi-dimensional psychological and social factors that influence the willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster in China. A nationwide cross-sectional online survey was conducted between March and April 2022. A total of 6375 complete responses were received. The majority were of age 18 to 40 years old (80.0%)...
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Background: As scant data are available about Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in Malaysia, this study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of HEV amongst ruminant farmworkers in Malaysia. Methods: A total of 87 farmworkers provided serum samples, which were collected from eight farms. All serum samples were tested for anti-HEV IgG and anti-HE...
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IntroductionIt is clear that medical science has advanced much in the past few decades with the development of vaccines and this is even true for the novel coronavirus outbreak. By late 2020, COVID-19 vaccines were starting to be approved by national and global regulators, and across 2021, there was a global rollout of several vaccines. Despite rol...
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Background Misinformation has had a negative impact upon the global COVID-19 vaccination program. High-income and middle-income earners typically have better access to technology and health facilities than those in lower-income groups. This creates a rich-poor divide in Digital Health Literacy (DHL), where low-income earners have low DHL resulting...
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Background Stepping into the 21st century,chronic diseases appeared "blowout" momentum in the world,especially in China.Currently,there are few reports on the dynamic risk factors of chronic diseases and their comprehensive intervention practice. Methods Collecting literature researches、government websites and conference materials.Under the guidanc...
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Background As the incidence of gastric cancer (GC) increases sharply in adults aged over 40 years, screening of this high-risk population is important. This study aimed to explore knowledge level of GC related risk factors and symptoms, and to identify influencing factors associated with intention toward GC screening among people aged 40 years old...
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Purpose This study aims to describe the adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in cancer patients/survivors associated with their psychological distress. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess AEFIs after the receipt of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in cancer patients/survivors attending a university hospita...
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Introduction: This study aimed to investigate HPV vaccination intention among adult married women aged 27 to 45 years and its associated factors, and their spouse/partner's influence on HPV vaccination decision-making. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study. Study participants were recruited through simple random sampling...
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Background Coronavirus has spread to almost every country since its emergence in Wuhan, China and countries have been adopted an array of measures to control the rapid spread of the epidemic. Here, we aimed to assess the person's knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) toward the COVID-19 epidemic in Southeast and South Asia applying the mixed stud...
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This study aims to provide evidence of hesitancy in receiving the COVID-19 booster vaccine and associated factors in the vaccinated population that have completed a primary vaccination series. An anonymous web-based survey was disseminated to Malaysian adults aged ≥18 years via social media platforms. A total of 1010 responses were collected, of wh...
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This study aims to assess COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among Muslims in Malaysia. A cross-sectional internet-based survey was to determine acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine. Other influential factors, namely socio-demographics, COVID-19 experience, self-perceived level of religiosity, support in immunization, COVID-19 immunization attitudes, and health...
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Men involvement in HPV vaccine advocacy is important in a patriarchal society. This study aimed to investigate the influence of men on HPV vaccination of adult women. An online cross-sectional survey was undertaken between June and August 2019. Participants were fathers of children enrolled in schools in Fujian Province. A total of 1953 participant...
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Background and Objectives Anxiety plays an important role in psychology. An exploration of anxiety and its associated reactions may provide insight into measures for addressing mental health problems caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Data from this study provide potential correlational responses to anxiety. Methods A cros...
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This study aimed to investigate nursing students' perspectives regarding the role of nurses as HPV vaccine advocates and their perception of barriers to advocacy. A cross-sectional study using a Web-based survey was sent out to all undergraduate nursing students enrolled at the Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China. A total of 1,041 students res...
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Background: The confinement measures during COVID-19 had a massive effect on physical and psychological health in public. This study assessed the impact of containment and coping behaviour among the Malaysia public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questions assessing the impact of containment and coping behaviours were developed and psychometrically t...
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Background Quality of care for Chinese patients with heart failure was substandard. It is of utmost value to ascertain the characteristics related to quality of care to narrow the gap. Methods Data from 2,064 heart failure patients between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2015 at a hospital in Fujian Province were analyzed. Bayesian Network was used...
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This study aims to determine the intention of Chinese parents to vaccinate their children against SARS-CoV-2. Secondly, preferences for foreign- or domestically made COVID-19 vaccines were also explored. A nationwide, cross-sectional, self-administered online survey based on the Health Belief Model (HBM) and new vaccine concerns was used. Participa...
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Background The availability of various types of COVID-19 vaccines and diverse characteristics of the vaccines present a dilemma in vaccination choices, which may result in individuals refusing a particular COVID-19 vaccine offered, hence presenting a threat to immunisation coverage and reaching herd immunity. The study aimed to assess global COVID-...
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Purpose: This study analyzed the insights and sentiments of COVID-19 anti-vaccine comments from Instagram feeds and Facebook postings. The sentiments related to the acceptance and effectiveness of the vaccines that were on the verge of being made available to the public. Patients and methods: The qualitative software QSR-NVivo 10 was used to man...
