TY - JOUR T1 - COVID-19 vaccination intention and hesitancy: Mistrust on COVID-19 vaccine benefit a major driver for vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers; a cross-sectional study in North India. AU - Jose,Sinu, AU - Cyriac,Maneesha C, AU - Dhandapani,Manju, AU - Joseph,Julee, Y1 - 2022/07/31/ PY - 2021/02/16/received PY - 2022/03/09/accepted PY - 2022/8/15/entrez PY - 2022/8/16/pubmed PY - 2022/8/17/medline KW - Anti-vaccination attitude KW - COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy KW - Intention to vaccinate KW - Vaccine acceptance KW - Vaccine mistrust SP - E219 EP - E230 JF - Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene JO - J Prev Med Hyg VL - 63 IS - 2 N2 - Background: The advent of an effective novel COVID-19 vaccine could extinguish the current devastating pandemic but the vaccine hesitancy is a hurdle for the public health system, so this study estimated the COVID-19 vaccination intention and hesitancy among the healthcare workers, the priority target group for the COVID-19 vaccination in India. Methods: A web-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among the healthcare workers in Chandigarh, a union territory in North India, using a Snowball sampling technique. A total of 403 healthcare workers participated in the study between 2nd and 25th January 2021. The primary data collected were the intention to get vaccinated against the available COVID-19 vaccine and the concerns regarding the new vaccines. The attitude towards novel COVID-19 vaccine was assessed using developed Vaccine attitude examination scale. These questionnaire, which were delivered via WhatsApp, was filled by the participants over Google forms. Results: Among the 403 respondents surveyed, the majority (54.6%) reported they were definitely intended to get vaccinated against COVID-19, however, 7% expressed a resistance for inoculation with COVID-19 vaccination. The perceived susceptibility (aOR = 0.511, CI 0.265-0.987) and severity of COVID-19 infection (aOR = 0.551 CI 0.196-0.704) and not being concerned about the efficacy of new COVID-19 vaccines (aOR = 0.702 CI 1.109-26.55) were found to have the highest significant odds of intention to take the COVID-19 vaccine. The majority (62%) were concerned about the safety of the vaccine, in terms of side-effects, quality control, and doubted efficacy of the vaccine. The mistrust of the benefits of the vaccine is a significant predictor for vaccine hesitancy among the healthcare workers (aOR = 5.205 CI 3.106-8.723). Conclusion: Therefore, strategic communication and vaccine-acceptance programs should be formulated in order to combat the prevailing mistrust on the vaccine safety and efficacy and attain effective coverage to gain herd immunity. SN - 2421-4248 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35968070/COVID_19_vaccination_intention_and_hesitancy:_Mistrust_on_COVID_19_vaccine_benefit_a_major_driver_for_vaccine_hesitancy_among_healthcare_workers DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -