COVID-19 vaccination among different types of US Healthcare Personnel.

Autor: Dudley MZ; Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States. Electronic address: mattdudley@jhu.edu., Schuh HB; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States., Shaw J; Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States., Rimal RN; Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States., Harvey SA; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States., Balgobin KR; Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States., Zapf AJ; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States., Salmon DA; Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States; Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Vaccine [Vaccine] 2023 Feb 17; Vol. 41 (8), pp. 1471-1479. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.030
Abstrakt: Background: Increasing vaccine coverage remains the best way to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare personnel (HCP) have long been the most credible and frequently used source of vaccine information for the public, and an HCP recommendation is a strong predictor of vaccination.
Methods: A survey of HCP was conducted in September 2021 via a double opt-in network panel. Responses to survey items were summarized and stratified by HCP type and adjusted logistic regression models were fitted.
Results: >94% of the 1074 HCP surveyed reported receiving at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine or intending to soon, with vaccinating most common among pediatricians (98%), followed by family medicine doctors (96%), pharmacists (94%), and nurses/nurse practitioners/physician assistants (88%). HCP with high trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had 26 times the odds of vaccinating of HCP with low trust (95%CI: 9, 74). Nearly half of unvaccinated HCP (47%) were concerned about side effects, and one third of unvaccinated HCP (33%) were concerned the vaccine was developed too quickly. About three quarters of HCP reported strongly recommending the Pfizer-BioNTech (75%) and Moderna (70%) vaccines to their patients, compared to about one quarter (24%) strongly recommending Johnson & Johnson.
Conclusions: Although most HCP are vaccinated against COVID-19 and strongly recommend vaccination to their patients, some harbor similar concerns to the public. Additional resources - regularly updated to explain the progressing scientific landscape and address ever evolving public concerns - are needed to further improve vaccine coverage among HCP and aid them in supporting the decision-making of their patients.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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