Okamoto Yuri, Hiyama Toru, Miyake Yoshie, Yoshino Atsuo, Miyauchi Shunsuke, Tanaka Junko
Health Service Center, Hiroshima University, 1-7-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima-city, Hiroshima 739-8514, Japan.
Department of Epidemiology, Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Science, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 May 27;10(6):863. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10060863.
It is said that safe and effective vaccination is an important tool to end the COVID-19 pandemic. However, recent studies have reported hesitation, especially in young adults. Promoting the vaccination of university students, who represent the young adults, will lead to infection prevention measures. The purpose of this study was to clarify to compare the vaccination rates, attitudes toward vaccines, and post-vaccination behavior of students and faculty members in order to understand the actual situation of young population.
We conducted large-scale vaccination of Hiroshima University from 21 June to 18 September 2021. This cross-sectional survey was conducted via e-mail from 27 September to 3 October 2021.
The number of second inoculations was 10,833 /14,154 students (76.5%), and 2240/2583 staff members (86.7%). Regarding the impressions after vaccination, the most common answer was "I was able to prevent worsening of the disease even if I was infected". Many students answered that their range of activities had expanded after vaccination. However, many students ( = 1799, 87.8%) answered as having "no change after vaccination" regarding infection prevention.
The high vaccination rate in this survey was thought to be due to the increased sense of security and confidence in the vaccine. The fact that young adults who perform a wide range of activities are careful about infection prevention may be one of the factors that prevents the explosive spread of infection in Japan.
据说安全有效的疫苗接种是终结新冠疫情的一项重要工具。然而，近期研究报告称存在疫苗犹豫现象，尤其是在年轻人中。推动作为年轻人代表的大学生接种疫苗将有助于采取感染预防措施。本研究的目的是通过比较学生和教职员工的疫苗接种率、对疫苗的态度以及接种后的行为，以了解年轻人群的实际情况。
我们于2021年6月21日至9月18日在广岛大学开展了大规模疫苗接种。这项横断面调查于2021年9月27日至10月3日通过电子邮件进行。
二次接种人数为10833名学生/14154名学生（76.5%），2240名教职员工/2583名教职员工（86.7%）。关于接种后的感受，最常见的回答是“即使感染也能预防病情恶化”。许多学生表示接种疫苗后活动范围扩大。然而，许多学生（1799名，87.8%）在感染预防方面回答“接种后无变化”。
本次调查中的高疫苗接种率被认为是由于对疫苗的安全感和信心增强。从事广泛活动的年轻人对感染预防谨慎这一事实，可能是日本防止感染爆发性传播的因素之一。
