Gallè Francesca, Sabella Elita Anna, Roma Paolo, De Giglio Osvalda, Caggiano Giuseppina, Tafuri Silvio, Da Molin Giovanna, Ferracuti Stefano, Montagna Maria Teresa, Liguori Giorgio, Orsi Giovanni Battista, Napoli Christian
Department of Movement Sciences and Wellbeing, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80133 Naples, Italy.
Inter-University Research Centre "Population, Environment and Health", University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70121 Bari, Italy.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Jun 10;9(6):638. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9060638.
At the end of 2020, the Italian Ministry of Health launched a national vaccination campaign to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study aimed at appraising levels of knowledge about and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in a sample of Italian undergraduates during the first phase of the immunization plan. A web-based questionnaire was administered to students attending universities in Bari, Naples, and Rome during the period February-April 2021. Of the total of 3226 participants, 91.9% were keen to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. More than 80% gave correct answers to questions about COVID-19 vaccine administration, functioning, and effects on community health. However, only 63.8% identified the correct composition of the available vaccines. Knowledge was found to be related to sociodemographic features and COVID-19 vaccination acceptance ( < 0.05). COVID-19 vaccination acceptance was found to be related to having a previous vaccination against influenza (OR 3.806, CI 95% 1.181-12.267; = 0.025) and knowledge (OR 4.759, CI 95% 2.106-10.753; = 0.000). These results show a good level of awareness about COVID-19 vaccination in this population, which may indicate the effectiveness of communication strategies accompanying the COVID-19 immunization campaign in Italy.
2020年底，意大利卫生部发起了一场全国性疫苗接种运动，以应对新冠疫情。本研究旨在评估在免疫计划第一阶段，意大利大学生样本中对新冠疫苗接种的知识水平和接受程度。2021年2月至4月期间，对就读于巴里、那不勒斯和罗马各大学的学生进行了一项基于网络的问卷调查。在总共3226名参与者中，91.9%的人渴望接种新冠疫苗。超过80%的人对有关新冠疫苗接种、作用机制以及对社区健康影响的问题给出了正确答案。然而，只有63.8%的人识别出了现有疫苗的正确成分。研究发现，知识水平与社会人口学特征以及新冠疫苗接种接受度相关（<0.05）。新冠疫苗接种接受度与之前接种过流感疫苗（比值比3.806，95%置信区间1.181 - 12.267；P = 0.025）和知识水平（比值比4.759，95%置信区间2.106 - 10.753；P = 0.000）相关。这些结果表明该人群对新冠疫苗接种有较高的认知水平，这可能表明意大利新冠疫苗接种运动所伴随的沟通策略是有效的。
