| Literature DB >> 34358193 |
Christopher Holzmann-Littig1,2, Matthias Christoph Braunisch1, Peter Kranke3, Maria Popp3, Christian Seeber4, Falk Fichtner4, Bianca Littig1, Javier Carbajo-Lozoya1, Christine Allwang5, Tamara Frank5, Joerg Johannes Meerpohl6,7, Bernhard Haller8, Christoph Schmaderer1.
Abstract
Vaccination hesitancy is a threat to herd immunity. Healthcare workers (HCWs) play a key role in promoting Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in the general population. We therefore aimed to provide data on COVID-19 vaccination acceptance/hesitancy among German HCWs. For this exploratory, cross-sectional study, an online survey was conducted in February 2021. The survey included 54 items on demographics; previous vaccination behavior; trust in vaccines, physicians, the pharmaceutical industry and health politics; fear of adverse effects; assumptions regarding the consequences of COVID-19; knowledge about vaccines; and information seeking behavior. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated and chi-square tests were performed. Four thousand five hundred surveys were analyzed. The overall vaccination acceptance was 91.7%. The age group ≤20 years showed the lowest vaccination acceptance. Factors associated with vaccination hesitancy were lack of trust in authorities and pharmaceutical companies. Attitudes among acquaintances were associated with vaccination hesitancy too. Participants with vaccination hesitancy more often obtained information about COVID-19 vaccines via messenger services or online video platforms and underperformed in the knowledge test. We found high acceptance amongst German HCWs. Several factors associated with vaccination hesitancy were identified which could be targeted in HCW vaccination campaigns.Entities:
Keywords: COVID-19; vaccination; vaccination campaign; vaccination hesitancy; vaccine; vaccine refusal
Year: 2021 PMID： 34358193 DOI： 10.3390/vaccines9070777
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vaccines (Basel) ISSN： 2076-393X