Does Hospitalization Change the Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines among Unvaccinated Patients?
The COVID-19 vaccination has been the subject of unprecedented misinformation, false news, and public concerns. This study presents a unique analysis comprising persons who were not vaccinated and became ill. It investigates reasons for not vaccinating and evaluates how the personal experience of CO...
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| author | Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk Piotr Rzymski Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska Michał Brzdęk Diana Martonik Marta Rorat Jakub Wielgat Krzysztof Kłos Witold Musierowicz Piotr Wasilewski Włodzimierz Mazur Barbara Oczko-Grzesik Monika Bociąga-Jasik Justyna Kowalska Robert Flisiak |
| author_facet | Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk Piotr Rzymski Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska Michał Brzdęk Diana Martonik Marta Rorat Jakub Wielgat Krzysztof Kłos Witold Musierowicz Piotr Wasilewski Włodzimierz Mazur Barbara Oczko-Grzesik Monika Bociąga-Jasik Justyna Kowalska Robert Flisiak |
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| description | The COVID-19 vaccination has been the subject of unprecedented misinformation, false news, and public concerns. This study presents a unique analysis comprising persons who were not vaccinated and became ill. It investigates reasons for not vaccinating and evaluates how the personal experience of COVID-19 affected further attitudes and decisions related to health. The study included 730 consecutive unvaccinated patients hospitalized in 12 centers in Poland during the autumn 2021 pandemic wave. The most frequent reason behind the refusal to receive the vaccine was concern over the adverse effects, disbelief that the vaccine was sufficiently tested, and one’s conviction that COVID-19 will not affect a patient. Online information, friends, spouse, children/grandchildren, and other family members were most often the source of discouragement from vaccination. Most individuals regretted their decision not to receive a vaccine (66.0%), declared to promote COVID-19 vaccination after discharge (64.0%), and to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the time recommended for convalescents (69.5%). Individuals expressing no regrets of vaccine refusal more frequently revealed conspiracy beliefs. The study shows that personal experience with severe COVID-19 can influence the perception of vaccination, but approximately one-third of unvaccinated hospitalized patients still appear to express vaccine hesitancy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d6946d7cba55450d99a245afd17d0bdd2023-11-30T22:43:28ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2022-03-0110347610.3390/vaccines10030476Does Hospitalization Change the Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines among Unvaccinated Patients?Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk0Piotr Rzymski1Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska2Michał Brzdęk3Diana Martonik4Marta Rorat5Jakub Wielgat6Krzysztof Kłos7Witold Musierowicz8Piotr Wasilewski9Włodzimierz Mazur10Barbara Oczko-Grzesik11Monika Bociąga-Jasik12Justyna Kowalska13Robert Flisiak14Department of Infectious Diseases, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-317 Kielce, PolandDepartment of Environmental Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Neuroinfections, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Jan Kochanowski University, 25-317 Kielce, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, PolandDepartment of Forensic Medicine, Wrocław Medical University, 50-149 Wroclaw, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Lodz, 90-549 Lodz, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Allergology, Military Institute of Medicine, 04-349 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, 87-100 Torun, Poland4th Department, Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Warsaw, 01-201 Warsaw, PolandClinical Department of Infectious Diseases in Chorzow, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Silesia, 40-055 Katowice, PolandDepartment of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-007 Krakow, PolandDepartment of Adults’ Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, PolandDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, 15-089 Bialystok, PolandThe COVID-19 vaccination has been the subject of unprecedented misinformation, false news, and public concerns. This study presents a unique analysis comprising persons who were not vaccinated and became ill. It investigates reasons for not vaccinating and evaluates how the personal experience of COVID-19 affected further attitudes and decisions related to health. The study included 730 consecutive unvaccinated patients hospitalized in 12 centers in Poland during the autumn 2021 pandemic wave. The most frequent reason behind the refusal to receive the vaccine was concern over the adverse effects, disbelief that the vaccine was sufficiently tested, and one’s conviction that COVID-19 will not affect a patient. Online information, friends, spouse, children/grandchildren, and other family members were most often the source of discouragement from vaccination. Most individuals regretted their decision not to receive a vaccine (66.0%), declared to promote COVID-19 vaccination after discharge (64.0%), and to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the time recommended for convalescents (69.5%). Individuals expressing no regrets of vaccine refusal more frequently revealed conspiracy beliefs. The study shows that personal experience with severe COVID-19 can influence the perception of vaccination, but approximately one-third of unvaccinated hospitalized patients still appear to express vaccine hesitancy.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/3/476vaccine hesitancypandemicSARS-CoV-2COVID-19misinformation |
| spellingShingle | Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk Piotr Rzymski Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska Michał Brzdęk Diana Martonik Marta Rorat Jakub Wielgat Krzysztof Kłos Witold Musierowicz Piotr Wasilewski Włodzimierz Mazur Barbara Oczko-Grzesik Monika Bociąga-Jasik Justyna Kowalska Robert Flisiak Does Hospitalization Change the Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines among Unvaccinated Patients? Vaccines vaccine hesitancy pandemic SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 misinformation |
| title | Does Hospitalization Change the Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines among Unvaccinated Patients? |
| title_full | Does Hospitalization Change the Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines among Unvaccinated Patients? |
| title_fullStr | Does Hospitalization Change the Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines among Unvaccinated Patients? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does Hospitalization Change the Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines among Unvaccinated Patients? |
| title_short | Does Hospitalization Change the Perception of COVID-19 Vaccines among Unvaccinated Patients? |
| title_sort | does hospitalization change the perception of covid 19 vaccines among unvaccinated patients |
| topic | vaccine hesitancy pandemic SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 misinformation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/10/3/476 |
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