COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community Care
Background: Patients with mental illness are at increased risk for COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. Vaccination against COVID-19 is important to prevent or mitigate these negative consequences. However, concerns have been raised over vaccination rates in these patients.Methods: We retrospec...
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| author | Victor Mazereel Victor Mazereel Tom Vanbrabant Franciska Desplenter Franciska Desplenter Johan Detraux Livia De Picker Erik Thys Ken Popelier Marc De Hert Marc De Hert Marc De Hert |
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| description | Background: Patients with mental illness are at increased risk for COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. Vaccination against COVID-19 is important to prevent or mitigate these negative consequences. However, concerns have been raised over vaccination rates in these patients.Methods: We retrospectively examined vaccine uptake in a large sample of Belgian patients admitted to or residing in a university psychiatric hospital or community mental health care setting between 29th of March 2021 and 30th of September 2021 in the Flanders Region. All patients were offered vaccination. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. Logistic regression was used to examine factors associated with vaccine uptake.Results: 2,105 patients were included in the sample, of which 1,931 agreed to be vaccinated, corresponding with a total vaccination rate of 91.7%. Logistic regression showed an effect of the diagnosis “other disorders” (OR = 0.08, CI = 0.005–0.45), age (OR = 1.03, CI = 1.02–1.04) and residing in the psychosocial care center (OR = 0.50, CI = 0.32–0.80) on vaccination status.Conclusion: Vaccine uptake among people with mental illness is high and comparable to the general population, when implementing a targeted vaccination program. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e6457caca184037aaef683e88bd6e422022-12-21T19:21:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402021-12-011210.3389/fpsyt.2021.805528805528COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community CareVictor Mazereel0Victor Mazereel1Tom Vanbrabant2Franciska Desplenter3Franciska Desplenter4Johan Detraux5Livia De Picker6Erik Thys7Ken Popelier8Marc De Hert9Marc De Hert10Marc De Hert11University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Clinical Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumUniversity Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumUniversity Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumUniversity Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumScientific Initiative for Neuropsychiatric and Pyschopharmacological Studies, University Psychiatric Hospital Campus Duffel, Duffel, BelgiumPsycho-Sociaal Centrum St.-Alexius-Elsene Vzw, Ixelles, BelgiumPsycho-Sociaal Centrum St.-Alexius-Elsene Vzw, Ixelles, BelgiumUniversity Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Center for Clinical Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, BelgiumAntwerp Health Law and Ethics Chair – AHLEC University Antwerpen, Antwerp, BelgiumBackground: Patients with mental illness are at increased risk for COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality. Vaccination against COVID-19 is important to prevent or mitigate these negative consequences. However, concerns have been raised over vaccination rates in these patients.Methods: We retrospectively examined vaccine uptake in a large sample of Belgian patients admitted to or residing in a university psychiatric hospital or community mental health care setting between 29th of March 2021 and 30th of September 2021 in the Flanders Region. All patients were offered vaccination. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. Logistic regression was used to examine factors associated with vaccine uptake.Results: 2,105 patients were included in the sample, of which 1,931 agreed to be vaccinated, corresponding with a total vaccination rate of 91.7%. Logistic regression showed an effect of the diagnosis “other disorders” (OR = 0.08, CI = 0.005–0.45), age (OR = 1.03, CI = 1.02–1.04) and residing in the psychosocial care center (OR = 0.50, CI = 0.32–0.80) on vaccination status.Conclusion: Vaccine uptake among people with mental illness is high and comparable to the general population, when implementing a targeted vaccination program.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.805528/fullsevere mental illness (SMI)COVID-19vaccinationcohort studyvaccine uptake |
| spellingShingle | Victor Mazereel Victor Mazereel Tom Vanbrabant Franciska Desplenter Franciska Desplenter Johan Detraux Livia De Picker Erik Thys Ken Popelier Marc De Hert Marc De Hert Marc De Hert COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community Care Frontiers in Psychiatry severe mental illness (SMI) COVID-19 vaccination cohort study vaccine uptake |
| title | COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community Care |
| title_full | COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community Care |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community Care |
| title_short | COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in a Cohort Study of Patients With Mental Illness in Residential and Community Care |
| title_sort | covid 19 vaccination rates in a cohort study of patients with mental illness in residential and community care |
| topic | severe mental illness (SMI) COVID-19 vaccination cohort study vaccine uptake |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.805528/full |
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