Investigating the Effectiveness of Motivational Interviewing on COVID-19 Vaccination in People Resistant to Receiving the Vaccine: The Best Evidence Implementation Project

Refusing or delaying the injection of the COVID-19 vaccine can be the result of a lack of knowledge and awareness of the people regarding the safety of the vaccination process or not having enough motivation to receive the vaccine; therefore, this study aims to improve vaccination coverage using a best-evidence implementation project.

This evidence implementation project has used the Joanna Briggs Institute practical application of the clinical evidence system, along with the research audit and getting research in practice tool. Three stages of the activity were implemented as follows: creating a team for the project and conducting a baseline audit based on the provided evidence-based criteria; reflecting the results of the baseline audit and designing and implementing strategies to investigate non-conformance; audit follow-up after the implementation of the change strategy.

Compliance with the best evidence improved dramatically. The result of this project improved the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination in the selected rural area; accordingly, out of 110 people who were resistant to a vaccine injection, 33 people (30%) of the interviewed subjects agreed to the vaccine injection at the end of the first session. A total of 48 people (43.66%) agreed to receive the vaccine after the end of the second session. Meanwhile, 16 people (14.5%) agreed to receive the vaccine after the third session.

The best evidence implementation project in this study improved vaccination coverage by 88%. The findings of this study can be used to empower healthcare providers to improve service delivery in the covered centers.