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ReviewJournal of community health2021

The Nature and Extent of COVID-19 Vaccination Hesitancy in Healthcare Workers.

Nirbachita Biswas, Toheeb Mustapha, Jagdish Khubchandani, James H Price

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Review in Journal of community health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 346 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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346citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
66.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

346 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 611 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nirbachita BiswasDepartment of Public Health, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
Toheeb MustaphaDepartment of Public Health, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA.
Jagdish KhubchandaniDepartment of Public Health, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA. jagdish@nmsu.edu.
James H PriceSchool of Population Health, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 43606, USA.
New Mexico State University · USUniversity of Toledo · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

COVID-19 vaccines were approved in late 2020 and early 2021 for public use in countries across the world. Several studies have now highlighted COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in the general public. However, little is known about the nature and extent of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in healthcare workers worldwide. Thus, the purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive worldwide assessment of published evidence on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers. A scoping review method was adopted to include a final pool of 35 studies in this review with study sample size ranges from n = 123 to 16,158 (average = 2185 participants per study). The prevalence of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy worldwide in healthcare workers ranged from 4.3 to 72% (average = 22.51% across all studies with 76,471 participants). The majority of the studies found concerns about vaccine safety, efficacy, and potential side effects as top reasons for COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in healthcare workers. The majority of the studies also found that individuals who were males, of older age, and doctoral degree holders (i.e., physicians) were more likely to accept COVID-19 vaccines. Factors such as the higher perceived risk of getting infected with COVID-19, direct care for patients, and history of influenza vaccination were also found to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake probability. Given the high prevalence of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in healthcare workers, communication and education strategies along with mandates for clinical workers should be considered to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake in these individuals. Healthcare workers have a key role in reducing the burden of the pandemic, role modeling for preventive behaviors, and also, helping vaccinate others.

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesAgedCross-Sectional StudiesHealth PersonnelHumansMaleSARS-CoV-2VaccinationCOVID-19 VaccinesCOVID-19Healthcare workerHealth professionalsVaccinationVaccine

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PMID33877534
PMCPMC8056370
OpenAlexW3154874915

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