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| Título: | What determines health professionals COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy? A nationwide study |
| Autores: | Estrela, Marta
Silva, Tânia M
Roque, Vítor
Gomes, Eva Rebelo
Roque, Fátima
Herdeiro, Maria Teresa
Figueiras, Adolfo |
| Palavras Chave: | COVID-19
Portugal
cross-sectional
health professionals
hesitancy
vaccination |
| Data: | 8-Apr-2022 |
| Resumo: | Introduction: To contain the COVID-19 pandemic, higher vaccination rates are essential. However, as vaccine hesitancy is a reality, it is important to understand what drives health professionals to refuse getting vaccinated against COVID-19, who have been in the frontline of this pandemic since its beginning and may be key actors to improve vaccine coverage among their patients.
Purpose: This study aims to assess the factors associated with vaccine hesitancy (VH) among health professionals (physicians, nurses, pharmacists and dentists).
Methods: A nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted through an online survey, with 890 Portuguese health professionals. A logistic regression analysis was used to determine the adjusted odds ratio (OR) of the independent variables (perceptions, knowledge and attitudes) per 1-point increase in the Likert scale and VH.
Results: Complacency, communications, confidence and convenience were strongly associated with VH probability. Concerns about vaccines' efficacy (ORPhysicians = 8.33, 95% CI: 4.51-15.36) and safety (ORNurses = 11.07, 95% CI: 4.12-29.77) increase the risk of VH on all health professional groups. A reduction of VH probability is associated with higher risk perceptions of getting infected (1/ORNurses = 2.76, 95% CI: 1.52-5.02) and suffering complications (1/ORNurses = 33.72, 95% CI: 8.48-134.13), higher confidence in the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines (1/ORDentists = 12.29, 95% CI: 2.91-51.89), risk perception of getting infected if vaccinated (1/ORPhysicians = 14.92, 95% CI: 6.85-32.50), risk of suffering from complications after getting vaccinated, and higher trust levels on the information transmitted by competent authorities (1/ORDentists = 17.76, 95% CI: 3.83-82.22).
Conclusions: To reduce COVID-19 VH, which appears to be highly influenced by perceptions, knowledge and attitudes, it is essential to promote interventions directed to transforming these potentially modifiable determinants. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10314/6565 |
| ISSN: | 35363886 |
| Aparece nas Colecções: | Artigos em Revista Internacional (ESS)
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