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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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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/). |
spellingShingle | Article 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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