Cargando…

Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in Terms of Their Exposure to the Influenza Vaccine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

In 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)) caused a global pandemic. There was an urgent need to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 to reduce its spread and economic burden. The main objective of this study was to understand the attitudes and concerns of healthcare wo...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Baghdadi, Leena R., Alghaihb, Shatha G., Abuhaimed, Alanoud A., Alkelabi, Dania M., Alqahtani, Rawan S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8148208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34066397
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050465
_version_ 1783697803124408320
author Baghdadi, Leena R.
Alghaihb, Shatha G.
Abuhaimed, Alanoud A.
Alkelabi, Dania M.
Alqahtani, Rawan S.
author_facet Baghdadi, Leena R.
Alghaihb, Shatha G.
Abuhaimed, Alanoud A.
Alkelabi, Dania M.
Alqahtani, Rawan S.
author_sort Baghdadi, Leena R.
collection PubMed
description In 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)) caused a global pandemic. There was an urgent need to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 to reduce its spread and economic burden. The main objective of this study was to understand the attitudes and concerns of healthcare workers (HCWs) towards the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine, whether their decision was influenced by their history of taking the seasonal influenza vaccine, and factors that influence the acceptance of the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We selected and surveyed 356 HCWs via an electronic self-administered questionnaire. A total of 61.16% of HCWs were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and 55.9% of them had received the seasonal influenza vaccine in the preceding year (2019–2020). The strongest predictors for taking the COVID-19 vaccine were the HCWs’ belief that the COVID-19 vaccine would be safe, needed even for healthy people, that all HCWs should be vaccinated against COVID-19, and that HCWs will have time to take the vaccine. Being female, being middle aged, having <5 years of work experience, having no fear of injections, and being a non-smoker were predictive factors for taking the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. No associations were found between the intention to take the COVID-19 vaccine and a history of taking the seasonal influenza vaccine.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8148208
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-81482082021-05-26 Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in Terms of Their Exposure to the Influenza Vaccine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study Baghdadi, Leena R. Alghaihb, Shatha G. Abuhaimed, Alanoud A. Alkelabi, Dania M. Alqahtani, Rawan S. Vaccines (Basel) Article In 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)) caused a global pandemic. There was an urgent need to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 to reduce its spread and economic burden. The main objective of this study was to understand the attitudes and concerns of healthcare workers (HCWs) towards the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine, whether their decision was influenced by their history of taking the seasonal influenza vaccine, and factors that influence the acceptance of the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We selected and surveyed 356 HCWs via an electronic self-administered questionnaire. A total of 61.16% of HCWs were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and 55.9% of them had received the seasonal influenza vaccine in the preceding year (2019–2020). The strongest predictors for taking the COVID-19 vaccine were the HCWs’ belief that the COVID-19 vaccine would be safe, needed even for healthy people, that all HCWs should be vaccinated against COVID-19, and that HCWs will have time to take the vaccine. Being female, being middle aged, having <5 years of work experience, having no fear of injections, and being a non-smoker were predictive factors for taking the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. No associations were found between the intention to take the COVID-19 vaccine and a history of taking the seasonal influenza vaccine. MDPI 2021-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8148208/ /pubmed/34066397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050465 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
Baghdadi, Leena R.
Alghaihb, Shatha G.
Abuhaimed, Alanoud A.
Alkelabi, Dania M.
Alqahtani, Rawan S.
Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in Terms of Their Exposure to the Influenza Vaccine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in Terms of Their Exposure to the Influenza Vaccine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in Terms of Their Exposure to the Influenza Vaccine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in Terms of Their Exposure to the Influenza Vaccine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in Terms of Their Exposure to the Influenza Vaccine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Healthcare Workers’ Perspectives on the Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccine in Terms of Their Exposure to the Influenza Vaccine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort healthcare workers’ perspectives on the upcoming covid-19 vaccine in terms of their exposure to the influenza vaccine in riyadh, saudi arabia: a cross-sectional study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8148208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34066397
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050465
work_keys_str_mv AT baghdadileenar healthcareworkersperspectivesontheupcomingcovid19vaccineintermsoftheirexposuretotheinfluenzavaccineinriyadhsaudiarabiaacrosssectionalstudy
AT alghaihbshathag healthcareworkersperspectivesontheupcomingcovid19vaccineintermsoftheirexposuretotheinfluenzavaccineinriyadhsaudiarabiaacrosssectionalstudy
AT abuhaimedalanouda healthcareworkersperspectivesontheupcomingcovid19vaccineintermsoftheirexposuretotheinfluenzavaccineinriyadhsaudiarabiaacrosssectionalstudy
AT alkelabidaniam healthcareworkersperspectivesontheupcomingcovid19vaccineintermsoftheirexposuretotheinfluenzavaccineinriyadhsaudiarabiaacrosssectionalstudy
AT alqahtanirawans healthcareworkersperspectivesontheupcomingcovid19vaccineintermsoftheirexposuretotheinfluenzavaccineinriyadhsaudiarabiaacrosssectionalstudy