COVID-19 Disease and Vaccination: Knowledge, Fears, Perceptions and Feelings of Regret for Not Having Been Vaccinated among Hospitalized Greek Patients Suffering SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Ioannou, P.; Tzalis, S.; Pasparaki, E.; Spentzouri, D.; Konidaki, M.; Papakitsou, I.; Spernovasilis, N.; Papanikolaou, N.; Samonis, G.; Kofteridis, D.P. COVID-19 Disease and Vaccination: Knowledge, Fears, Perceptions and Feelings of Regret for Not Having Been Vaccinated among Hospitalized Greek Patients Suffering SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Infect. Dis. Rep. 2022, 14, 587-596. https://doi.org/10.3390/idr14040063
Ioannou P, Tzalis S, Pasparaki E, Spentzouri D, Konidaki M, Papakitsou I, Spernovasilis N, Papanikolaou N, Samonis G, Kofteridis DP. COVID-19 Disease and Vaccination: Knowledge, Fears, Perceptions and Feelings of Regret for Not Having Been Vaccinated among Hospitalized Greek Patients Suffering SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Infectious Disease Reports. 2022; 14(4):587-596. https://doi.org/10.3390/idr14040063
Chicago/Turabian StyleIoannou, Petros, Sotiris Tzalis, Eirini Pasparaki, Despoina Spentzouri, Myrto Konidaki, Ioanna Papakitsou, Nikolaos Spernovasilis, Nikolaos Papanikolaou, George Samonis, and Diamantis P. Kofteridis. 2022. "COVID-19 Disease and Vaccination: Knowledge, Fears, Perceptions and Feelings of Regret for Not Having Been Vaccinated among Hospitalized Greek Patients Suffering SARS-CoV-2 Infection" Infectious Disease Reports 14, no. 4: 587-596. https://doi.org/10.3390/idr14040063