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Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals and General Population Toward Vaccines and the Intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Spain

Background: To achieve herd immunity, the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine by the population, especially healthcare professionals, plays a key role. The objective of the present paper is to address the differences in attitudes among Spanish healthcare professionals compared with the general popula...

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Autores principales: Iguacel, Isabel, Luna Maldonado, Aurelio, Luna Ruiz-Cabello, Aurelio, Samatán, Eva, Alarcón, Judith, Ángeles Orte, María, Santodomingo Mateos, Silvia, Martínez-Jarreta, Begoña
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8531478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692626
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.739003
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author Iguacel, Isabel
Luna Maldonado, Aurelio
Luna Ruiz-Cabello, Aurelio
Samatán, Eva
Alarcón, Judith
Ángeles Orte, María
Santodomingo Mateos, Silvia
Martínez-Jarreta, Begoña
author_facet Iguacel, Isabel
Luna Maldonado, Aurelio
Luna Ruiz-Cabello, Aurelio
Samatán, Eva
Alarcón, Judith
Ángeles Orte, María
Santodomingo Mateos, Silvia
Martínez-Jarreta, Begoña
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description Background: To achieve herd immunity, the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine by the population, especially healthcare professionals, plays a key role. The objective of the present paper is to address the differences in attitudes among Spanish healthcare professionals compared with the general population regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: This cross-sectional study included data from 2,136 adults (n = 664 healthcare professionals) from an online survey conducted from May 6 to June 9, 2021. The Vaccination attitudes examination scale was used to measure the negative attitudes toward vaccines. Four subscales: mistrust of vaccine benefit, worries about the unforeseen future effect, concerns about commercial profiteering, and preference for natural immunity were calculated. Generalized linear mixed models were conducted to study these associations. Results: Between 10.2 and 22.6% of the subjects showed high levels of negative attitudes toward vaccines. However, only 1.5% of our sample (2.1% among healthcare professionals) refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered because they chose otherwise. Retired people showed the lowest concerns and the highest trust in vaccines. No statistically significant effects were found between working in a healthcare field and having higher positive attitudes toward vaccines. Conclusion: Low levels of rejection against the COVID-19 vaccine were identified in the present sample. However, despite being at a higher risk, health care professionals did not show higher positive attitudes toward vaccines. Furthermore, refusal percentage to vaccination was higher among healthcare professionals compared with non-healthcare professionals. Developing a strategy to increase positive attitudes against the COVID-19 vaccine should be an objective for public health policy.
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spelling pubmed-85314782021-10-23 Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals and General Population Toward Vaccines and the Intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Spain Iguacel, Isabel Luna Maldonado, Aurelio Luna Ruiz-Cabello, Aurelio Samatán, Eva Alarcón, Judith Ángeles Orte, María Santodomingo Mateos, Silvia Martínez-Jarreta, Begoña Front Public Health Public Health Background: To achieve herd immunity, the acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine by the population, especially healthcare professionals, plays a key role. The objective of the present paper is to address the differences in attitudes among Spanish healthcare professionals compared with the general population regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: This cross-sectional study included data from 2,136 adults (n = 664 healthcare professionals) from an online survey conducted from May 6 to June 9, 2021. The Vaccination attitudes examination scale was used to measure the negative attitudes toward vaccines. Four subscales: mistrust of vaccine benefit, worries about the unforeseen future effect, concerns about commercial profiteering, and preference for natural immunity were calculated. Generalized linear mixed models were conducted to study these associations. Results: Between 10.2 and 22.6% of the subjects showed high levels of negative attitudes toward vaccines. However, only 1.5% of our sample (2.1% among healthcare professionals) refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine when it was offered because they chose otherwise. Retired people showed the lowest concerns and the highest trust in vaccines. No statistically significant effects were found between working in a healthcare field and having higher positive attitudes toward vaccines. Conclusion: Low levels of rejection against the COVID-19 vaccine were identified in the present sample. However, despite being at a higher risk, health care professionals did not show higher positive attitudes toward vaccines. Furthermore, refusal percentage to vaccination was higher among healthcare professionals compared with non-healthcare professionals. Developing a strategy to increase positive attitudes against the COVID-19 vaccine should be an objective for public health policy. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8531478/ /pubmed/34692626 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.739003 Text en Copyright © 2021 Iguacel, Luna Maldonado, Luna Ruiz-Cabello, Samatán, Alarcón, Ángeles Orte, Santodomingo Mateos and Martínez-Jarreta. 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
Iguacel, Isabel
Luna Maldonado, Aurelio
Luna Ruiz-Cabello, Aurelio
Samatán, Eva
Alarcón, Judith
Ángeles Orte, María
Santodomingo Mateos, Silvia
Martínez-Jarreta, Begoña
Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals and General Population Toward Vaccines and the Intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Spain
title Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals and General Population Toward Vaccines and the Intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Spain
title_full Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals and General Population Toward Vaccines and the Intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Spain
title_fullStr Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals and General Population Toward Vaccines and the Intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Spain
title_full_unstemmed Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals and General Population Toward Vaccines and the Intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Spain
title_short Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals and General Population Toward Vaccines and the Intention to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19 in Spain
title_sort attitudes of healthcare professionals and general population toward vaccines and the intention to be vaccinated against covid-19 in spain
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8531478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34692626
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.739003
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