Vaccine hesitancy among hospital staff physicians: A cross-sectional survey in France in 2019

Healthcare professionals, because they recommend vaccines to their patients, answer questions, and vaccinate them, are the cornerstone of vaccination in France. They can nonetheless be affected by vaccine hesitancy (VH). Aims. We sought study opinions, practices, perceptions French hospital staff physicians (HSPs) toward prevalence correlates VH among them. Methods. conducted a cross-sectional survey 14 public hospitals France from September 2018 October 2019. HSPs completed standardized questionnaire –most time face-to-face — about vaccine-related attitudes practices. Data were weighted for age sex. An agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis HSPs’ opinions allowed us identify vaccine-hesitant HSPs, multiple Poisson regression with robust standard errors let factors associated VH. Results. The included 1,795 (participation rate: 86%). Almost all (93.7%) strongly favorable vaccination, even though 42.2% (95CI = 39.8–44.6) showed moderate was lowest infectious disease specialists (12.3%; 95CI 6.7–21.3) pediatricians (27.7%; 21.4–35.2). Hesitant less trustful information sources doubted safety more often than almost no Compared non-hesitant those higher had taken medical course likely vaccinated against seasonal influenza, patients try convince vaccinated. Conclusions. Strong favorability does not prevent VH, which observed most specialties. Interventions required help hesitant adopt proactive