Determinants of intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 among healthcare personnel in hospitals in Greece.
Attitudes
COVID-19
Healthcare personnel
Knowledge
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccine
Journal
Infection, disease & health
ISSN: 2468-0869
Titre abrégé: Infect Dis Health
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101689703
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2021
08 2021
Historique:
received:
11
01
2021
revised:
19
03
2021
accepted:
25
03
2021
pubmed:
29
4
2021
medline:
10
7
2021
entrez:
28
4
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To investigate intention rates to get vaccinated against COVID-19 among healthcare personnel (HCP) in Greece. Cross-sectional survey. The response rate was 14.5%. Of 1521 HCP with a known profession, 607 (39.9%) were nursing personnel, 480 (31.6%) physicians, 171 (11.2%) paramedical personnel, 72 (4.7%) supportive personnel, and 191 (12.6%) administrative personnel. Overall, 803 of 1571 HCP (51.1%) stated their intention to get vaccinated while 768 (48.9%) stated their intention to decline vaccination. Most HCP (71.3%) who reported intent to get vaccinated noted contributing to the control of the pandemic and protecting their families and themselves as their reasons, while the most common reason for reporting intent to decline vaccination was inadequate information about the vaccines (74.9%), followed by concerns about vaccine safety (36.2%). Logistic regression analysis revealed that the probability of intending to get vaccinated increased with male gender, being a physician, history of complete vaccination against hepatitis B, history of vaccination against pandemic A (H1N1) in 2009-2010, belief that COVID-19 vaccination should be mandatory for HCP, and increased confidence in vaccines in general during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following factors were associated with a lower intention to get vaccinated: no vaccination against influenza the past season, no intention to get vaccinated against influenza in 2020-2021, and no intention to recommend COVID-19 vaccination to high-risk patients. There is an urgent need to built safety perception towards COVID-19 vaccines and raise vaccine uptake rates by HCP, and thus to protect the healthcare workforce and the healthcare services.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
To investigate intention rates to get vaccinated against COVID-19 among healthcare personnel (HCP) in Greece.
METHODS
Cross-sectional survey.
RESULTS
The response rate was 14.5%. Of 1521 HCP with a known profession, 607 (39.9%) were nursing personnel, 480 (31.6%) physicians, 171 (11.2%) paramedical personnel, 72 (4.7%) supportive personnel, and 191 (12.6%) administrative personnel. Overall, 803 of 1571 HCP (51.1%) stated their intention to get vaccinated while 768 (48.9%) stated their intention to decline vaccination. Most HCP (71.3%) who reported intent to get vaccinated noted contributing to the control of the pandemic and protecting their families and themselves as their reasons, while the most common reason for reporting intent to decline vaccination was inadequate information about the vaccines (74.9%), followed by concerns about vaccine safety (36.2%). Logistic regression analysis revealed that the probability of intending to get vaccinated increased with male gender, being a physician, history of complete vaccination against hepatitis B, history of vaccination against pandemic A (H1N1) in 2009-2010, belief that COVID-19 vaccination should be mandatory for HCP, and increased confidence in vaccines in general during the COVID-19 pandemic. The following factors were associated with a lower intention to get vaccinated: no vaccination against influenza the past season, no intention to get vaccinated against influenza in 2020-2021, and no intention to recommend COVID-19 vaccination to high-risk patients.
CONCLUSION
There is an urgent need to built safety perception towards COVID-19 vaccines and raise vaccine uptake rates by HCP, and thus to protect the healthcare workforce and the healthcare services.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33906828
pii: S2468-0451(21)00017-1
doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2021.03.002
pmc: PMC8011642
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
COVID-19 Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
189-197Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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