Szmyd Bartosz, Karuga Filip Franciszek, Bartoszek Adrian, Staniecka Katarzyna, Siwecka Natalia, Bartoszek Agnieszka, Błaszczyk Maciej, Radek Maciej
Department of Neurosurgery, Spine and Peripheral Nerves Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.
Department of Sleep Medicine and Metabolic Disorders, Medical University of Lodz, 92-215 Łódz, Poland.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Mar 4;9(3):218. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9030218.
Healthcare workers are particularly exposed to biological risk during their daily occupational activities. Nowadays, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become one of the most widespread infectious agents. In the current study, we performed a survey on the attitude and behavior of Polish healthcare workers (HCW), which comprise physicians (MD) and administrative healthcare assistants (HA) towards the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. Our study involved 2300 subjects (42.17% female; 10.96% MD; 5.87% HA). The evaluation was conducted using a Google Forms survey based on original questions and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 Items questionnaire. HCW significantly more often demonstrated their willingness to get vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 as compared to the control group (82.95% vs. 54.31%, respectively). The main concern, as regards all groups, was the development of long-term side effects after getting COVID-19 vaccine. The study revealed that depression significantly affects the willingness to get vaccinated. The readiness was significantly strengthened by positive medical history of recommended vaccinations, fear of catching COVID-19, as well as fear of passing on the disease to the relatives. Overall, the percentage of HCW, who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 remains unsatisfactory. Further works exploring this subject are needed to take a step closer to achieving the herd immunity in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.
医护人员在日常职业活动中特别容易面临生物风险。如今,严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)已成为传播最广泛的病原体之一。在本研究中,我们对波兰医护人员(包括医生和行政医护助理)对2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)疫苗接种的态度和行为进行了调查。我们的研究涉及2300名受试者(42.17%为女性;10.96%为医生;5.87%为行政医护助理)。评估通过基于原始问题的谷歌表单调查以及21项抑郁、焦虑和压力量表问卷进行。与对照组相比,医护人员更经常表现出愿意接种SARS-CoV-2疫苗的意愿(分别为82.95%和54.31%)。对于所有群体来说,主要担忧是接种COVID-19疫苗后出现长期副作用。研究表明,抑郁显著影响接种意愿。推荐疫苗接种的阳性病史、对感染COVID-19的恐惧以及对将疾病传染给亲属的恐惧显著增强了接种意愿。总体而言,希望接种COVID-19疫苗的医护人员比例仍不尽人意。需要进一步开展探索该主题的工作,以便在COVID-19大流行时代更接近实现群体免疫。