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Editor, Senior Moderator
Expert Rev Vaccines
. 2021 Apr 26.
doi: 10.1080/14760584.2021.1922081. Online ahead of print.
Surveying willingness towards SARS-CoV-2 vaccination of healthcare workers in Italy
Gabriella Di Giuseppe[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Concetta P Pelullo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Giorgia Della Polla[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria V Montemurro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francesco Napolitano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Pavia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Italo F Angelillo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Background: Understanding healthcare workers (HCWs) willingness to receive a future vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be useful.
Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted in Italy from September 14[SUP]th[/SUP] to November 30[SUP]th[/SUP], 2020, among 811 HCWs who undergo a voluntary antibody-testing for anti-SARS-CoV-2.
Results: The perceived risk level of developing COVID-19, measured on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 and 10, was 6.6 and it was higher among females, older HCWs, and in those who agreed that COVID-19 is a severe disease. Married/cohabitant, not physicians, and those who needed additional information regarding the vaccination against COVID-19 were more likely to be concerned that COVID-19 vaccination might not be safe. Males, physicians, those who did not have had any symptom compatible with COVID-19, those who agreed that COVID-19 was a severe disease, those who perceived to be at higher risk of developing COVID-19, those who were not concerned about the safety of the vaccination, and those who had received information regarding the COVID-19 vaccination from scientific journals expressed willingness to receive vaccination against COVID-19.
Conclusions: Communication and education targeted to groups with lowest willingness are needed to raise awareness regarding the safety and benefits of the vaccination and to improve vaccine uptake.
Keywords: COVID-19; HCWs; Italy; attitudes; vaccination; willingness.
. 2021 Apr 26.
doi: 10.1080/14760584.2021.1922081. Online ahead of print.
Surveying willingness towards SARS-CoV-2 vaccination of healthcare workers in Italy
Gabriella Di Giuseppe[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Concetta P Pelullo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Giorgia Della Polla[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maria V Montemurro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Francesco Napolitano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Pavia[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Italo F Angelillo[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33900148
- DOI: 10.1080/14760584.2021.1922081
Abstract
Background: Understanding healthcare workers (HCWs) willingness to receive a future vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be useful.
Methods: Cross-sectional study, conducted in Italy from September 14[SUP]th[/SUP] to November 30[SUP]th[/SUP], 2020, among 811 HCWs who undergo a voluntary antibody-testing for anti-SARS-CoV-2.
Results: The perceived risk level of developing COVID-19, measured on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 and 10, was 6.6 and it was higher among females, older HCWs, and in those who agreed that COVID-19 is a severe disease. Married/cohabitant, not physicians, and those who needed additional information regarding the vaccination against COVID-19 were more likely to be concerned that COVID-19 vaccination might not be safe. Males, physicians, those who did not have had any symptom compatible with COVID-19, those who agreed that COVID-19 was a severe disease, those who perceived to be at higher risk of developing COVID-19, those who were not concerned about the safety of the vaccination, and those who had received information regarding the COVID-19 vaccination from scientific journals expressed willingness to receive vaccination against COVID-19.
Conclusions: Communication and education targeted to groups with lowest willingness are needed to raise awareness regarding the safety and benefits of the vaccination and to improve vaccine uptake.
Keywords: COVID-19; HCWs; Italy; attitudes; vaccination; willingness.