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Attitude and Behaviors towards SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination among Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study from Poland.

Bartosz Szmyd, Filip Franciszek Karuga, Adrian Bartoszek, Katarzyna Staniecka, Natalia Siwecka, Agnieszka Bartoszek, Maciej Błaszczyk, Maciej Radek

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Article in Vaccines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 89 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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89 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Bartosz SzmydDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Peripheral Nerves Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4051-0887
Filip Franciszek KarugaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Peripheral Nerves Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6551-6804
Adrian BartoszekDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Peripheral Nerves Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6840-7320
Katarzyna StanieckaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Peripheral Nerves Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.
Natalia SiweckaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Peripheral Nerves Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-0308-580X
Agnieszka BartoszekDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Nursing, Medical University of Lublin, 20-081 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0974-0761
Maciej BłaszczykDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Peripheral Nerves Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3430-6027
Maciej RadekDepartment of Neurosurgery, Spine and Peripheral Nerves Surgery, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-3544-1482

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Healthcare workers are particularly exposed to biological risk during their daily occupational activities. Nowadays, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become one of the most widespread infectious agents. In the current study, we performed a survey on the attitude and behavior of Polish healthcare workers (HCW), which comprise physicians (MD) and administrative healthcare assistants (HA) towards the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. Our study involved 2300 subjects (42.17% female; 10.96% MD; 5.87% HA). The evaluation was conducted using a Google Forms survey based on original questions and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 Items questionnaire. HCW significantly more often demonstrated their willingness to get vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 as compared to the control group (82.95% vs. 54.31%, respectively). The main concern, as regards all groups, was the development of long-term side effects after getting COVID-19 vaccine. The study revealed that depression significantly affects the willingness to get vaccinated. The readiness was significantly strengthened by positive medical history of recommended vaccinations, fear of catching COVID-19, as well as fear of passing on the disease to the relatives. Overall, the percentage of HCW, who want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 remains unsatisfactory. Further works exploring this subject are needed to take a step closer to achieving the herd immunity in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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anxietyCOVID-19depressionhealthcare workersSARS-CoV-2stressvaccination

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