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COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: The role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits

People with dementia have an increased risk of contracting severe forms of COVID-19. Although in worldwide vaccination programs priority has been given to older people, having taken the vaccine does not totally eliminate the risk of contracting COVID-19 when one is in close contact with unvaccinated...

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Autores principales: Bruno, Francesco, Malvaso, Antonio, Chiesi, Francesca, Laganà, Valentina, Servidio, Rocco, Isella, Valeria, Ferrarese, Carlo, Gottardi, Federica, Stella, Eloisa, Agosta, Federica, Filippi, Massimo, Lorenzo, Raffaele Di, Martin, Leslie R., Bruni, Amalia Cecilia, Maletta, Raffaele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9335157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923316
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author Bruno, Francesco
Malvaso, Antonio
Chiesi, Francesca
Laganà, Valentina
Servidio, Rocco
Isella, Valeria
Ferrarese, Carlo
Gottardi, Federica
Stella, Eloisa
Agosta, Federica
Filippi, Massimo
Lorenzo, Raffaele Di
Martin, Leslie R.
Bruni, Amalia Cecilia
Maletta, Raffaele
author_facet Bruno, Francesco
Malvaso, Antonio
Chiesi, Francesca
Laganà, Valentina
Servidio, Rocco
Isella, Valeria
Ferrarese, Carlo
Gottardi, Federica
Stella, Eloisa
Agosta, Federica
Filippi, Massimo
Lorenzo, Raffaele Di
Martin, Leslie R.
Bruni, Amalia Cecilia
Maletta, Raffaele
author_sort Bruno, Francesco
collection PubMed
description People with dementia have an increased risk of contracting severe forms of COVID-19. Although in worldwide vaccination programs priority has been given to older people, having taken the vaccine does not totally eliminate the risk of contracting COVID-19 when one is in close contact with unvaccinated people. Thus, family caregivers’ choices to remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 could have potentially lethal consequences for their relatives. To our knowledge, this study represents the first attempt within the international literature to analyze COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia and to identify some of the psychological factors, related to COVID-19 and vaccination behavior, that could facilitate or hinder vaccine uptake. Contact information for family caregivers was obtained from five different centers and associations throughout the Italian territory. Data were collected from 179 respondents during July-September 2021 using a cross-sectional web-based survey design. More than 75% of the respondents indicated that had been vaccinated against COVID-19 and reported receiving vaccine information mainly from print or electronic newspapers (86%), followed by TV (81%) and families (64.2%). In multivariable logistic regression analyses, worries about unforeseen future effects was significantly related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake, indicating that family caregivers concerned about potential side effects of vaccines were less likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 (OR = 0.60, CI = 0.40-0.89). Openness to experience was also related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake, with family caregivers higher on this trait being less likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 (OR = 0.83, CI = 0.71-0.98). Implications for targeting of vaccine-related messages are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-93351572022-07-30 COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: The role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits Bruno, Francesco Malvaso, Antonio Chiesi, Francesca Laganà, Valentina Servidio, Rocco Isella, Valeria Ferrarese, Carlo Gottardi, Federica Stella, Eloisa Agosta, Federica Filippi, Massimo Lorenzo, Raffaele Di Martin, Leslie R. Bruni, Amalia Cecilia Maletta, Raffaele Front Psychol Psychology People with dementia have an increased risk of contracting severe forms of COVID-19. Although in worldwide vaccination programs priority has been given to older people, having taken the vaccine does not totally eliminate the risk of contracting COVID-19 when one is in close contact with unvaccinated people. Thus, family caregivers’ choices to remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 could have potentially lethal consequences for their relatives. To our knowledge, this study represents the first attempt within the international literature to analyze COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia and to identify some of the psychological factors, related to COVID-19 and vaccination behavior, that could facilitate or hinder vaccine uptake. Contact information for family caregivers was obtained from five different centers and associations throughout the Italian territory. Data were collected from 179 respondents during July-September 2021 using a cross-sectional web-based survey design. More than 75% of the respondents indicated that had been vaccinated against COVID-19 and reported receiving vaccine information mainly from print or electronic newspapers (86%), followed by TV (81%) and families (64.2%). In multivariable logistic regression analyses, worries about unforeseen future effects was significantly related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake, indicating that family caregivers concerned about potential side effects of vaccines were less likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 (OR = 0.60, CI = 0.40-0.89). Openness to experience was also related to COVID-19 vaccine uptake, with family caregivers higher on this trait being less likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 (OR = 0.83, CI = 0.71-0.98). Implications for targeting of vaccine-related messages are discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC9335157/ /pubmed/35911007 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923316 Text en Copyright © 2022 Bruno, Malvaso, Chiesi, Laganà, Servidio, Isella, Ferrarese, Gottardi, Stella, Agosta, Filippi, Lorenzo, Martin, Bruni and Maletta. 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 Psychology
Bruno, Francesco
Malvaso, Antonio
Chiesi, Francesca
Laganà, Valentina
Servidio, Rocco
Isella, Valeria
Ferrarese, Carlo
Gottardi, Federica
Stella, Eloisa
Agosta, Federica
Filippi, Massimo
Lorenzo, Raffaele Di
Martin, Leslie R.
Bruni, Amalia Cecilia
Maletta, Raffaele
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: The role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits
title COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: The role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits
title_full COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: The role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits
title_fullStr COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: The role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: The role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits
title_short COVID-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: The role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits
title_sort covid-19 vaccine uptake among family caregivers of people with dementia: the role of attitudes toward vaccination, perceived social support and personality traits
topic Psychology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9335157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35911007
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.923316
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