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COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) of healthcare professionals and students in Poland: Cross-sectional survey-based study

Since healthcare professionals (HCPs) play a critical role in shaping their local communities' attitudes toward vaccines, HCPs' beliefs and attitudes toward vaccination are of vital importance for primary prevention strategies. The present study was designed as a cross-sectional survey-bas...

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Autores principales: Dziedzic, Arkadiusz, Issa, Julien, Hussain, Salman, Tanasiewicz, Marta, Wojtyczka, Robert, Kubina, Robert, Konwinska, Marta Dyszkiewicz, Riad, Abanoub
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35958845
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.938067
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author Dziedzic, Arkadiusz
Issa, Julien
Hussain, Salman
Tanasiewicz, Marta
Wojtyczka, Robert
Kubina, Robert
Konwinska, Marta Dyszkiewicz
Riad, Abanoub
author_facet Dziedzic, Arkadiusz
Issa, Julien
Hussain, Salman
Tanasiewicz, Marta
Wojtyczka, Robert
Kubina, Robert
Konwinska, Marta Dyszkiewicz
Riad, Abanoub
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description Since healthcare professionals (HCPs) play a critical role in shaping their local communities' attitudes toward vaccines, HCPs' beliefs and attitudes toward vaccination are of vital importance for primary prevention strategies. The present study was designed as a cross-sectional survey-based study utilizing a self-administered questionnaire to collect data about COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) among Polish HCPs and students of medical universities (MUSs). Out of the 443 included participants, 76.3% were females, 52.6% were HCPs, 31.8% were previously infected by SARS-CoV-2, and 69.3% had already received COVID-19 vaccine booster doses (VBD). Overall, 74.5% of the participants were willing to receive COVID-19 VBD, while 7.9 and 17.6% exhibited their hesitance and rejection, respectively. The most commonly found promoter for acceptance was protection of one's health (95.2%), followed by protection of family's health (81.8%) and protection of community's health (63.3%). Inferential statistics did not show a significant association between COVID-19 VBH and demographic variables, e.g., age and gender; however, the participants who had been previously infected by SARS-CoV-2 were significantly more inclined to reject the VBD. Protection from severe infection, community transmission, good safety profile, and favorable risk-benefit ratio were the significant determinants of the COVID-19 VBD acceptance and uptake. Fear of post-vaccination side effects was one of the key barriers for accepting COVID-19 VBD, which is consistent with the pre-existing literature. Public health campaigns need to highlight the postulated benefits of vaccines and the expected harms of skipping VBD.
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spelling pubmed-93596222022-08-10 COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) of healthcare professionals and students in Poland: Cross-sectional survey-based study Dziedzic, Arkadiusz Issa, Julien Hussain, Salman Tanasiewicz, Marta Wojtyczka, Robert Kubina, Robert Konwinska, Marta Dyszkiewicz Riad, Abanoub Front Public Health Public Health Since healthcare professionals (HCPs) play a critical role in shaping their local communities' attitudes toward vaccines, HCPs' beliefs and attitudes toward vaccination are of vital importance for primary prevention strategies. The present study was designed as a cross-sectional survey-based study utilizing a self-administered questionnaire to collect data about COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) among Polish HCPs and students of medical universities (MUSs). Out of the 443 included participants, 76.3% were females, 52.6% were HCPs, 31.8% were previously infected by SARS-CoV-2, and 69.3% had already received COVID-19 vaccine booster doses (VBD). Overall, 74.5% of the participants were willing to receive COVID-19 VBD, while 7.9 and 17.6% exhibited their hesitance and rejection, respectively. The most commonly found promoter for acceptance was protection of one's health (95.2%), followed by protection of family's health (81.8%) and protection of community's health (63.3%). Inferential statistics did not show a significant association between COVID-19 VBH and demographic variables, e.g., age and gender; however, the participants who had been previously infected by SARS-CoV-2 were significantly more inclined to reject the VBD. Protection from severe infection, community transmission, good safety profile, and favorable risk-benefit ratio were the significant determinants of the COVID-19 VBD acceptance and uptake. Fear of post-vaccination side effects was one of the key barriers for accepting COVID-19 VBD, which is consistent with the pre-existing literature. Public health campaigns need to highlight the postulated benefits of vaccines and the expected harms of skipping VBD. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9359622/ /pubmed/35958845 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.938067 Text en Copyright © 2022 Dziedzic, Issa, Hussain, Tanasiewicz, Wojtyczka, Kubina, Konwinska and Riad. 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.
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Dziedzic, Arkadiusz
Issa, Julien
Hussain, Salman
Tanasiewicz, Marta
Wojtyczka, Robert
Kubina, Robert
Konwinska, Marta Dyszkiewicz
Riad, Abanoub
COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) of healthcare professionals and students in Poland: Cross-sectional survey-based study
title COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) of healthcare professionals and students in Poland: Cross-sectional survey-based study
title_full COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) of healthcare professionals and students in Poland: Cross-sectional survey-based study
title_fullStr COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) of healthcare professionals and students in Poland: Cross-sectional survey-based study
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) of healthcare professionals and students in Poland: Cross-sectional survey-based study
title_short COVID-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (VBH) of healthcare professionals and students in Poland: Cross-sectional survey-based study
title_sort covid-19 vaccine booster hesitancy (vbh) of healthcare professionals and students in poland: cross-sectional survey-based study
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35958845
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.938067
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