Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination among Front-Line Health Care Workers: A Nationwide Survey of Emergency Medical Services Personnel from Germany

Nohl, André; Afflerbach, Christian; Lurz, Christian; Brune, Bastian; Ohmann, Tobias; Weichert, Veronika; Zeiger, Sascha; Dudda, Marcel

doi:10.3390/vaccines9050424

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Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination among Front-Line Health Care Workers : A Nationwide Survey of Emergency Medical Services Personnel from Germany

Nohl, André ; Afflerbach, Christian ; Lurz, Christian; Brune, Bastian ; Ohmann, Tobias; Weichert, Veronika; Zeiger, Sascha; Dudda, Marcel

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the COVID-19 vaccination acceptance of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel as front-line health care workers (HCW) in Germany. Several studies have shown low willingness for vaccination (e.g., seasonal influenza) among HCWs and EMS personnel.

Methods: We created a web-based survey. The questions were closed and standardized. Demographic data were collected (age, sex, federal state, profession). Experience with own COVID-19 infection, or infection in personal environment (family, friends) as well as willingness to vaccinate was queried.

Results: The sample includes n = 1296 participants. A willingness to be vaccinated exists in 57%, 27.6% participants were undecided. Our results show a higher propensity to vaccinate among the following groups: male gender, higher medical education level, older age, own burden caused by the pandemic (p < 0.001).

Conclusions: Due to the low overall acceptance of vaccination by HCWs, we recommend that the groups with vaccination hesitancy, in particular, be recruited for vaccination through interventions such as continuing education and awareness campaigns.

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Datum der Veröffentlichung:

23.04.2021

URN:

urn:nbn:de:hbz:464-20210723-115818-8

DOI:

10.3390/vaccines9050424

Sprache:

Englisch

Ressourcentyp:

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Schlagwörter:

EMS; COVID-19; Corona; vaccination; front-line; health-care workers; emergency medical services; hesitancy; SARS-CoV-2

Kollektion:

E-Publikationen

Sachgruppen der Deutschen Nationalbibliographie:

610 Medizin, Gesundheit

Einrichtung:

Medizinische Fakultät, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Zentrum für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, Klinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie

Förderung:

The publication of this article was supported by the Publication Fund of the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Informationen zur Erstveröffentlichung:

Nohl A, Afflerbach C, Lurz C, Brune B, Ohmann T, Weichert V, Zeiger S, Dudda M. Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination among Front-Line Health Care Workers: A Nationwide Survey of Emergency Medical Services Personnel from Germany. Vaccines. 2021; 9(5):424. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050424

Published: 23 April 2021

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