Predictors of Vaccine Hesitancy among Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Int J Environ Res Public Health

Trauma Research Consortium, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Department of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75246, USA.

Published: June 2022

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  • - The study investigated factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers (HCWs), focusing on their distress and predicting factors like age, sex, and exposure to COVID-19.
  • - A survey of 266 HCWs showed that personal connections to COVID-19 cases affected hesitancy levels, while distress had no significant impact.
  • - Key reasons for hesitancy included concerns about vaccine safety, side effects, and perceptions of personal risk, suggesting that addressing these concerns directly may be more effective than just providing vaccine information.

Article Abstract

Most studies of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers (HCWs) have been descriptive, few have tested models to predict hesitancy, and none have examined the possible relationship between HCWs' distress and vaccine hesitancy. This study examined predictors of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, including HCWs' distress after taking into account HCW sex, doctoral-level status, race, age, and exposure to COVID-19. Further, it examined specific reasons HCWs endorsed for their hesitancy. 266 HCWs in the United States (U.S.). completed an online survey administered in January 2021, following the availability of the vaccine for HCWs in the U.S. The survey assessed demographics, depression, anxiety, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, and reasons for hesitancy. A comprehensive linear regression model explained 72.2% of the variance in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. HCWs were more hesitant if they did not know someone personally who had tested positive. Distress had no effect. The reasons most predicting vaccine hesitancy included safety, potential side effects, believing the risks from COVID-19 were lower than from the vaccine, not feeling at risk for getting COVID-19, and current pregnancy. Rather than rely on providing information about the COVID-19 vaccines to HCWs, strategies that address their concerns are required to promote vaccine acceptance. Contemporary issues of political polarization, misinformation and mistrust are likely to contribute to the concerns HCWs have about the COVID-19 vaccines.

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