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Introduction: A shortage of nurses has been a major global concern, particularly during pandemics. Nursing students turning away from the nursing profession upon graduation may exacerbate nursing workforce shortfalls. The main objective of this study was to assess perceived occupational turnover intention among nursing students and associated fact...
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the practice of 'new normal' lifestyles, economic and social distribution, and individuals' well-being of people in China after the country ease the lockdown restriction. Methods: A cross-sectional, self-administered online survey was carried out between 3 September...
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Background: The objectives of this study were to investigate risk perceptions and travel intention among the general public in Taiwan during the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods: This study used a cross-sectional online survey to collect data. The questionnaire was disseminated via the social media platform (LINE and Facebook) to the general public. Resu...
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Our aim was to examine perceived occupational turnover intentions among medical students and the associated factors. A cross-sectional study using a Web-based survey was conducted. A total of 2922 completed responses were received (response rate 55.7%). A total of 58.4% (95% CI 56.6–60.2) reported high turnover intention (score of 7–15). The odds o...
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Background: Anxiety plays an important role in psychology, explore the anxiety and its chain reactions can provide a good insight of the measures to address mental health problem caused by the COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) epidemic. Methods: A cross-sectional study using data collected via an online self-reported questionnaire was conduct on...
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Objective Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) outbreak, has been locked down on January 23, 2020. We conducted a study among the lay public in Wuhan to access their support, understanding of, compliance with, and the psychological impacts of the quarantine. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional, online-based survey study b...
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Background This study explored the behavioural responses and anxiety symptoms of the general adult population in Japan during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Methods A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted between 12th and 13th May 2020. Quota sampling was used to attain equal gender and age distributions represe...
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Background: To identify the diagnostic and prognostic values of serum exosomal hsa_circ_0026611 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). Methods: ESCC serum exosome global circRNA expression was detected using a circRNA microarray. The expression levels of candidate serum exosome circRNAs were detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction...
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Background This study attempts to understand coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine demand and hesitancy by assessing the public’s vaccination intention and willingness-to-pay (WTP). Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines produced in China and preference for domestically-made or foreign-made vaccines was also investigated. Methods A nationwide cross...
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Purpose: An increased risk of gastric cancer (GC) for pickled vegetables intake has been suggested, but a complete understanding of its pathogenic origin is still lacking, especially from a metabolic viewpoint. We investigated the plasma metabolites and metabolic pathway alteration of GC related to pickled vegetables intake. Methods: We analyzed...
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Background Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus diseases 2019 outbreak, was locked down on January 23, 2020. We aimed to investigate the barriers to the physical prevention, negative attitudes, and anxiety levels. Methods A online cross-sectional survey was conducted with the people living in Wuhan between March 12th and 23rd, 2020. Results Of...
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To analyze the association between exosomal miR‐766‐3p expression levels in the serum and the prognosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). The serum global exosomal microRNA expression of ESCC patients was measured by microRNA microarray. Quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reactions (qRT‐PCR) were used to analyze the expression leve...
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Background: Serum trace elements have for some time been suggested to influence the development of gastric cancer, but evidence is still lacking. Methods: All newly diagnosed patients with gastric cancer were compared with healthy controls 1:1 matched by sex, age (±3 years), and place of residence during 2013-2015. The serum concentration of all...
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HPV vaccine hesitancy in Asia is unique compared to Western countries due to multidimensional social-cultural norms that influence beliefs regarding vaccination. Reviews on HPV vaccine hesitancy in Asia lack of in-depth discussion regarding the traditional and social-cultural norms dimensions. This paper puts forward opinions in which culture, norm...
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Little is known regarding Chinese mothers’ intention to vaccinate their daughters against human papillomavirus (HPV) since the HPV vaccine was approved for use in China in 2016. The aim was to explore maternal HPV vaccination acceptance, preference for 2-, 4- or 9-valent HPV vaccine and acceptance of domestically manufactured HPV vaccines. Study pa...
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BACKGROUND Overwhelmed COVID-related information swirling about on mass and social media since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic first broke out in Wuhan, China, in late December 2019. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the psychobehavioural responses to the COVID-19 outbreak and examined their associations with mass and social media exposure....
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Background: There was an overwhelmed COVID-related information surfacing through mass and social media in China during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. To date, there is limited evidence on how the infodemic may have the potential to influence psychobehavioural responses to the crisis. Objective: This study assessed the psychobehaviour...
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Objectives: Sufficient knowledge and positive attitudes are crucial to the prevention of COVID-19. However, little is known about public awareness and attitudes regarding COVID-19 in China. The impact of COVID-19 on the societal well-being and anxiety levels of the public has never been documented. The aim of this study was to survey the knowledge,...
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Objective: To further explore risk factors of esophageal squamous cell cancer specific for different macroscopic types. Methods: A total of 423 patients and 423 age (±3 years) and gender matched controls were recruited. Multinomial logistic regression and multivariable logistic regression analysis were used to evaluate the risk factors of ESCC spec...
