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COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers and Non-healthcare Workers in China: A Survey.
Front Public Health. 2021; 9:709056.FP

Abstract

Background: The coronavirus pneumonia is still spreading around the world. Much progress has been made in vaccine development, and vaccination will become an inevitable trend in the fight against this pandemic. However, the public acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination still remains uncertain. Methods: An anonymous questionnaire was used in Wen Juan Xing survey platform. All the respondents were divided into healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed to identify the key sociodemographic, cognitive, and attitude associations among the samples of healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers. Results: A total of 2,580 respondents completed the questionnaire, including 1,329 healthcare workers and 1,251 non-healthcare workers. This study showed that 76.98% of healthcare workers accepted the COVID-19 vaccine, 18.28% workers were hesitant, and 4.74% workers were resistant. Among the non-healthcare workers, 56.19% workers received the COVID-19 vaccine, 37.57% workers were hesitant, and 6.24% workers were resistant. Among the healthcare workers, compared with vaccine recipients, vaccine-hesitant individuals were more likely to be female (AOR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.12-2.07); vaccine-resistant individuals were more likely to live in the suburbs (AOR = 2.81, 95% CI: 1.44-3.99) with an income of 10,000 RMB or greater (AOR = 2.00, 95% CI: 1.03-3.90). Among the non-healthcare workers, vaccine-hesitant individuals were more likely to be female (AOR = 1.66, 95% CI: 1.31-2.11); vaccine-resistant individuals were also more likely to be female (AOR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.16-3.02) and older than 65 years (AOR = 4.96, 95% CI: 1.40-7.62). There are great differences between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers in their cognition and attitude toward vaccines. Conclusions: Our study shows that healthcare workers are more willing to be vaccinated than non-healthcare workers. Current vaccine safety issues continue to be a major factor affecting public acceptance, and to expand vaccine coverage in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, appropriate vaccination strategies and immunization programs are essential, especially for non-healthcare workers.

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Metabolic Disease Center, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

Metabolic Disease Center, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical Unviersity, Hefei, China.

Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.

Metabolic Disease Center, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

Metabolic Disease Center, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

Metabolic Disease Center, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

Metabolic Disease Center, Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

Neurological Department, Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.

School of Public Health, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.

MeSH

COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansMalePandemicsSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesVaccination

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

34409011

Citation

Wang, Ming-Wei, et al. "COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers and Non-healthcare Workers in China: a Survey." Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 9, 2021, p. 709056.

Wang MW, Wen W, Wang N, et al. COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers and Non-healthcare Workers in China: A Survey. Front Public Health. 2021;9:709056.

Wang, M. W., Wen, W., Wang, N., Zhou, M. Y., Wang, C. Y., Ni, J., Jiang, J. J., Zhang, X. W., Feng, Z. H., & Cheng, Y. R. (2021). COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers and Non-healthcare Workers in China: A Survey. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 709056. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.709056

Wang MW, et al. COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers and Non-healthcare Workers in China: a Survey. Front Public Health. 2021;9:709056. PubMed PMID: 34409011.

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TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 Vaccination Acceptance Among Healthcare Workers and Non-healthcare Workers in China: A Survey. AU - Wang,Ming-Wei, AU - Wen,Wen, AU - Wang,Nan, AU - Zhou,Meng-Yun, AU - Wang,Chun-Yi, AU - Ni,Jie, AU - Jiang,Jing-Jie, AU - Zhang,Xing-Wei, AU - Feng,Zhan-Hui, AU - Cheng,Yong-Ran, Y1 - 2021/08/02/ PY - 2021/05/13/received PY - 2021/07/05/accepted PY - 2021/8/19/entrez PY - 2021/8/20/pubmed PY - 2021/8/24/medline KW - COVID-19 vaccine KW - healthcare workers KW - non-healthcare workers KW - vaccine acceptance KW - vaccine hesitant KW - vaccine resistant SP - 709056 EP - 709056 JF - Frontiers in public health JO - Front Public Health VL - 9 N2 - Background: The coronavirus pneumonia is still spreading around the world. Much progress has been made in vaccine development, and vaccination will become an inevitable trend in the fight against this pandemic. However, the public acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination still remains uncertain. Methods: An anonymous questionnaire was used in Wen Juan Xing survey platform. All the respondents were divided into healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were performed to identify the key sociodemographic, cognitive, and attitude associations among the samples of healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers. Results: A total of 2,580 respondents completed the questionnaire, including 1,329 healthcare workers and 1,251 non-healthcare workers. This study showed that 76.98% of healthcare workers accepted the COVID-19 vaccine, 18.28% workers were hesitant, and 4.74% workers were resistant. Among the non-healthcare workers, 56.19% workers received the COVID-19 vaccine, 37.57% workers were hesitant, and 6.24% workers were resistant. Among the healthcare workers, compared with vaccine recipients, vaccine-hesitant individuals were more likely to be female (AOR = 1.52, 95% CI: 1.12-2.07); vaccine-resistant individuals were more likely to live in the suburbs (AOR = 2.81, 95% CI: 1.44-3.99) with an income of 10,000 RMB or greater (AOR = 2.00, 95% CI: 1.03-3.90). Among the non-healthcare workers, vaccine-hesitant individuals were more likely to be female (AOR = 1.66, 95% CI: 1.31-2.11); vaccine-resistant individuals were also more likely to be female (AOR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.16-3.02) and older than 65 years (AOR = 4.96, 95% CI: 1.40-7.62). There are great differences between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers in their cognition and attitude toward vaccines. Conclusions: Our study shows that healthcare workers are more willing to be vaccinated than non-healthcare workers. Current vaccine safety issues continue to be a major factor affecting public acceptance, and to expand vaccine coverage in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, appropriate vaccination strategies and immunization programs are essential, especially for non-healthcare workers. SN - 2296-2565 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/34409011/COVID_19_Vaccination_Acceptance_Among_Healthcare_Workers_and_Non_healthcare_Workers_in_China:_A_Survey_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -