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COVID-19 Vaccination Attitude and Behavior among Nurses at a West Texas Regional Hospital.

Christopher J Peterson, Mostafa Abohelwa, Afrina Rimu, Drew Payne, Shengping Yang, Tammy Williams, Erin Nash Rowin, Kenneth Nugent

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Article in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Christopher J PetersonDepartment of Internal Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24106, USA.
Mostafa AbohelwaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8969-7072
Afrina RimuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Drew PayneDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9708-2641
Shengping YangPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
Tammy WilliamsNursing Administration, University Medical Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Erin Nash RowinSchool of Nursing, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.
Kenneth NugentDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2781-4816
Texas Tech University · USCarilion Clinic · USPennington Biomedical Research Center · USUniversity Medical Center of El Paso · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccinations against COVID-19 infection have become a contentious issue in the United States. Multiple segments of society, including healthcare workers, have expressed concerns regarding the need for vaccination and the safety of current vaccines. Many hospital-based nurses have helped care for patients with severe COVID-19 infections. An anonymous online survey was sent to the nursing staff at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX, USA, through a hospital-based email system to determine vaccination status and attitudes towards the COVID-19 vaccine and other routine vaccines. Multivariable regression analysis was used to determine factors associated with vaccination. A total of 251 nurses responded to this survey; 211 nurses (83.7%) had received the vaccine. Almost all nurses (242, 96%) had received all childhood vaccinations, and 231 (91.7%) had received an influenza vaccination in the prior year. A minority of nurses (75, 29.8%) supported mandatory vaccination for healthcare workers. The reasons for declining vaccination included the possibility that diet and alternative medications provided better protection against COVID-19. This survey demonstrates that over 80% of nurses working in a hospital managing very sick patients with COVID-19 infection had been vaccinated. However, nurses who did not take the annual influenza vaccine and did not consider other protective measures useful (such as mask-wearing) were significantly less likely to vaccinate. Nurses can provide an important resource for conversations with the public and patients about vaccine initiatives.

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COVID-19nursesvaccinationvaccine hesitancy

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PMID36851221
PMCPMC9967739
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