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Article

“Would You Get Vaccinated against COVID-19?” The Picture Emerging from a Study on the Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the General Population of the Veneto Region

by
Silvia Cocchio
1,
Giulia Tremolada
1,
Patrizia Furlan
1,
Michele Nicoletti
1,
Federico Zabeo
1,
Marco Fonzo
1,
Michele Tonon
2,
Francesca Russo
2 and
Vincenzo Baldo
1,*
1
Department of Cardiac Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, 35131 Padua, Italy
2
Regional Directorate of Prevention, Food Safety, Veterinary, Public Health—Veneto Region, 30123 Venezia, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Vaccines 2022, 10(3), 365; https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10030365
Submission received: 27 January 2022 / Revised: 14 February 2022 / Accepted: 23 February 2022 / Published: 25 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vaccine Hesitancy and Child Immunizations: Rationales, Issues and Knowledge Gaps 2.0)
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Abstract

COVID-19 disease, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, continues to cause high hospitalization and death rates. Vaccination campaigns have been key to controlling the pandemic, but vaccine hesitancy is on the rise. This study investigated the general population’s attitude to vaccination in Veneto (northeast Italy) in January 2021 as part of a study on the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. An ad hoc questionnaire collected 4467 respondents’ sociodemographic data and propensity to be vaccinated, and findings were analyzed using logistic multivariable regression. The 48.9% of respondents were male, and the mean age was 46.8 ± 16.0 years. Asked whether they would get vaccinated against COVID-19, 84.3% said yes, 5.0% were uncertain, and 10.7% said no. Vaccine acceptance was higher in males than in females (85.8% vs. 82.8%), in people 70+ years old (92.3%), and among people with more than 14 years of schooling (89.6%). Multivariable analysis with adjOR (95% CI) showed a significantly greater vaccine reluctance in females (0.68 (0.57–0.81)), people 30–49 or 50–69 years old (0.69 (0.54–0.87)), and (0.76 (0.58–0.99)); and those with <9 or 9–13 years of schooling (0.62 (0.46–0.82)), and (0.72 (0.57–0.91)). As people refusing vaccination undeniably hinder efforts to control the pandemic, specific strategies are needed to overcome their doubts.
Keywords: COVID-19 vaccine; questionnaire; general population; point of view; vaccine reluctance; vaccine acceptance COVID-19 vaccine; questionnaire; general population; point of view; vaccine reluctance; vaccine acceptance

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Cocchio, S.; Tremolada, G.; Furlan, P.; Nicoletti, M.; Zabeo, F.; Fonzo, M.; Tonon, M.; Russo, F.; Baldo, V. “Would You Get Vaccinated against COVID-19?” The Picture Emerging from a Study on the Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the General Population of the Veneto Region. Vaccines 2022, 10, 365. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10030365

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Cocchio S, Tremolada G, Furlan P, Nicoletti M, Zabeo F, Fonzo M, Tonon M, Russo F, Baldo V. “Would You Get Vaccinated against COVID-19?” The Picture Emerging from a Study on the Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the General Population of the Veneto Region. Vaccines. 2022; 10(3):365. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10030365

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Cocchio, Silvia, Giulia Tremolada, Patrizia Furlan, Michele Nicoletti, Federico Zabeo, Marco Fonzo, Michele Tonon, Francesca Russo, and Vincenzo Baldo. 2022. "“Would You Get Vaccinated against COVID-19?” The Picture Emerging from a Study on the Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the General Population of the Veneto Region" Vaccines 10, no. 3: 365. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10030365

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Cocchio, S., Tremolada, G., Furlan, P., Nicoletti, M., Zabeo, F., Fonzo, M., Tonon, M., Russo, F., & Baldo, V. (2022). “Would You Get Vaccinated against COVID-19?” The Picture Emerging from a Study on the Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the General Population of the Veneto Region. Vaccines, 10(3), 365. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines10030365

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