COVID-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy opinions from frontline health care and social care workers: Survey data from 37 countries

Radika V. Chudasama; Kamlesh Khunti; Winifred C. Ekezie; Manish Pareek; Francesco Zaccardi; Clare L. Gillies; Samuel Seidu; Melanie J. Davies; Yogini V. Chudasama

doi:10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102361

COVID-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy opinions from frontline health care and social care workers: Survey data from 37 countries

Radika V. Chudasama
, Kamlesh Khunti
, Winifred C. Ekezie
, Manish Pareek
, Francesco Zaccardi
, Clare L. Gillies
, Samuel Seidu
, Melanie J. Davies
, Yogini V. Chudasama^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Background and aims: Vaccine hesitancy is an ongoing major challenge. We aimed to assess the uptake and hesitancy of the COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: A short online survey was posted between April 12 to July 31, 2021 targeted at health and social care workers (HCWs) across the globe. Results: 275 from 37 countries responded. Most were hospital or primary care physicians or nurses, 59% women, aged 18–60 years, and 21% had chronic conditions with most prevalent being diabetes, hypertension, and asthma. We found that most HCWs (93%) had taken or willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. While 7% were vaccine hesitant (mainly women aged 30–39 years), respondents main concerns was the safety or potential side effects. Vaccine willing respondents raised concerns of unequal access to the COVID-19 vaccination in some countries, and highlighted that the only solution to overcoming COVID-19 infections was the vaccine booster doses given annually and free mass vaccination. Conclusions: This study found that the majority of the frontline HCWs are willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Further promotion of the COVID-19 vaccine would reassure and persuade HCWs to become vaccinated.

Original language	English
Article number	102361
Journal	Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews
Volume	16
Issue number	1
Early online date	7 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102361
Publication status	Published - Jan 2022

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We thank all the HCWs who had taken time to complete our online survey. RC was an undergraduate placement student at the Leicester Real World Evidence Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester. We acknowledge the support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands (ARC EM), and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre. The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. We thank all the HCWs who had taken time to complete our online survey. RC was an undergraduate placement student at the Leicester Real World Evidence Unit, Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester. We acknowledge the support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands (ARC EM) , and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre . The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Keywords

Chronic disease
COVID-19
Hesitancy
International
Survey
Vaccine

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Chudasama, R. V., Khunti, K., Ekezie, W. C., Pareek, M., Zaccardi, F., Gillies, C. L., Seidu, S., Davies, M. J., & Chudasama, Y. V. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy opinions from frontline health care and social care workers: Survey data from 37 countries. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 16(1), Article 102361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2021.102361

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