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The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination in Changing the Adherence to Preventive Measures: Evidence from Italy

The objectives of the survey were to explore any changes in the adherence to the three main COVID-19 preventive measures (social distancing, washing hands, wearing face-masks) among 795 individuals who received the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in Italy and to identify the predictors associated. The...

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Autores principales: Corea, Francesco, Folcarelli, Lucio, Napoli, Annalisa, del Giudice, Grazia Miraglia, Angelillo, Italo Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9143241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35632533
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050777
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author Corea, Francesco
Folcarelli, Lucio
Napoli, Annalisa
del Giudice, Grazia Miraglia
Angelillo, Italo Francesco
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Folcarelli, Lucio
Napoli, Annalisa
del Giudice, Grazia Miraglia
Angelillo, Italo Francesco
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description The objectives of the survey were to explore any changes in the adherence to the three main COVID-19 preventive measures (social distancing, washing hands, wearing face-masks) among 795 individuals who received the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in Italy and to identify the predictors associated. The concern of contracting COVID-19 before the vaccination, after the primary COVID-19 vaccine series, and after the booster dose resulted with a mean value of 7.7, 4.6, and 4.2, respectively. Females, those who had a lower mean self-perceived health status, who perceived COVID-19 as a very serious health problem, who decided to receive the booster dose because they perceived to be at risk of getting COVID-19, and who expressed interest in acquiring more information regarding the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose were more likely to report a higher concern of contracting COVID-19 after the booster dose. Over two-thirds were willing to respect the three main COVID-19 preventive measures following the booster dose. The multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that those who had used all three main preventive measures before and after the second or single dose were less likely to perceive COVID-19 as a serious illness. Those who had used them irregularly were less likely to have used official government organizations and scientific journals as sources of information. This survey provided an understanding regarding the adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures that may help to target policy interventions needed to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
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spelling pubmed-91432412022-05-29 The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination in Changing the Adherence to Preventive Measures: Evidence from Italy Corea, Francesco Folcarelli, Lucio Napoli, Annalisa del Giudice, Grazia Miraglia Angelillo, Italo Francesco Vaccines (Basel) Article The objectives of the survey were to explore any changes in the adherence to the three main COVID-19 preventive measures (social distancing, washing hands, wearing face-masks) among 795 individuals who received the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in Italy and to identify the predictors associated. The concern of contracting COVID-19 before the vaccination, after the primary COVID-19 vaccine series, and after the booster dose resulted with a mean value of 7.7, 4.6, and 4.2, respectively. Females, those who had a lower mean self-perceived health status, who perceived COVID-19 as a very serious health problem, who decided to receive the booster dose because they perceived to be at risk of getting COVID-19, and who expressed interest in acquiring more information regarding the COVID-19 vaccine booster dose were more likely to report a higher concern of contracting COVID-19 after the booster dose. Over two-thirds were willing to respect the three main COVID-19 preventive measures following the booster dose. The multinomial logistic regression analysis showed that those who had used all three main preventive measures before and after the second or single dose were less likely to perceive COVID-19 as a serious illness. Those who had used them irregularly were less likely to have used official government organizations and scientific journals as sources of information. This survey provided an understanding regarding the adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures that may help to target policy interventions needed to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2. MDPI 2022-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9143241/ /pubmed/35632533 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050777 Text en © 2022 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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The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination in Changing the Adherence to Preventive Measures: Evidence from Italy
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title_full The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination in Changing the Adherence to Preventive Measures: Evidence from Italy
title_fullStr The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination in Changing the Adherence to Preventive Measures: Evidence from Italy
title_full_unstemmed The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination in Changing the Adherence to Preventive Measures: Evidence from Italy
title_short The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination in Changing the Adherence to Preventive Measures: Evidence from Italy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9143241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35632533
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10050777
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