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Editor, Senior Moderator
Open Forum Infect Dis
. 2022 Jul 22;9(12)
fac326.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac326. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Missed Opportunity: The Unseen Driver for Low Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Rates in Underserved Patients
Tania Campagnoli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Geetika Mohan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nigist Taddese[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yaveen Santhiraj[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Natasa Margeta[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Saad Alvi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Umair Jabbar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aniesh Bobba[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jihad Alharash[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael J Hoffman[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Background: Vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus have been available since December 2020. Vaccination rates among hospitalized patients at our institution remained low at approximately 40%, thus we sought to understand the drivers of vaccine hesitancy in our patient population.
Methods: All unvaccinated adult patients admitted to our hospital were asked to participate in a survey to assess coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy. Updated vaccination status was collected at the end of the study.
Results: Ninety-seven patients agreed to participate, 34% of which were SARS-CoV-2 positive based on results from polymerase chain reaction tests. Of the 64 participants eligible to receive the vaccine, 57.8% were agreeable but only 27% received the vaccine before discharge.
Conclusion: Many patients are willing to receive the vaccine, and hospitalization provides a unique opportunity to interact with patients who have been otherwise unaware, unable, or unwilling to pursue vaccination outside of the hospital.
Keywords: African American; COVID-19 vaccination; Latino; vaccine hesitancy.
. 2022 Jul 22;9(12)
fac326.doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac326. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Missed Opportunity: The Unseen Driver for Low Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination Rates in Underserved Patients
Tania Campagnoli[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Geetika Mohan[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nigist Taddese[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yaveen Santhiraj[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Natasa Margeta[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Saad Alvi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Umair Jabbar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aniesh Bobba[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jihad Alharash[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michael J Hoffman[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36536667
- PMCID: PMC9384516
- DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac326
Abstract
Background: Vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus have been available since December 2020. Vaccination rates among hospitalized patients at our institution remained low at approximately 40%, thus we sought to understand the drivers of vaccine hesitancy in our patient population.
Methods: All unvaccinated adult patients admitted to our hospital were asked to participate in a survey to assess coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine hesitancy. Updated vaccination status was collected at the end of the study.
Results: Ninety-seven patients agreed to participate, 34% of which were SARS-CoV-2 positive based on results from polymerase chain reaction tests. Of the 64 participants eligible to receive the vaccine, 57.8% were agreeable but only 27% received the vaccine before discharge.
Conclusion: Many patients are willing to receive the vaccine, and hospitalization provides a unique opportunity to interact with patients who have been otherwise unaware, unable, or unwilling to pursue vaccination outside of the hospital.
Keywords: African American; COVID-19 vaccination; Latino; vaccine hesitancy.