COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers

•When COVID-19 vaccines became available in France, more than one quarter of healthcare workers (HCWs) were either hesitant (23%) or reluctant (4%) to be vaccinated.•Vaccine hesitancy was more common among HCWs with lower level of medical literacy (auxiliary nurses/technicians), as compared to nurse...

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Published in:	Infectious diseases now (Online) Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 484 - 487
Main Authors:	Paris, Christophe, Bénézit, François, Geslin, Mareva, Polard, Elisabeth, Baldeyrou, Marion, Turmel, Valérie, Tadié, Émilie, Garlantezec, Ronan, Tattevin, Pierre
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	France Elsevier Masson SAS 01-08-2021 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adult Aged Attitude to Health COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccines Health Personnel Healthcare workers Humans Influenza Intention Life Sciences Middle Aged Patient Acceptance of Health Care Short Communication Vaccination Refusal VACCINE Vaccine hesitancy COVID-19 Healthcare workers Vaccine hesitancy Influenza VACCINE
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Summary:	•When COVID-19 vaccines became available in France, more than one quarter of healthcare workers (HCWs) were either hesitant (23%) or reluctant (4%) to be vaccinated.•Vaccine hesitancy was more common among HCWs with lower level of medical literacy (auxiliary nurses/technicians), as compared to nurses and physicians.•A major controversy over the AstraZeneca vaccine tolerability, with broad media coverage, dramatically increased vaccine hesitancy. To characterize healthcare workers’ (HCWs) intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the beginning of the vaccine campaign in France. Data were collected on a self-administered questionnaire through the website of a tertiary care center (February 9–18, 2021). Among 1,965 respondents, 1,436 (73.1%), 453 (23.1%), and 76 (3.9%) declared themselves in favor, hesitant, or against the COVID-19 vaccine: <60% of auxiliary nurses and technicians intended to be vaccinated, as compared to 60–79% of nurses and support staff, and>80% of medical staff. On multivariate analysis, age, occupation, flu vaccine history, and controversy over the AstraZeneca vaccine tolerability were independently associated with COVID-19 vaccine intention. Patterns of vaccine hesitancy related to the COVID-19 and influenza vaccines are similar among HCWs. Media communication on vaccine side effects have a dramatic effect on vaccine hesitancy. Efforts are requested to inform HCWs about the risk/benefit balance of COVID-19 vaccines.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 PMCID: PMC8098031 Ronan Garlantezec and Pierre Tattevin co-directed this work.
ISSN:	2666-9919 2666-9919
DOI:	10.1016/j.idnow.2021.04.001