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Healthcare workers’ views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study

BACKGROUND: Several countries now have mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for healthcare workers (HCWs) or the general population. HCWs’ views on this are largely unknown. Using data from the nationwide UK-REACH study we aimed to understand UK HCW's views on improving SARS-CoV-2 vaccination cover...

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Autores principales: Woolf, Katherine, Gogoi, Mayuri, Martin, Christopher A., Papineni, Padmasayee, Lagrata, Susie, Nellums, Laura B., McManus, I.Chris, Guyatt, Anna L., Melbourne, Carl, Bryant, Luke, Gupta, Amit, John, Catherine, Carr, Sue, Tobin, Martin D., Simpson, Sandra, Gregary, Bindu, Aujayeb, Avinash, Zingwe, Stephen, Reza, Rubina, Gray, Laura J., Khunti, Kamlesh, Pareek, Manish
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Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8923694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35308309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101346
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author Woolf, Katherine
Gogoi, Mayuri
Martin, Christopher A.
Papineni, Padmasayee
Lagrata, Susie
Nellums, Laura B.
McManus, I.Chris
Guyatt, Anna L.
Melbourne, Carl
Bryant, Luke
Gupta, Amit
John, Catherine
Carr, Sue
Tobin, Martin D.
Simpson, Sandra
Gregary, Bindu
Aujayeb, Avinash
Zingwe, Stephen
Reza, Rubina
Gray, Laura J.
Khunti, Kamlesh
Pareek, Manish
author_facet Woolf, Katherine
Gogoi, Mayuri
Martin, Christopher A.
Papineni, Padmasayee
Lagrata, Susie
Nellums, Laura B.
McManus, I.Chris
Guyatt, Anna L.
Melbourne, Carl
Bryant, Luke
Gupta, Amit
John, Catherine
Carr, Sue
Tobin, Martin D.
Simpson, Sandra
Gregary, Bindu
Aujayeb, Avinash
Zingwe, Stephen
Reza, Rubina
Gray, Laura J.
Khunti, Kamlesh
Pareek, Manish
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description BACKGROUND: Several countries now have mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for healthcare workers (HCWs) or the general population. HCWs’ views on this are largely unknown. Using data from the nationwide UK-REACH study we aimed to understand UK HCW's views on improving SARS-CoV-2 vaccination coverage, including mandatory vaccination. METHODS: Between 21st April and 26th June 2021, we administered an online questionnaire via email to 17 891 UK HCWs recruited as part of a longitudinal cohort from across the UK who had previously responded to a baseline questionnaire (primarily recruited through email) as part of the United Kingdom Research study into Ethnicity And COVID-19 outcomes in Healthcare workers (UK-REACH) nationwide prospective cohort study. We categorised responses to a free-text question “What should society do if people do not get vaccinated against COVID-19?” using qualitative content analysis. We collapsed categories into a binary variable: favours mandatory vaccination or not, using logistic regression to calculate its demographic predictors, and its occupational, health, and attitudinal predictors adjusted for demographics. FINDINGS: Of 5633 questionnaire respondents, 3235 answered the free text question. Median age of free text responders was 47 years (IQR 36–56) and 2705 (74.3%) were female. 18% (n = 578) favoured mandatory vaccination (201 [6%] participants for HCWs and others working with vulnerable populations; 377 [12%] for the general population), but the most frequent suggestion was education (32%, n = 1047). Older HCWs (OR 1.84; 95% CI 1.44–2.34 [≥55 years vs 16 years to <40 years]), HCWs vaccinated against influenza (OR 1.49; 95% CI 1.11–2.01 [2 vaccines vs none]), and with more positive vaccination attitudes generally (OR 1.10; 95% CI 1.06–1.15) were more likely to favour mandatory vaccination, whereas female HCWs (OR= 0.79, 95% CI 0.63–0.96, vs male HCWs) and Black HCWs (OR=0.46, 95% CI 0.25–0.85, vs white HCWs) were less likely to. INTERPRETATION: Only one in six of the HCWs in this large, diverse, UK-wide sample favoured mandatory vaccination. Building trust, educating, and supporting HCWs who are hesitant about vaccination may be more acceptable, effective, and equitable. FUNDING: MRC-UK Research and Innovation grant (MR/V027549/1) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Core funding was also provided by NIHR Biomedical Research Centres.
