Gender Differences in Health Care Workers' Risk-Benefit Trade-Offs for COVID-19 Vaccination.

Autor:	Presotto MA; Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRCH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Thoraxklinik University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany., Jörres RA; Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany., Gesierich W; Asklepios-Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany., Bullwinkel J; LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research, Großhansdorf, Germany., Rabe KF; LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), German Center for Lung Research, Großhansdorf, Germany., Schultz K; Clinic Bad Reichenhall, Center for Rehabilitation, Pneumology and Orthopedics, Bad Reichenhall, Germany., Kaestner F; Waldburg Zeil Kliniken Gmbh & Co. KG, Fachkliniken Wangen, Lungenzentrum Süd-West, Klinik für Pneumologie, Beatmungsmedizin und Allergologie, Wangen im Allgäu, Germany., Harzheim D; Waldburg Zeil Kliniken Gmbh & Co. KG, Fachkliniken Wangen, Lungenzentrum Süd-West, Klinik für Pneumologie, Beatmungsmedizin und Allergologie, Wangen im Allgäu, Germany., Kreuter M; Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRCH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Thoraxklinik University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany., Herth FJF; Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRCH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Thoraxklinik University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany., Trudzinski FC; Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine, Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRCH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Thoraxklinik University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases [Respiration] 2022; Vol. 101 (7), pp. 646-653. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 31.
DOI:	10.1159/000522518
Abstrakt:	Background: Gender differences in vaccine acceptance among health care workers (HCWs) are well documented, but the extent to which these depend on occupational group membership is less well studied. We aimed to determine vaccine acceptance and reasons of hesitancy among HCWs of respiratory clinics in Germany with respect to gender and occupational group membership. Methods: An online questionnaire for hospital staff of all professional groups was created to assess experiences with and attitudes towards COVID-19 and the available vaccines. Employees of five clinics were surveyed from 15 to 28 March 2021. Results: 962 employees (565 [72%] female) took part in the survey. Overall vaccination acceptance was 72.8%. Nurses and physicians showed greater willingness to be vaccinated than members of other professions (72.8%, 84.5%, 65.8%, respectively; p = 0.006). In multivariate analyses, worries about COVID-19 late effects (odds ratio (OR) 2.86; p < 0.001) and affiliation with physicians (OR 2.20; p = 0.025) were independently associated with the willingness for vaccination, whereas age <35 years (OR 0.61; p = 0.022) and worries about late effects of vaccination (OR 0.13; p < 0.001) predicted vaccination hesitancy; no differences were seen with respect to gender. In separate analyses for men and women, only for men worries about COVID-19 late effects were relevant, while among women, age <35 years, worries about late effects of vaccination and worries about COVID-19 late effects played a role. Conclusions: There was no overall difference in vaccination acceptance between male and female HCWs, but there were gender-specific differences in the individual reasons on which this decision-making was based. (© 2022 S. Karger AG, Basel.)
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