Marinos Georgios, Lamprinos Dimitrios, Georgakopoulos Panagiotis, Kavoukidis Nikiforos, Oikonomou Evangelos, Zoumpoulis Georgios, Siasos Gerasimos, Schizas Dimitrios, Nikolopoulos Alexandros, Botonis Petros G, Damaskos Christos, Rachiotis Georgios, Lagiou Pagona, Orfanos Philippos
Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 5 Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Emergency Care Department, Laikon General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Oct 28;10(11):1821. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10111821.
Sports have been majorly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. After the lockdown period, vaccination and protocols were implemented to return to normality. We aimed to assess the attitudes and practices related to COVID-19 vaccination among athletes, and to record adverse effects of vaccination, if any. A questionnaire was distributed to 1012 male and female athletes, 15+ years old, within the region of Athens. Vaccination coverage with at least one dose was 93.5%, whereas 53.9% were fully vaccinated. More than half of the participants were infected with SARS-CoV-2 at the time of the study. More than 90% of the participants, considered the vaccines as safe, effective and important for public health. Concern about potential side-effects was raised especially by women athletes (59.1% of women compared to 42.2% of men, p < 0.001). The main reasons for avoiding vaccination were fear of vaccine safety, concern about the short time period for vaccine development and testing and doubt of risk of being exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection. The main reported side-effects were pain at the injection site, fatigue, fever and headache. Approximately two thirds of the participants reported that vaccination did not affect their training, and none reported missing participation in scheduled athletic events. Participants reported high compliance to preventive measures by themselves and fellow athletes, but low satisfaction regarding the implementation of public protocols and the flow of information provided by the authorities. Athletes of older age and those less concerned about potential side-effects were more likely to get fully vaccinated. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the athletes in our study were vaccinated for COVID-19 despite any hesitation regarding effectiveness, safety, or potential side-effects from the vaccines.
体育赛事受到了新冠疫情的重大影响。在封锁期过后，为恢复正常状态实施了疫苗接种和相关协议。我们旨在评估运动员中与新冠疫苗接种相关的态度和做法，并记录疫苗接种的不良反应（如有）。我们向雅典地区1012名15岁及以上的男女运动员发放了问卷。至少接种一剂疫苗的覆盖率为93.5%，而完全接种疫苗的比例为53.9%。超过一半的参与者在研究时感染过新冠病毒。超过90%的参与者认为疫苗对公众健康安全、有效且重要。女运动员尤其担心潜在的副作用（59.1%的女性相比42.2%的男性，p<0.001）。避免接种疫苗的主要原因是担心疫苗安全性、对疫苗研发和测试时间短的担忧以及对感染新冠病毒风险的怀疑。报告的主要副作用是注射部位疼痛、疲劳、发烧和头痛。约三分之二的参与者表示接种疫苗未影响他们的训练，且无人报告因此错过预定的体育赛事。参与者报告称自己和其他运动员对预防措施的依从性较高，但对公共协议的实施情况以及当局提供的信息流通情况满意度较低。年龄较大且不太担心潜在副作用的运动员更有可能完全接种疫苗。尽管如此，我们研究中的绝大多数运动员尽管对疫苗的有效性、安全性或潜在副作用存在犹豫，但仍接种了新冠疫苗。