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Objective This study aims to investigate acceptance and willingness to pay for HPV vaccination among adult women in China. Methods An online survey was sent to mothers aged 27–45 years of primary school pupils in the Fujian province, China. Participants completed questions about HPV related knowledge and health beliefs, intention to take the HPV v...
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Background : Serum trace elements have been some time suggested to influence the development of gastric cancer, but evidence is still lacking. Methods : In a case-control study from a high risk region of East China, all newly diagnosed patients with gastric cancer were compared with healthy controls 1:1 matched by sex, age (± 3 years) and place of...
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Background: Little research has been conducted on the intention to obtain HPV vaccine now that the vaccine is approved for use in China. Acceptance of the three HPV vaccines, which differ in valency and price, has never been investigated. Methods: An online cross-sectional survey assessing female undergraduate students' intention to obtain the H...
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Objectives: To explore the role of sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in the development of gastric cancer in a high-risk region of China. Methods: In a case–control study, all newly diagnosed patients with gastric cancer were compared with healthy controls matched (1:1) by sex, age (±3 years), and place of residence during 2013–2017. Results:...
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Background: Serum trace elements have been some time suggested to influence the development of gastric cancer, but evidence is still lacking. Methods: In a case-control study from a high risk region of East China, all newly diagnosed patients with gastric cancer were compared with healthy controls 1:1 matched by sex, age (± 3 years) and place of re...
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Background: The reason for the high incidence of gastric cancer (GC) in Xianyou County of China was largely unknown. We aimed to explore the potential sociodemographic risk factors and their associations to GC. Methods: A population-based case-control study was conducted during March 2013 and April 2016 in Xianyou County. All newly diagnosed patien...

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... A study by Htay et al. during the pandemic showed that those who lived alone and those who worked in intensive care units had more severe symptoms of anxiety [74]. Also regarding workload, a study by Marzo et al. showed that health care workers who worked more than 10 hours per day had lower mean physical and psychological health scores than those who worked between 7 and 10 hours [75]. ...
... incorporate the ARIMA model to forecast the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) [23]. used the ARIMA model for reliability forecasting and analysis of time series data [27]. made a comparative analysis based on ARIMA and multi-layer perception model to forecast the monkeypox death cases. ...
... Pada beberapa studi menyebutkan responden laki-laki (17-21) lebih cenderung menerima vaksinasi booster dibandingkan dengan wanita, walaupun terdapat studi yang menyebutkan wanita lebih cenderung menerima vaksin booster (22,23). Hal tersebut sesuai dengan studi sebelumnya menyebutkan bahwa wanita lebih cenderung mengalami keraguan dalam menerima vaksinasi Covid19 (24,25). ...
... Interestingly, in the present study, the participants who reported receiving the necessary vaccinations exhibited low levels of HL. Previous studies have reported that high levels of HL were associated with high rates of vaccination intention and vaccination [32][33][34]; thus, the results of the current study were contrary to expectations. A recent survey in Brazil used the parental health literacy activities test, the PHLAT-8, to assess the HL of adolescents. ...
... Unemployment and re-employment during older adulthood can be distressing due to age discrimination in the labor market and difficulties in adapting to new technology [35]. A study conducted in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic found that unemployed individuals had lower digital health literacy and engaged in less health information-seeking behavior [36]. These factors, alongside the social stigma of unemployment, further reduce the psychological health and social relationship quality of this vulnerable group and increase their risk of developing mental health problems. ...
... Overall, the current study revealed that the participants had a moderate understanding of stomach cancer's risk factors and warning symptoms. This is comparable to the findings of previous research [41] indicating that the general community has a moderate understanding of the symptoms and risk factors of stomach cancer. While the general community in Al-Baha City has some understanding of the risk factors and symptoms of stomach cancer, there is opportunity for improvement according to our data. ...
... Males had a significantly higher level of good knowledge about COVID-19 than females. Findings of the study is supported by the findings of the studies conducted in Southeast and South Asian countries and Bangladesh [14], [37], [45]. This might be due to the fact that males were more concerned about the disease and its preventive mechanisms. ...
... Apart from that, women's preferences for HPV screening and immunisations are influenced by their work situation. Most women these days are preoccupied with jobs and domestic duties, leaving little time for routine medical check-ups [20]. According to a study, women in full-time jobs have a lower rate of participation in medical check-ups than unemployed women. ...
... They concluded that this could be explained by an increase in pandemic fatigue such that people were no longer as fearful of or concerned about COVID-19 and thus factors that previously motivated people to get a COVID-19 vaccine no longer did so. Consistent with this idea, another study from Malaysia found that those with lower pandemic fatigue exhibited greater willingness to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine [34]. ...
... Therefore, individuals with high levels of conflictive spirituality tend to reject the vaccine based on apocalyptic ideas and defend alternative medicine (55). Finally, lack of knowledge in religious groups regarding the safety and efficacy of the new vaccine developed to combat the new coronavirus decreases the probability of vaccination (56). ...