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Early COVID-19 Vaccination of Romanian Medical and Social Personnel

Background: In December 2020, the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Romania and were made available to medical and social staff. Vaccine hesitancy appeared as a barrier to effectively ending the pandemic. The opinions of medical and social staff influence the opinion of the general populat...

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Autores principales: Manolescu, Loredana Sabina Cornelia, Zaharia, Corneliu Nicolae, Dumitrescu, Anca Irina, Prasacu, Irina, Radu, Mihaela Corina, Boeru, Adrian Calin, Boidache, Liliana, Nita, Irina, Necsulescu, Andrei, Chivu, Razvan Daniel
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8541077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696235
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101127
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author Manolescu, Loredana Sabina Cornelia
Zaharia, Corneliu Nicolae
Dumitrescu, Anca Irina
Prasacu, Irina
Radu, Mihaela Corina
Boeru, Adrian Calin
Boidache, Liliana
Nita, Irina
Necsulescu, Andrei
Chivu, Razvan Daniel
author_facet Manolescu, Loredana Sabina Cornelia
Zaharia, Corneliu Nicolae
Dumitrescu, Anca Irina
Prasacu, Irina
Radu, Mihaela Corina
Boeru, Adrian Calin
Boidache, Liliana
Nita, Irina
Necsulescu, Andrei
Chivu, Razvan Daniel
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description Background: In December 2020, the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Romania and were made available to medical and social staff. Vaccine hesitancy appeared as a barrier to effectively ending the pandemic. The opinions of medical and social staff influence the opinion of the general population. This study assesess the attitudes, knowledge, and opinion of medical and social personnel toward COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination and the influencing factors. Methods: 1025 persons participated in an online cross-sectional study from March until July 2021. Results: Out of 1021 eligible responders, 719 (70.42%) had been vaccinated: 227 with one dose (22.23%) and 492 with two doses (48.18%). There were 302 responders who were not vaccinated at all. Out of them, 188 refused vaccinations. The participants showed a good understanding and knowledge of SARScoV-2 transmission and treatment. Geographic area, medical profession, and medical experience influenced COVID-19 vaccination (p < 0.001). There were no associations between willingness to vaccinate and vaccine/virus knowledge. Most of the responders who were vaccinated or wanted to be vaccinated indicated an mRNA vaccine as their first choice. The variables that were significantly associated with reporting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance after logistic regression were: living in an urban area (Ora = 1.58, 95% CI: 0.98–2.56), being female (Ora = 1.59; 95% CI:1.03–2.44), and being a medical doctor (Ora = 3.40; 95% CI: 1.84–6.26). Conclusions: These findings show that vaccine hesitancy persists in medical and social personnel in Romania, and, hence, it may be reflected in the hesitancy of the general population toward vaccination.
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spelling pubmed-85410772021-10-24 Early COVID-19 Vaccination of Romanian Medical and Social Personnel Manolescu, Loredana Sabina Cornelia Zaharia, Corneliu Nicolae Dumitrescu, Anca Irina Prasacu, Irina Radu, Mihaela Corina Boeru, Adrian Calin Boidache, Liliana Nita, Irina Necsulescu, Andrei Chivu, Razvan Daniel Vaccines (Basel) Communication Background: In December 2020, the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Romania and were made available to medical and social staff. Vaccine hesitancy appeared as a barrier to effectively ending the pandemic. The opinions of medical and social staff influence the opinion of the general population. This study assesess the attitudes, knowledge, and opinion of medical and social personnel toward COVID-19 vaccines and vaccination and the influencing factors. Methods: 1025 persons participated in an online cross-sectional study from March until July 2021. Results: Out of 1021 eligible responders, 719 (70.42%) had been vaccinated: 227 with one dose (22.23%) and 492 with two doses (48.18%). There were 302 responders who were not vaccinated at all. Out of them, 188 refused vaccinations. The participants showed a good understanding and knowledge of SARScoV-2 transmission and treatment. Geographic area, medical profession, and medical experience influenced COVID-19 vaccination (p < 0.001). There were no associations between willingness to vaccinate and vaccine/virus knowledge. Most of the responders who were vaccinated or wanted to be vaccinated indicated an mRNA vaccine as their first choice. The variables that were significantly associated with reporting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance after logistic regression were: living in an urban area (Ora = 1.58, 95% CI: 0.98–2.56), being female (Ora = 1.59; 95% CI:1.03–2.44), and being a medical doctor (Ora = 3.40; 95% CI: 1.84–6.26). Conclusions: These findings show that vaccine hesitancy persists in medical and social personnel in Romania, and, hence, it may be reflected in the hesitancy of the general population toward vaccination. MDPI 2021-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8541077/ /pubmed/34696235 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101127 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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Zaharia, Corneliu Nicolae
Dumitrescu, Anca Irina
Prasacu, Irina
Radu, Mihaela Corina
Boeru, Adrian Calin
Boidache, Liliana
Nita, Irina
Necsulescu, Andrei
Chivu, Razvan Daniel
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34696235
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9101127
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