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Evaluation of the Perceptions, Attitudes and Practices among Greek Non-Professional Athletes Visiting a Public Hospital during March 2022, towards COVID-19 Vaccination and Its Consequences on Sports Training and Sports Activity.

Georgios Marinos, Dimitrios Lamprinos, Panagiotis Georgakopoulos, Nikiforos Kavoukidis, Evangelos Oikonomou, Georgios Zoumpoulis, Gerasimos Siasos, Dimitrios Schizas, Alexandros Nikolopoulos, Petros G Botonis and 4 more

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Georgios MarinosDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 5 Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios LamprinosEmergency Care Department, Laikon General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1512-9301
Panagiotis GeorgakopoulosEmergency Care Department, Laikon General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1932-0904
Nikiforos KavoukidisDepartment of Cardiology, Sismanoglio General Hospital, 15126 Amarousion, Greece.
Evangelos OikonomouFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8079-0599
Georgios ZoumpoulisEmergency Care Department, Laikon General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Gerasimos SiasosFirst Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios SchizasFirst Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian Laiko General Hospital, University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7046-0112
Alexandros NikolopoulosSchool of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-1912-1780
Petros G BotonisDepartment of Sports Medicine and Biology of Exercise, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Science, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Christos DamaskosRenal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5454-2564
Georgios RachiotisDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, 41500 Larissa, Greece.
Pagona LagiouDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 5 Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Philippos OrfanosDepartment of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 5 Mikras Asias Street, 11527 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRLaiko General Hospital of Athens · GRSismanoglio General Hospital · GRUniversity of Thessaly · GR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sports have been majorly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. After the lockdown period, vaccination and protocols were implemented to return to normality. We aimed to assess the attitudes and practices related to COVID-19 vaccination among athletes, and to record adverse effects of vaccination, if any. A questionnaire was distributed to 1012 male and female athletes, 15+ years old, within the region of Athens. Vaccination coverage with at least one dose was 93.5%, whereas 53.9% were fully vaccinated. More than half of the participants were infected with SARS-CoV-2 at the time of the study. More than 90% of the participants, considered the vaccines as safe, effective and important for public health. Concern about potential side-effects was raised especially by women athletes (59.1% of women compared to 42.2% of men, p < 0.001). The main reasons for avoiding vaccination were fear of vaccine safety, concern about the short time period for vaccine development and testing and doubt of risk of being exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection. The main reported side-effects were pain at the injection site, fatigue, fever and headache. Approximately two thirds of the participants reported that vaccination did not affect their training, and none reported missing participation in scheduled athletic events. Participants reported high compliance to preventive measures by themselves and fellow athletes, but low satisfaction regarding the implementation of public protocols and the flow of information provided by the authorities. Athletes of older age and those less concerned about potential side-effects were more likely to get fully vaccinated. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the athletes in our study were vaccinated for COVID-19 despite any hesitation regarding effectiveness, safety, or potential side-effects from the vaccines.

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