COVID-19 Vaccination and Mental Health Outcomes among Greek Adults in 2021: Preliminary Evidence

Existing research on the association between COVID-19 vaccination and quantitatively measured mental health outcomes is scarce. We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey on a random sample of 1039 adult Greek citizens in June 2021. Among the participants, 39.6% were vaccinated with two doses,...

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Autores principales: Souliotis, Kyriakos, Peppou, Lily E., Giannouchos, Theodoros V., Samara, Myrto, Sifaki-Pistolla, Dimitra, Economou, Marina, Maltezou, Helena C.
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9412301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36016258
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081371
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author Souliotis, Kyriakos
Peppou, Lily E.
Giannouchos, Theodoros V.
Samara, Myrto
Sifaki-Pistolla, Dimitra
Economou, Marina
Maltezou, Helena C.
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Peppou, Lily E.
Giannouchos, Theodoros V.
Samara, Myrto
Sifaki-Pistolla, Dimitra
Economou, Marina
Maltezou, Helena C.
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description Existing research on the association between COVID-19 vaccination and quantitatively measured mental health outcomes is scarce. We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey on a random sample of 1039 adult Greek citizens in June 2021. Among the participants, 39.6% were vaccinated with two doses, 23.1% with one dose, 21.4% were planning to become vaccinated later, and 8.1% refused vaccination. Compared to those fully vaccinated, those against vaccination (“deniers”) and those who planned to do so later on (“not vaccinated yet”) had significantly higher scores across three stress, anxiety, and depression construct scales. Our findings suggest an association between COVID-19 vaccination status and mental health.
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spelling pubmed-94123012022-08-27 COVID-19 Vaccination and Mental Health Outcomes among Greek Adults in 2021: Preliminary Evidence Souliotis, Kyriakos Peppou, Lily E. Giannouchos, Theodoros V. Samara, Myrto Sifaki-Pistolla, Dimitra Economou, Marina Maltezou, Helena C. Vaccines (Basel) Brief Report Existing research on the association between COVID-19 vaccination and quantitatively measured mental health outcomes is scarce. We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey on a random sample of 1039 adult Greek citizens in June 2021. Among the participants, 39.6% were vaccinated with two doses, 23.1% with one dose, 21.4% were planning to become vaccinated later, and 8.1% refused vaccination. Compared to those fully vaccinated, those against vaccination (“deniers”) and those who planned to do so later on (“not vaccinated yet”) had significantly higher scores across three stress, anxiety, and depression construct scales. Our findings suggest an association between COVID-19 vaccination status and mental health. MDPI 2022-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9412301/ /pubmed/36016258 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10081371 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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Maltezou, Helena C.
COVID-19 Vaccination and Mental Health Outcomes among Greek Adults in 2021: Preliminary Evidence
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