Spain’s Hesitation at the Gates of a COVID-19 Vaccine
(1) Background: This study aims to delineate a pattern on vaccine hesitancy in a sample of the Spanish population, considering age groups and status as healthcare workers. (2) Methods: Participants were recruited using Twitter<sup>®</sup> as a dissemination tool to reach as many responde...
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| author | Hans Eguia Franco Vinciarelli Marina Bosque-Prous Troels Kristensen Francesc Saigí-Rubió |
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| description | (1) Background: This study aims to delineate a pattern on vaccine hesitancy in a sample of the Spanish population, considering age groups and status as healthcare workers. (2) Methods: Participants were recruited using Twitter<sup>®</sup> as a dissemination tool to reach as many respondents as possible in different parts of the Spanish territory. The participants were recruited in a cross-sectional study, which included answering an online questionnaire. Data were collected from 10 September through 23 November 2020. Respondents answered questions asking whether they intended to be vaccinated and provided the main reason for their answers. To estimate associations between vaccination hesitancy and independent variables, we fit Poisson regression models with robust variance. (3) Results: One thousand and two responses were obtained, of which only 731 were validated. One hundred and sixty-four participants stated that they would not be vaccinated (22.43%), of which 20–24% were non-health workers or unemployed, 17.5% physicians, 31.5% other health workers, and almost 35% nurses. Concerns about lack of effectiveness of the vaccination, lack of safety when vaccinating and possibly dangerous adverse effects were the main causes provided. (4) Conclusions: This study indicates that more interventions are needed to achieve better communication with the population and health professionals. Receptiveness to the message of the importance and security of the COVID-19 vaccination could be an important strategy for improving these results. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f676ff7172724f17bbfc4b5e3da9da372023-12-11T17:31:39ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2021-02-019217010.3390/vaccines9020170Spain’s Hesitation at the Gates of a COVID-19 VaccineHans Eguia0Franco Vinciarelli1Marina Bosque-Prous2Troels Kristensen3Francesc Saigí-Rubió4Faculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona 08018, SpainSEMERGEN New Technologies Working Group, 28009 Madrid, SpainFaculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona 08018, SpainDanish Centre for Health Economics, University of Southern (DaCHE), 5230 Odense, DenmarkFaculty of Health Sciences, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Barcelona 08018, Spain(1) Background: This study aims to delineate a pattern on vaccine hesitancy in a sample of the Spanish population, considering age groups and status as healthcare workers. (2) Methods: Participants were recruited using Twitter<sup>®</sup> as a dissemination tool to reach as many respondents as possible in different parts of the Spanish territory. The participants were recruited in a cross-sectional study, which included answering an online questionnaire. Data were collected from 10 September through 23 November 2020. Respondents answered questions asking whether they intended to be vaccinated and provided the main reason for their answers. To estimate associations between vaccination hesitancy and independent variables, we fit Poisson regression models with robust variance. (3) Results: One thousand and two responses were obtained, of which only 731 were validated. One hundred and sixty-four participants stated that they would not be vaccinated (22.43%), of which 20–24% were non-health workers or unemployed, 17.5% physicians, 31.5% other health workers, and almost 35% nurses. Concerns about lack of effectiveness of the vaccination, lack of safety when vaccinating and possibly dangerous adverse effects were the main causes provided. (4) Conclusions: This study indicates that more interventions are needed to achieve better communication with the population and health professionals. Receptiveness to the message of the importance and security of the COVID-19 vaccination could be an important strategy for improving these results.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/2/170vaccination hesitancyCOVID-19perceptionsocio-cultural factors |
| spellingShingle | Hans Eguia Franco Vinciarelli Marina Bosque-Prous Troels Kristensen Francesc Saigí-Rubió Spain’s Hesitation at the Gates of a COVID-19 Vaccine Vaccines vaccination hesitancy COVID-19 perception socio-cultural factors |
| title | Spain’s Hesitation at the Gates of a COVID-19 Vaccine |
| title_full | Spain’s Hesitation at the Gates of a COVID-19 Vaccine |
| title_fullStr | Spain’s Hesitation at the Gates of a COVID-19 Vaccine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spain’s Hesitation at the Gates of a COVID-19 Vaccine |
| title_short | Spain’s Hesitation at the Gates of a COVID-19 Vaccine |
| title_sort | spain s hesitation at the gates of a covid 19 vaccine |
| topic | vaccination hesitancy COVID-19 perception socio-cultural factors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/2/170 |
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