Intention to get vaccinations against COVID-19 in French healthcare workers during the first pandemic wave: a cross-sectional survey.
J Hosp Infect
; 108: 168-173, 2021 Feb.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-947281
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic and identified as a priority target group for COVID-19 vaccines. We aimed to determine COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate in HCWs in France.METHODS:
We conducted an anonymous survey from 26th March to 2nd July 2020. The primary endpoint was the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if a vaccine was available.RESULTS:
Two-thousand and forty-seven HCWs answered the survey; women accounted for 74% of respondents. Among respondents, 1.554 (76.9%, 95% confidence interval 75.1-78.9) would accept a COVID-19 vaccine. Older age, male gender, fear about COVID-19, individual perceived risk and flu vaccination during previous season were associated with hypothetical COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Nurses and assistant nurses were less prone to accept vaccination against COVID-19 than physicians. Vaccine hesitancy was associated with a decrease in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Flu vaccine rate was 57.3% during the previous season, and 54.6% of the respondents had the intention to get a flu vaccine during the next season.CONCLUSIONS:
Intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 75% in HCWs with discrepancies between occupational categories. COVID-19 pandemic had no positive effect on flu vaccine acceptance rate.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
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Vaccination
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Health Personnel
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COVID-19 Vaccines
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
J Hosp Infect
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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