Nohl André, Ben Abdallah Heithem, Weichert Veronika, Zeiger Sascha, Ohmann Tobias, Dudda Marcel
Department of Emergency Medicine, BG Klinikum Duisburg, 47249 Duisburg, Germany.
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS), 47249 Duisburg, Germany.
Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Nov 23;9(12):1616. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9121616.
Healthcare workers (HCWs) in hospitals are at high risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers' infection risk could be amplified during the ongoing pandemic due to various factors, including continuous exposure to patients and inadequate infection control training. Despite the risk healthcare workers face, vaccine hesitancy remains a global challenge. Differences in acceptance rates have ranged from less than 55% (in Russia) to nearly 90% (in China). In order to improve our knowledge of vaccine acceptance and its variation in rates, an evaluation is warranted. A survey was thus administered to healthcare workers.
This survey aimed to address vaccination acceptance among employees in an urban level 1 trauma hospital. It was conducted through a developed and structured questionnaire that was randomly distributed online among the staff (age ≥18 years) to receive their feedback.
Among 285 participants (out of 995 employees), 69% were female, and 83.5% were overaged more than 30 years of age. The two largest groups were nurses (32%) and doctors (22%). The majority of respondents reported that they would "like to be vaccinated" (77.4%) and that they trusted the COVID-19 vaccine (62%). Moreover, 67.8% also reported that they felt the vaccination was effective. They reported that vaccination was a method to prevent the spread of COVID-19 (85.15%) and was a way to protect individuals with weak immune systems (78.2%). More importantly, the participants were concerned about other people (80.1%) and believed the vaccine would protect others. On the other hand, the result showed that the majority of participants (95.3%) chose to be vaccinated once everyone else was vaccinated, "I don't need to get vaccinated". Results showed that the majority of participants that chose "I don't need to get vaccinated" did so after everyone else was vaccinated. Our results show that COVID-19 vaccination intention in a level 1 trauma hospital was associated with older age males who are more confident, and also share a collective responsibility, are less complacent, and have fewer constraints.
Acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine is relatively low among healthcare workers (HCWs). Differences in vaccine acceptance have been noted between different categories of HCWs and genders. Therefore, addressing barriers to vaccination acceptance among these HCWs is essential to avoid reluctance to receive the vaccination, but it will be challenging.
在新冠疫情期间，医院医护人员面临高风险。由于多种因素，包括持续接触患者以及感染控制培训不足，在当前疫情期间医护人员的感染风险可能会增加。尽管医护人员面临风险，但疫苗犹豫仍然是一个全球性挑战。疫苗接种率差异很大，从低于55%（俄罗斯）到近90%（中国）不等。为了增进我们对疫苗接受度及其接种率差异的了解，有必要进行一项评估。因此，我们对医护人员进行了一项调查。
本次调查旨在了解一家市级一级创伤医院员工的疫苗接种接受情况。通过一份编制好的结构化问卷进行调查，该问卷在员工（年龄≥18岁）中随机在线发放以获取他们的反馈。
在995名员工中的285名参与者中，69%为女性，83.5%年龄超过30岁。人数最多的两个群体是护士（32%）和医生（22%）。大多数受访者表示他们“愿意接种疫苗”（77.4%），并且信任新冠疫苗（62%）。此外，67.8%的受访者还表示他们认为疫苗是有效的。他们报告称接种疫苗是预防新冠传播的一种方式（85.15%），也是保护免疫系统较弱者的一种方式（78.2%）。更重要的是，参与者关心他人（80.1%），并认为疫苗会保护他人。另一方面，结果显示大多数参与者（95.3%）选择在其他人都接种后才接种，“我不需要接种”。结果表明，大多数选择“我不需要接种”的参与者是在其他人都接种之后才这样做的。我们的结果表明，一级创伤医院中新冠疫苗接种意愿与年龄较大、更自信、有集体责任感、不那么自满且限制较少的男性有关。
医护人员对新冠疫苗的接受度相对较低。不同类别的医护人员和不同性别之间在疫苗接受度上存在差异。因此，解决这些医护人员接种疫苗的障碍对于避免他们不愿接种疫苗至关重要，但这将具有挑战性。
