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Trends in willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare workers in India: Findings from repeated cross-sectional national surveys.
Front Public Health. 2022; 10:994206.FP

Abstract

Background

COVID-19 vaccination of the healthcare workers (HCWs) is a key priority in the fight against the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. India launched its COVID-19 vaccination program in January 2021. We aimed to understand the trends in willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines and its associated factors among HCWs in India.

Methods

Using a repeated cross-sectional survey design, we collected information from HCWs in three critical time points: before (n = 937, October 2020), during (n = 1346, January 2021); and after (n = 812, May 2021) the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines in India. The third survey coincided with the peak of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India.

Findings

Of the study participants, 43.7, 60.2, and 73.2% were willing to receive COVID-19 vaccines during the first, second and third rounds of surveys, respectively. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, participants who trusted the health care system were more likely to report willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine; medical trust emerged as a significant factor in all the three rounds of surveys (First survey-aOR: 2.24, 95% CI: 1.67-2.99; Second survey-aOR: 3.38, 95% CI: 2.64-4.33; Third survey-aOR: 2.54, 95% CI: 1.65-3.91). Having confidence in domestic vaccines (Second survey-aOR: 2.21, 95% CI: 1.61-3.02; Third survey-aOR: 2.05, 95% CI: 1.24-3.37); and high perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 (Second survey-aOR: 1.48, 95% CI: 1.13-1.93; Third survey-aOR: 2.02, 95% CI: 1.31-3.13) were found to be associated with willingness to receive vaccines. Among socio-demographic characteristics, being married (aOR: 1.71, 95% CI: 1.08-2.71) and having high socio-economic status (aOR: 3.01, 95% CI: 1.65-5.51) emerged as significant factors associated with willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the third round of the surveys.

Interpretation

Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccine increased with time, as the severity of the pandemic increased. To increase COVID-19 acceptance and coverage among HCWs, it is important to instill confidence in domestic vaccines and assist in accurate assessment of risk toward contracting COVID-19 infection.

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Padhi BK
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Chakrapani V
Centre for Sexuality and Health Research and Policy, Chennai, India.
Gupta M
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Sharma N
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bilaspur, India.
Patro BK
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India.
Kar SS
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
Singh R
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani, India.
Pala S
Department of Community Medicine, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, India.
Sankhe L
Department of Community Medicine, Grant Medical College, Mumbai, India.
Modi B
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajkot, India.
Bali S
Department of Community and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India.
Rustagi N
Department of Community Medicine and Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Jain L
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Vij J
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Satapathy P
Regional Virus Research and Diagnostic Lab, Department of Virology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Goel K
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Rajagopal V
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Kiran T
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Aggarwal AK
Department of Community Medicine and School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

MeSH

HumansCOVID-19 VaccinesPandemicsCross-Sectional StudiesCOVID-19Influenza VaccinesSARS-CoV-2Patient Acceptance of Health CareHealth Personnel

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

36262227

Citation

Padhi, Bijaya Kumar, et al. "Trends in Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines Among Healthcare Workers in India: Findings From Repeated Cross-sectional National Surveys." Frontiers in Public Health, vol. 10, 2022, p. 994206.
Padhi BK, Chakrapani V, Gupta M, et al. Trends in willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare workers in India: Findings from repeated cross-sectional national surveys. Front Public Health. 2022;10:994206.
Padhi, B. K., Chakrapani, V., Gupta, M., Sharma, N., Patro, B. K., Kar, S. S., Singh, R., Pala, S., Sankhe, L., Modi, B., Bali, S., Rustagi, N., Jain, L., Vij, J., Satapathy, P., Goel, K., Rajagopal, V., Kiran, T., & Aggarwal, A. K. (2022). Trends in willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines among healthcare workers in India: Findings from repeated cross-sectional national surveys. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 994206. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.994206
Padhi BK, et al. Trends in Willingness to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines Among Healthcare Workers in India: Findings From Repeated Cross-sectional National Surveys. Front Public Health. 2022;10:994206. PubMed PMID: 36262227.
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