Regional Differences in Uptake of Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza in Germany: Results from the DigiHero Cohort
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, vaccination uptake exhibited considerable regional disparities. To assess the factors contributing to this variation, we examined the association of sociodemographic variables with COVID-19, COVID-19 booster, and influenza vaccination status within a cohort o...
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| author | Bianca Klee Sophie Diexer Myka Harun Sarajan Nadine Glaser Mascha Binder Thomas Frese Matthias Girndt Daniel Sedding Jessica I. Hoell Irene Moor Michael Gekle Rafael Mikolajczyk Cornelia Gottschick |
| author_facet | Bianca Klee Sophie Diexer Myka Harun Sarajan Nadine Glaser Mascha Binder Thomas Frese Matthias Girndt Daniel Sedding Jessica I. Hoell Irene Moor Michael Gekle Rafael Mikolajczyk Cornelia Gottschick |
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| description | During the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, vaccination uptake exhibited considerable regional disparities. To assess the factors contributing to this variation, we examined the association of sociodemographic variables with COVID-19, COVID-19 booster, and influenza vaccination status within a cohort of 37,078 participants from 13 German federal states in the digital health cohort study commonly known as DigiHero. Our findings revealed variations in vaccination rates based on sociodemographic factors. However, these factors had limited explanatory power regarding regional differences in vaccine uptake. In contrast, we found substantial correlations between regional support of specific parties during the last local elections and the vaccination uptake at the level of each administrative district. In conclusion, sociodemographic factors alone did not suffice to explain the regional disparities in vaccine uptake. Political stances can play a major role, although the current investigation did not assess individual political orientations but rather used only an ecological approach. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b3fcd42869d46b1bbfd5b739c9eacf52023-11-24T15:09:54ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2023-10-011111164010.3390/vaccines11111640Regional Differences in Uptake of Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza in Germany: Results from the DigiHero CohortBianca Klee0Sophie Diexer1Myka Harun Sarajan2Nadine Glaser3Mascha Binder4Thomas Frese5Matthias Girndt6Daniel Sedding7Jessica I. Hoell8Irene Moor9Michael Gekle10Rafael Mikolajczyk11Cornelia Gottschick12Institute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics (IMEBI), Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112 Halle (Saale), GermanyInstitute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics (IMEBI), Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112 Halle (Saale), GermanyInstitute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics (IMEBI), Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112 Halle (Saale), GermanyInstitute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics (IMEBI), Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112 Halle (Saale), GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine IV, Oncology/Haematology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), GermanyInstitute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112 Halle (Saale), GermanyDepartment of Internal Medicine II, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), GermanyMid-German Heart Centre, Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), GermanyPaediatric Haematology and Oncology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale), GermanyInstitute for Medical Sociology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112 Halle (Saale), GermanyJulius-Bernstein-Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 6, 06110 Halle (Saale), GermanyInstitute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics (IMEBI), Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112 Halle (Saale), GermanyInstitute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics (IMEBI), Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Sciences, Medical Faculty of the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Magdeburger Str. 8, 06112 Halle (Saale), GermanyDuring the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, vaccination uptake exhibited considerable regional disparities. To assess the factors contributing to this variation, we examined the association of sociodemographic variables with COVID-19, COVID-19 booster, and influenza vaccination status within a cohort of 37,078 participants from 13 German federal states in the digital health cohort study commonly known as DigiHero. Our findings revealed variations in vaccination rates based on sociodemographic factors. However, these factors had limited explanatory power regarding regional differences in vaccine uptake. In contrast, we found substantial correlations between regional support of specific parties during the last local elections and the vaccination uptake at the level of each administrative district. In conclusion, sociodemographic factors alone did not suffice to explain the regional disparities in vaccine uptake. Political stances can play a major role, although the current investigation did not assess individual political orientations but rather used only an ecological approach.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/11/1640COVID-19influenzavaccine hesitancy |
| spellingShingle | Bianca Klee Sophie Diexer Myka Harun Sarajan Nadine Glaser Mascha Binder Thomas Frese Matthias Girndt Daniel Sedding Jessica I. Hoell Irene Moor Michael Gekle Rafael Mikolajczyk Cornelia Gottschick Regional Differences in Uptake of Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza in Germany: Results from the DigiHero Cohort Vaccines COVID-19 influenza vaccine hesitancy |
| title | Regional Differences in Uptake of Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza in Germany: Results from the DigiHero Cohort |
| title_full | Regional Differences in Uptake of Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza in Germany: Results from the DigiHero Cohort |
| title_fullStr | Regional Differences in Uptake of Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza in Germany: Results from the DigiHero Cohort |
| title_full_unstemmed | Regional Differences in Uptake of Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza in Germany: Results from the DigiHero Cohort |
| title_short | Regional Differences in Uptake of Vaccination against COVID-19 and Influenza in Germany: Results from the DigiHero Cohort |
| title_sort | regional differences in uptake of vaccination against covid 19 and influenza in germany results from the digihero cohort |
| topic | COVID-19 influenza vaccine hesitancy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/11/11/1640 |
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