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Secondary School Teachers and Outpatient Physicians: Differences in Attitudes towards Vaccination against COVID-19 in Slovakia

The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19 among secondary school teachers and outpatient physicians. A cross-sectional study was realised using anonymous questionnaires. The EPI Info 7 program and R software, version 4.0.2 were used for s...

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Autores principales: Tatarkova, Maria, Ulbrichtova, Romana, Svihrova, Viera, Zibolenova, Jana, Novak, Martin, Svihra, Jan, Hudeckova, Henrieta
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9697559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36366366
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111858
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author Tatarkova, Maria
Ulbrichtova, Romana
Svihrova, Viera
Zibolenova, Jana
Novak, Martin
Svihra, Jan
Hudeckova, Henrieta
author_facet Tatarkova, Maria
Ulbrichtova, Romana
Svihrova, Viera
Zibolenova, Jana
Novak, Martin
Svihra, Jan
Hudeckova, Henrieta
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description The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19 among secondary school teachers and outpatient physicians. A cross-sectional study was realised using anonymous questionnaires. The EPI Info 7 program and R software, version 4.0.2 were used for statistical analysis. The questionnaire was completed by 868 respondents (teaching staff N = 451; outpatient physician N = 417). The number of employees vaccinated against COVID-19 was 742 (85.5%). The number of those vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza (last season) was 192 (21.9%). The statistically significant predictors were the level of fear of COVID-19 (OR 1.40; 95% CI 1.29–1.52), profession—outpatient physicians (OR 2.56; 95% CI 1.55–4.23), history of COVID-19 (OR 0.34; 95% CI 0.22–0.54), gender (OR 0.55; 95% CI 0.33–0.89) and influenza vaccination at any time in the past (OR 3.52; 95% CI 1.10–11.31). The strongest motivation for vaccination against COVID-19 among physicians was the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 during the performance of their profession (N = 336; 87%); among teachers, it was the protection of family members (N = 258; 73%). The most common reason for vaccine hesitancy was concern about vaccine safety (N = 80; 63.5%).
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spelling pubmed-96975592022-11-26 Secondary School Teachers and Outpatient Physicians: Differences in Attitudes towards Vaccination against COVID-19 in Slovakia Tatarkova, Maria Ulbrichtova, Romana Svihrova, Viera Zibolenova, Jana Novak, Martin Svihra, Jan Hudeckova, Henrieta Vaccines (Basel) Article The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in attitudes towards vaccination against COVID-19 among secondary school teachers and outpatient physicians. A cross-sectional study was realised using anonymous questionnaires. The EPI Info 7 program and R software, version 4.0.2 were used for statistical analysis. The questionnaire was completed by 868 respondents (teaching staff N = 451; outpatient physician N = 417). The number of employees vaccinated against COVID-19 was 742 (85.5%). The number of those vaccinated against COVID-19 and influenza (last season) was 192 (21.9%). The statistically significant predictors were the level of fear of COVID-19 (OR 1.40; 95% CI 1.29–1.52), profession—outpatient physicians (OR 2.56; 95% CI 1.55–4.23), history of COVID-19 (OR 0.34; 95% CI 0.22–0.54), gender (OR 0.55; 95% CI 0.33–0.89) and influenza vaccination at any time in the past (OR 3.52; 95% CI 1.10–11.31). The strongest motivation for vaccination against COVID-19 among physicians was the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 during the performance of their profession (N = 336; 87%); among teachers, it was the protection of family members (N = 258; 73%). The most common reason for vaccine hesitancy was concern about vaccine safety (N = 80; 63.5%). MDPI 2022-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9697559/ /pubmed/36366366 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111858 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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Ulbrichtova, Romana
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Zibolenova, Jana
Novak, Martin
Svihra, Jan
Hudeckova, Henrieta
Secondary School Teachers and Outpatient Physicians: Differences in Attitudes towards Vaccination against COVID-19 in Slovakia
title Secondary School Teachers and Outpatient Physicians: Differences in Attitudes towards Vaccination against COVID-19 in Slovakia
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title_fullStr Secondary School Teachers and Outpatient Physicians: Differences in Attitudes towards Vaccination against COVID-19 in Slovakia
title_full_unstemmed Secondary School Teachers and Outpatient Physicians: Differences in Attitudes towards Vaccination against COVID-19 in Slovakia
title_short Secondary School Teachers and Outpatient Physicians: Differences in Attitudes towards Vaccination against COVID-19 in Slovakia
title_sort secondary school teachers and outpatient physicians: differences in attitudes towards vaccination against covid-19 in slovakia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9697559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36366366
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10111858
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