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SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 UK Variant of Concern Lineage-Related Perceptions, COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Travel Worry Among Healthcare Workers

Background: Healthcare workers' (HCWs') travel-related anxiety needs to be assessed in light of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 mutations. Methods: An online, cross-sectional questionnaire among HCWs between December 21, 2020 to January 7, 2021. The outcome variables were HCWs' knowledge...

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Autores principales: Temsah, Mohamad-Hani, Barry, Mazin, Aljamaan, Fadi, Alhuzaimi, Abdullah N., Al-Eyadhy, Ayman, Saddik, Basema, Alsohime, Fahad, Alhaboob, Ali, Alhasan, Khalid, Alaraj, Ali, Halwani, Rabih, Jamal, Amr, Alamro, Nurah, Temsah, Reem, Esmaeil, Samia, Alenezi, Shuliweeh, Alzamil, Fahad, Somily, Ali M., Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8187763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.686958
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author Temsah, Mohamad-Hani
Barry, Mazin
Aljamaan, Fadi
Alhuzaimi, Abdullah N.
Al-Eyadhy, Ayman
Saddik, Basema
Alsohime, Fahad
Alhaboob, Ali
Alhasan, Khalid
Alaraj, Ali
Halwani, Rabih
Jamal, Amr
Alamro, Nurah
Temsah, Reem
Esmaeil, Samia
Alenezi, Shuliweeh
Alzamil, Fahad
Somily, Ali M.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.
author_facet Temsah, Mohamad-Hani
Barry, Mazin
Aljamaan, Fadi
Alhuzaimi, Abdullah N.
Al-Eyadhy, Ayman
Saddik, Basema
Alsohime, Fahad
Alhaboob, Ali
Alhasan, Khalid
Alaraj, Ali
Halwani, Rabih
Jamal, Amr
Alamro, Nurah
Temsah, Reem
Esmaeil, Samia
Alenezi, Shuliweeh
Alzamil, Fahad
Somily, Ali M.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.
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description Background: Healthcare workers' (HCWs') travel-related anxiety needs to be assessed in light of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 mutations. Methods: An online, cross-sectional questionnaire among HCWs between December 21, 2020 to January 7, 2021. The outcome variables were HCWs' knowledge and awareness of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage that was recently reported as the UK variant of concern, and its associated travel worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) score. Results: A total of 1,058 HCWs completed the survey; 66.5% were female, 59.0% were nurses. 9.0% indicated they had been previously diagnosed with COVID-19. Regarding the B.1.1.7 lineage, almost all (97.3%) were aware of its emergence, 73.8% were aware that it is more infectious, 78.0% thought it causes more severe disease, and only 50.0% knew that current COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing it. Despite this, 66.7% of HCWs were not registered to receive the vaccine. HCWs' most common source of information about the new variant was social media platforms (67.0%), and this subgroup was significantly more worried about traveling. Nurses were more worried than physicians (P = 0.001). Conclusions: Most HCWs were aware of the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant and expressed substantial travel worries. Increased worry levels were found among HCWs who used social media as their main source of information, those with lower levels of COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and those with higher GAD-7 scores. The utilization of official social media platforms could improve accurate information dissemination among HCWs regarding the Pandemic's evolving mutations. Targeted vaccine campaigns are warranted to assure HCWs about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines toward SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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spelling pubmed-81877632021-06-10 SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 UK Variant of Concern Lineage-Related Perceptions, COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Travel Worry Among Healthcare Workers Temsah, Mohamad-Hani Barry, Mazin Aljamaan, Fadi Alhuzaimi, Abdullah N. Al-Eyadhy, Ayman Saddik, Basema Alsohime, Fahad Alhaboob, Ali Alhasan, Khalid Alaraj, Ali Halwani, Rabih Jamal, Amr Alamro, Nurah Temsah, Reem Esmaeil, Samia Alenezi, Shuliweeh Alzamil, Fahad Somily, Ali M. Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A. Front Public Health Public Health Background: Healthcare workers' (HCWs') travel-related anxiety needs to be assessed in light of the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 mutations. Methods: An online, cross-sectional questionnaire among HCWs between December 21, 2020 to January 7, 2021. The outcome variables were HCWs' knowledge and awareness of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage that was recently reported as the UK variant of concern, and its associated travel worry and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7) score. Results: A total of 1,058 HCWs completed the survey; 66.5% were female, 59.0% were nurses. 9.0% indicated they had been previously diagnosed with COVID-19. Regarding the B.1.1.7 lineage, almost all (97.3%) were aware of its emergence, 73.8% were aware that it is more infectious, 78.0% thought it causes more severe disease, and only 50.0% knew that current COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing it. Despite this, 66.7% of HCWs were not registered to receive the vaccine. HCWs' most common source of information about the new variant was social media platforms (67.0%), and this subgroup was significantly more worried about traveling. Nurses were more worried than physicians (P = 0.001). Conclusions: Most HCWs were aware of the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant and expressed substantial travel worries. Increased worry levels were found among HCWs who used social media as their main source of information, those with lower levels of COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and those with higher GAD-7 scores. The utilization of official social media platforms could improve accurate information dissemination among HCWs regarding the Pandemic's evolving mutations. Targeted vaccine campaigns are warranted to assure HCWs about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines toward SARS-CoV-2 variants. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8187763/ /pubmed/34123997 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.686958 Text en Copyright © 2021 Temsah, Barry, Aljamaan, Alhuzaimi, Al-Eyadhy, Saddik, Alsohime, Alhaboob, Alhasan, Alaraj, Halwani, Jamal, Alamro, Temsah, Esmaeil, Alenezi, Alzamil, Somily and Al-Tawfiq. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Public Health
Temsah, Mohamad-Hani
Barry, Mazin
Aljamaan, Fadi
Alhuzaimi, Abdullah N.
Al-Eyadhy, Ayman
Saddik, Basema
Alsohime, Fahad
Alhaboob, Ali
Alhasan, Khalid
Alaraj, Ali
Halwani, Rabih
Jamal, Amr
Alamro, Nurah
Temsah, Reem
Esmaeil, Samia
Alenezi, Shuliweeh
Alzamil, Fahad
Somily, Ali M.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 UK Variant of Concern Lineage-Related Perceptions, COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Travel Worry Among Healthcare Workers
title SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 UK Variant of Concern Lineage-Related Perceptions, COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Travel Worry Among Healthcare Workers
title_full SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 UK Variant of Concern Lineage-Related Perceptions, COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Travel Worry Among Healthcare Workers
title_fullStr SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 UK Variant of Concern Lineage-Related Perceptions, COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Travel Worry Among Healthcare Workers
title_full_unstemmed SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 UK Variant of Concern Lineage-Related Perceptions, COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Travel Worry Among Healthcare Workers
title_short SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 UK Variant of Concern Lineage-Related Perceptions, COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Travel Worry Among Healthcare Workers
title_sort sars-cov-2 b.1.1.7 uk variant of concern lineage-related perceptions, covid-19 vaccine acceptance and travel worry among healthcare workers
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8187763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34123997
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.686958
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