COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers - 18/05/21

Doi : 10.1016/j.idnow.2021.04.001

Christophe Paris ^a, François Bénézit ^b, Mareva Geslin ^c, Elisabeth Polard ^d, Marion Baldeyrou ^b, Valérie Turmel ^e, Émilie Tadié ^a, Ronan Garlantezec ^c,^{^{1
Ronan Garlantezec and Pierre Tattevin co-directed this work.}}, Pierre Tattevin ^b,^{^{1
Ronan Garlantezec and Pierre Tattevin co-directed this work.},}⁎
^a Service de Santé au Travail, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, rue Le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes, France
^b Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, 35033 Rennes, France
^c Département de Santé Publique, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, 35033 Rennes, France
^d Centre de Pharmacovigilance, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, 35033 Rennes, France
^e Direction de la Qualité et des Relations avec les Usagers, Hôpital Pontchaillou, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire, 35033 Rennes, France

^⁎Corresponding author.

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Highlights

•	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.

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Abstract

Objective

To characterize healthcare workers’ (HCWs) intention to receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the beginning of the vaccine campaign in France.

Methods

Data were collected on a self-administered questionnaire through the website of a tertiary care center (February 9–18, 2021).

Results

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.

Conclusions

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.

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Keywords : COVID-19, VACCINE, Healthcare workers, Vaccine hesitancy, Influenza