Ramot Shira, Tal Orna
Department of Management, Health Systems Management Program, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel.
Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh), Zerifin 7033001, Israel.
Vaccines (Basel). 2023 Feb 7;11(2):385. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11020385.
Attitudes of healthcare workers (HCWs) toward vaccines are extremely important for increasing vaccination coverage. We conducted a cross-sectional study at the beginning of the fourth COVID-19 vaccination dose campaign among 124 HCWs to evaluate attitudes towards the fourth dose and willingness to get vaccinated. At that time, Israel was the first country to approve the fourth vaccine dose. Most women were unwilling to get the fourth vaccine dose compared to men; 53.9% of physicians were unwilling to get vaccinated compared to 83.3% of nurses and 69% of other HCWs professions. The most frequent concerns regarding the vaccine were its efficacy, benefit, and necessity. The perceived risk and perceived severity of the health risk involved with getting vaccinated with the fourth dose were higher among HCWs who stated that they would not get vaccinated compared to those who were vaccinated or intended to get vaccinated. In contrast, HCWs who were vaccinated with the fourth dose, or those who were planning to get vaccinated, gave higher scores to the perceived benefit of the booster, its advantages, its perceived safety, its ability to protect from severe illness, and the perceived extent of scientific information about the risk associated with the booster. A logistic regression model revealed that perception of the fourth dose's benefits and risk significantly predict the willingness of HCWs to get vaccinated. Willingness to vaccinate their own children, acceptance of a hypothetical annual booster vaccine, and having less severe adverse effects after prior vaccination were also associated with willingness to get the fourth dose. These findings could help policy makers in developing strategies to expand the acceptance and coverage of the COVID-19 booster doses.
医护人员(HCWs)对疫苗的态度对于提高疫苗接种覆盖率极为重要。我们在第四次新冠疫苗接种活动开始时,对124名医护人员进行了一项横断面研究,以评估他们对第四剂疫苗的态度和接种意愿。当时,以色列是首个批准第四剂疫苗的国家。与男性相比,大多数女性不愿意接种第四剂疫苗;53.9%的医生不愿意接种,而护士的这一比例为83.3%,其他医护职业为69%。对疫苗最常见的担忧是其有效性、益处和必要性。与已接种或打算接种第四剂疫苗的医护人员相比,表示不会接种的医护人员认为接种第四剂疫苗所涉及的健康风险的感知风险和感知严重性更高。相比之下,接种了第四剂疫苗的医护人员,或计划接种的医护人员,对加强针的感知益处、优势、感知安全性、预防重病的能力以及关于加强针相关风险的科学信息的感知程度给出了更高的分数。逻辑回归模型显示,对第四剂疫苗益处和风险的认知显著预测了医护人员接种疫苗的意愿。给自己孩子接种疫苗的意愿、接受假设的年度加强针疫苗以及之前接种后不良反应较轻也与接种第四剂疫苗的意愿相关。这些发现有助于政策制定者制定策略,以扩大对新冠加强针的接受度和接种覆盖率。