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Attitudes of Patients with Cancer towards Vaccinations—Results of Online Survey with Special Focus on the Vaccination against COVID-19

Recently developed COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduce the risk of severe coronavirus disease, which is essential in the particularly vulnerable cancer patient population. There is a growing anti-vaccine concern that may affect the success of the fight against the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. To evaluate...

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Autores principales: Brodziak, Anna, Sigorski, Dawid, Osmola, Małgorzata, Wilk, Michał, Gawlik-Urban, Angelika, Kiszka, Joanna, Machulska-Ciuraj, Katarzyna, Sobczuk, Paweł
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8142983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919048
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050411
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author Brodziak, Anna
Sigorski, Dawid
Osmola, Małgorzata
Wilk, Michał
Gawlik-Urban, Angelika
Kiszka, Joanna
Machulska-Ciuraj, Katarzyna
Sobczuk, Paweł
author_facet Brodziak, Anna
Sigorski, Dawid
Osmola, Małgorzata
Wilk, Michał
Gawlik-Urban, Angelika
Kiszka, Joanna
Machulska-Ciuraj, Katarzyna
Sobczuk, Paweł
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description Recently developed COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduce the risk of severe coronavirus disease, which is essential in the particularly vulnerable cancer patient population. There is a growing anti-vaccine concern that may affect the success of the fight against the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. To evaluate opinions and attitudes toward vaccination, we conducted an anonymous online survey among Polish patients diagnosed with cancer. We analyzed how socio-demographic factors, type of cancer, comorbidities, previous influenza vaccinations, and information sources affect the general willingness and opinions about vaccinations, emphasizing vaccination against COVID-19. Six hundred thirty-five patients (80.2% female) participated in the study. A positive attitude towards vaccination was presented by 73.7%, neutral by 17.8%, while negative by 8.5%. Willingness to get vaccinated was declared by 60.3%, 23.5% were unwilling, and 16.2% were undecided. Significant predictors of willingness were education, marital status, active anti-cancer treatment, previous influenza vaccination, and positive attitude towards vaccinations. Patients with cancer have concerns regarding safety, effectiveness, and the process of development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, patients with cancer present positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination but required sufficient information on its efficacy and side effects.
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spelling pubmed-81429832021-05-25 Attitudes of Patients with Cancer towards Vaccinations—Results of Online Survey with Special Focus on the Vaccination against COVID-19 Brodziak, Anna Sigorski, Dawid Osmola, Małgorzata Wilk, Michał Gawlik-Urban, Angelika Kiszka, Joanna Machulska-Ciuraj, Katarzyna Sobczuk, Paweł Vaccines (Basel) Article Recently developed COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduce the risk of severe coronavirus disease, which is essential in the particularly vulnerable cancer patient population. There is a growing anti-vaccine concern that may affect the success of the fight against the SARS-CoV2 pandemic. To evaluate opinions and attitudes toward vaccination, we conducted an anonymous online survey among Polish patients diagnosed with cancer. We analyzed how socio-demographic factors, type of cancer, comorbidities, previous influenza vaccinations, and information sources affect the general willingness and opinions about vaccinations, emphasizing vaccination against COVID-19. Six hundred thirty-five patients (80.2% female) participated in the study. A positive attitude towards vaccination was presented by 73.7%, neutral by 17.8%, while negative by 8.5%. Willingness to get vaccinated was declared by 60.3%, 23.5% were unwilling, and 16.2% were undecided. Significant predictors of willingness were education, marital status, active anti-cancer treatment, previous influenza vaccination, and positive attitude towards vaccinations. Patients with cancer have concerns regarding safety, effectiveness, and the process of development of the COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, patients with cancer present positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination but required sufficient information on its efficacy and side effects. MDPI 2021-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8142983/ /pubmed/33919048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050411 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Brodziak, Anna
Sigorski, Dawid
Osmola, Małgorzata
Wilk, Michał
Gawlik-Urban, Angelika
Kiszka, Joanna
Machulska-Ciuraj, Katarzyna
Sobczuk, Paweł
Attitudes of Patients with Cancer towards Vaccinations—Results of Online Survey with Special Focus on the Vaccination against COVID-19
title Attitudes of Patients with Cancer towards Vaccinations—Results of Online Survey with Special Focus on the Vaccination against COVID-19
title_full Attitudes of Patients with Cancer towards Vaccinations—Results of Online Survey with Special Focus on the Vaccination against COVID-19
title_fullStr Attitudes of Patients with Cancer towards Vaccinations—Results of Online Survey with Special Focus on the Vaccination against COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes of Patients with Cancer towards Vaccinations—Results of Online Survey with Special Focus on the Vaccination against COVID-19
title_short Attitudes of Patients with Cancer towards Vaccinations—Results of Online Survey with Special Focus on the Vaccination against COVID-19
title_sort attitudes of patients with cancer towards vaccinations—results of online survey with special focus on the vaccination against covid-19
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8142983/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33919048
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050411
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