COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance and Hesitancy among Healthcare Workers in Germany
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چکیده
Vaccination hesitancy is a threat to herd immunity. Healthcare workers (HCWs) play key role in promoting Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination the general population. We therefore aimed provide data on COVID-19 acceptance/hesitancy among German HCWs. For this exploratory, cross-sectional study, an online survey was conducted February 2021. The included 54 items demographics; previous behavior; trust vaccines, physicians, pharmaceutical industry and health politics; fear of adverse effects; assumptions regarding consequences COVID-19; knowledge about vaccines; information seeking behavior. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated chi-square tests performed. Four thousand five hundred surveys analyzed. overall acceptance 91.7%. age group ?20 years showed lowest acceptance. Factors associated lack authorities companies. Attitudes acquaintances too. Participants more often obtained vaccines via messenger services or video platforms underperformed test. found high amongst Several factors identified which could be targeted HCW campaigns.
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عنوان ژورنال: Vaccines
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2076-393X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9070777