Digregorio Marina, Van Ngoc Pauline, Delogne Simon, Meyers Eline, Deschepper Ellen, Duysburgh Els, De Rop Liselore, De Burghgraeve Tine, Coen Anja, De Clercq Nele, Sutter An De, Verbakel Jan Y, Cools Piet, Heytens Stefan, Buret Laëtitia, Scholtes Beatrice
Research Unit of Primary Care and Health, Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium.
Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Apr 12;10(4):598. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10040598.
In Belgium, nursing home staff (NHS) and residents were prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination. However, vaccine hesitancy may have impacted vaccination rates. In this study, a random stratified sample of NHS ( = 1142), vaccinated and unvaccinated, completed an online questionnaire on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (between 31 July and 15 November 2021). NHS who hesitated or refused the vaccine were asked for the main reason for their hesitation/refusal. Those who hesitated, but eventually accepted vaccination, were asked why they changed their minds. Overall, 29.5% of all respondents hesitated before accepting vaccination, were still hesitating, or refused vaccination. Principal reasons were fear of unknown future effects (55.1% of vaccinated participants that hesitated and 19.5% who refused), fear of side-effects (12.7% of vaccinated participants that hesitated and 12.2% who refused), and mistrust in vaccination (10.5% of vaccinated participants that hesitated and 12.2% who refused). For vaccinated participants who hesitated initially, protecting the vulnerable was the main reason they changed their minds. Given this degree of fear and proposals to mandate vaccination among healthcare workers, communicating with NHS on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine should be prioritised.
在比利时，养老院工作人员和居民被列为新冠疫苗接种的优先对象。然而，疫苗犹豫可能影响了接种率。在这项研究中，对1142名已接种和未接种疫苗的养老院工作人员进行随机分层抽样，他们于2021年7月31日至11月15日期间完成了一份关于新冠疫苗犹豫情况的在线调查问卷。对那些犹豫或拒绝接种疫苗的养老院工作人员询问了他们犹豫/拒绝的主要原因。对于那些犹豫但最终接受接种的人员，询问了他们改变主意的原因。总体而言，29.5%的受访者在接受接种前曾犹豫、仍在犹豫或拒绝接种。主要原因包括担心未知的未来影响（犹豫的接种者中有55.1%，拒绝接种者中有19.5%）、担心副作用（犹豫的接种者中有12.7%，拒绝接种者中有12.2%）以及对疫苗不信任（犹豫的接种者中有10.5%，拒绝接种者中有12.2%）。对于最初犹豫但后来接种的人员来说，保护弱势群体是他们改变主意的主要原因。鉴于这种程度的担忧以及对医护人员强制接种疫苗的提议，应优先与养老院工作人员就疫苗的安全性和有效性进行沟通。