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spelling pubmed-89236942022-03-16 Healthcare workers’ views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study Woolf, Katherine Gogoi, Mayuri Martin, Christopher A. Papineni, Padmasayee Lagrata, Susie Nellums, Laura B. McManus, I.Chris Guyatt, Anna L. Melbourne, Carl Bryant, Luke Gupta, Amit John, Catherine Carr, Sue Tobin, Martin D. Simpson, Sandra Gregary, Bindu Aujayeb, Avinash Zingwe, Stephen Reza, Rubina Gray, Laura J. Khunti, Kamlesh Pareek, Manish EClinicalMedicine Articles BACKGROUND: Several countries now have mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for healthcare workers (HCWs) or the general population. HCWs’ views on this are largely unknown. Using data from the nationwide UK-REACH study we aimed to understand UK HCW's views on improving SARS-CoV-2 vaccination coverage, including mandatory vaccination. METHODS: Between 21st April and 26th June 2021, we administered an online questionnaire via email to 17 891 UK HCWs recruited as part of a longitudinal cohort from across the UK who had previously responded to a baseline questionnaire (primarily recruited through email) as part of the United Kingdom Research study into Ethnicity And COVID-19 outcomes in Healthcare workers (UK-REACH) nationwide prospective cohort study. We categorised responses to a free-text question “What should society do if people do not get vaccinated against COVID-19?” using qualitative content analysis. We collapsed categories into a binary variable: favours mandatory vaccination or not, using logistic regression to calculate its demographic predictors, and its occupational, health, and attitudinal predictors adjusted for demographics. FINDINGS: Of 5633 questionnaire respondents, 3235 answered the free text question. Median age of free text responders was 47 years (IQR 36–56) and 2705 (74.3%) were female. 18% (n = 578) favoured mandatory vaccination (201 [6%] participants for HCWs and others working with vulnerable populations; 377 [12%] for the general population), but the most frequent suggestion was education (32%, n = 1047). Older HCWs (OR 1.84; 95% CI 1.44–2.34 [≥55 years vs 16 years to <40 years]), HCWs vaccinated against influenza (OR 1.49; 95% CI 1.11–2.01 [2 vaccines vs none]), and with more positive vaccination attitudes generally (OR 1.10; 95% CI 1.06–1.15) were more likely to favour mandatory vaccination, whereas female HCWs (OR= 0.79, 95% CI 0.63–0.96, vs male HCWs) and Black HCWs (OR=0.46, 95% CI 0.25–0.85, vs white HCWs) were less likely to. INTERPRETATION: Only one in six of the HCWs in this large, diverse, UK-wide sample favoured mandatory vaccination. Building trust, educating, and supporting HCWs who are hesitant about vaccination may be more acceptable, effective, and equitable. FUNDING: MRC-UK Research and Innovation grant (MR/V027549/1) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) via the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). Core funding was also provided by NIHR Biomedical Research Centres. Elsevier 2022-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8923694/ /pubmed/35308309 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101346 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Woolf, Katherine
Gogoi, Mayuri
Martin, Christopher A.
Papineni, Padmasayee
Lagrata, Susie
Nellums, Laura B.
McManus, I.Chris
Guyatt, Anna L.
Melbourne, Carl
Bryant, Luke
Gupta, Amit
John, Catherine
Carr, Sue
Tobin, Martin D.
Simpson, Sandra
Gregary, Bindu
Aujayeb, Avinash
Zingwe, Stephen
Reza, Rubina
Gray, Laura J.
Khunti, Kamlesh
Pareek, Manish
Healthcare workers’ views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study
title Healthcare workers’ views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study
title_full Healthcare workers’ views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study
title_fullStr Healthcare workers’ views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study
title_full_unstemmed Healthcare workers’ views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study
title_short Healthcare workers’ views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study
title_sort healthcare workers’ views on mandatory sars-cov-2 vaccination in the uk: a cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the uk-reach study
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8923694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35308309
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101346
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