A Comparison of the Level of Acceptance and Hesitancy towards the Influenza Vaccine and the Forthcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in the Medical Community
| Autor: | Paweł Waszkiewicz, Gabriela Zdunek, Wojciech Feleszko, Aleksander Adamiec, Aleksandra Ratajczak, Magdalena Grochowska |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Influenza vaccine Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Immunology Influenza vaccinations Article law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law vaccine Drug Discovery Health care medicine Pharmacology (medical) 030212 general & internal medicine flu vaccine Pharmacology Health professionals business.industry healthcare workers SARS-CoV-2 allergology virus diseases COVID-19 Vaccination 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Family medicine Medicine vaccine hesitancy business influenza |
| Zdroj: | Vaccines Volume 9 Issue 5 Vaccines, Vol 9, Iss 475, p 475 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2076-393X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/vaccines9050475 |
| Popis: | Despite research conducted worldwide, there is no treatment specifically targeting SARS-CoV-2 infection with efficacy proven by randomized controlled trials. A chance for a breakthrough is vaccinating most of the global population. Public opinion surveys on vaccine hesitancy prompted our team to investigate Polish healthcare workers’ (HCWs) attitudes towards the SARS-CoV-2 and influenza vaccinations. In-person and online surveys of HCWs: doctors, nurses, medical students, and other allied health professionals (n = 419) were conducted between 14 September 2020 and 5 November 2020. In our study, 68.7% of respondents would like to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations would persuade 86.3% of hesitant and those who would refuse to be vaccinated. 3.1% of all respondents claimed that no argument would convince them to get vaccinated. 61.6% of respondents declared a willingness to receive an influenza vaccination, of which 83.3% were also inclined to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Although most respondents—62.5% (262/419) indicated they trusted in the influenza vaccine more, more respondents intended to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the 2020/2021 season. The study is limited by its nonrandom sample of HCWs but provides a preliminary description of attitudes towards SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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