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Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland

AIM: To analyze SARS-CoV-2 vaccination intention and acceptance in relation to the knowledge about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland. METHODS: In spring 2020, an online survey was distributed among HCWs by using snowball samp...

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Autores principales: Kregar Velikonja, Nevenka, Globevnik Velikonja, Vislava, Verdenik, Ivan, Jurišić, Ivan, Stanisavljević, Sanja, Dobrowolska, Beata, Erjavec, Karmen
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8895327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35230009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2022.63.79
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author Kregar Velikonja, Nevenka
Globevnik Velikonja, Vislava
Verdenik, Ivan
Jurišić, Ivan
Stanisavljević, Sanja
Dobrowolska, Beata
Erjavec, Karmen
author_facet Kregar Velikonja, Nevenka
Globevnik Velikonja, Vislava
Verdenik, Ivan
Jurišić, Ivan
Stanisavljević, Sanja
Dobrowolska, Beata
Erjavec, Karmen
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description AIM: To analyze SARS-CoV-2 vaccination intention and acceptance in relation to the knowledge about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland. METHODS: In spring 2020, an online survey was distributed among HCWs by using snowball sampling. The questionnaire was fully completed by 623 respondents: 304 from Croatia, 86 from Slovenia, 90 from Serbia, and 143 from Poland. The survey collected data on demographic characteristics (age, gender, education), vaccination acceptance, and knowledge about COVID-19. RESULTS: A total of 31% of respondents declared their intention to be vaccinated when a vaccine against COVID-19 is available, and 45% were undecided. Vaccination intention was associated with age, educational level, and knowledge about the pandemic, and differed significantly among the countries. Younger HCWs (18-25 years) and those with higher education more frequently expressed vaccination acceptance. Vaccination acceptance score was not associated with gender. CONCLUSIONS: HCWs with higher knowledge were more likely to express vaccination intention. Improving the knowledge about COVID-19 and increasing HCWs' education might also increase vaccination acceptance among HCWs, and consequently in the general population.
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spelling pubmed-88953272022-03-14 Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland Kregar Velikonja, Nevenka Globevnik Velikonja, Vislava Verdenik, Ivan Jurišić, Ivan Stanisavljević, Sanja Dobrowolska, Beata Erjavec, Karmen Croat Med J Research-Article AIM: To analyze SARS-CoV-2 vaccination intention and acceptance in relation to the knowledge about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland. METHODS: In spring 2020, an online survey was distributed among HCWs by using snowball sampling. The questionnaire was fully completed by 623 respondents: 304 from Croatia, 86 from Slovenia, 90 from Serbia, and 143 from Poland. The survey collected data on demographic characteristics (age, gender, education), vaccination acceptance, and knowledge about COVID-19. RESULTS: A total of 31% of respondents declared their intention to be vaccinated when a vaccine against COVID-19 is available, and 45% were undecided. Vaccination intention was associated with age, educational level, and knowledge about the pandemic, and differed significantly among the countries. Younger HCWs (18-25 years) and those with higher education more frequently expressed vaccination acceptance. Vaccination acceptance score was not associated with gender. CONCLUSIONS: HCWs with higher knowledge were more likely to express vaccination intention. Improving the knowledge about COVID-19 and increasing HCWs' education might also increase vaccination acceptance among HCWs, and consequently in the general population. Croatian Medical Schools 2022-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8895327/ /pubmed/35230009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2022.63.79 Text en Copyright © 2022 by the Croatian Medical Journal. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kregar Velikonja, Nevenka
Globevnik Velikonja, Vislava
Verdenik, Ivan
Jurišić, Ivan
Stanisavljević, Sanja
Dobrowolska, Beata
Erjavec, Karmen
Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland
title Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland
title_full Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland
title_fullStr Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland
title_full_unstemmed Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland
title_short Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland
title_sort vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in croatia, slovenia, serbia, and poland
topic Research-Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8895327/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35230009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2022.63.79
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