Intention to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 among Italian Nurses during the Pandemic
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Intention to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 | |||||||
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No | Yes | Undecided | |||||
N | Row N % | N | Row N % | N | Row N % | ||
Sex | Female | 9 | 2.30 | 363 | 93.10 | 18 | 4.60 |
Male | 3 | 2.10 | 123 | 87.20 | 15 | 10.60 | |
Age | 18–25 | 0 | 0.00 | 39 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
26–45 | 6 | 3.00 | 183 | 91.00 | 12 | 6.00 | |
46–67 | 3 | 1.00 | 264 | 91.70 | 21 | 7.30 | |
>67 | 3 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Regions | Campania | 3 | 2.00 | 129 | 87.80 | 15 | 10.20 |
Lazio | 6 | 4.10 | 129 | 87.80 | 12 | 8.20 | |
Molise | 13 | 3.80 | 301 | 89.58 | 22 | 6.55 | |
Veneto | 3 | 4.00 | 64 | 85.33 | 8 | 10.67 | |
Working area | Other | 3 | 4.30 | 63 | 91.30 | 3 | 4.30 |
Outpatient clinic | 3 | 12.50 | 18 | 75.00 | 3 | 12.50 | |
Home Assistance | 0 | 0.00 | 15 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Hospital | 3 | 0.80 | 327 | 92.40 | 24 | 6.80 | |
Nursing Home | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Public Health | 3 | 4.50 | 60 | 90.90 | 3 | 4.50 | |
Probability of assisting COVID-19 patients | High | 3 | 2.30 | 123 | 93.20 | 6 | 4.50 |
Very high | 3 | 1.20 | 231 | 91.70 | 18 | 7.10 | |
Low | 0 | 0.00 | 48 | 94.10 | 3 | 5.90 | |
Very low | 0 | 0.00 | 27 | 90.00 | 3 | 10.00 | |
Medium | 6 | 9.10 | 57 | 86.40 | 3 | 4.50 | |
Family members, friends or colleagues affected | No | 0 | 0.00 | 81 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
Yes | 12 | 2.70 | 405 | 90.00 | 33 | 7.30 | |
Bereavement due to COVID-19 | No | 12 | 2.40 | 450 | 91.50 | 30 | 6.10 |
Yes | 0 | 0.00 | 36 | 92.30 | 3 | 7.70 | |
Concerned about COVID-19 during the day | Never | 3 | 20.00 | 9 | 60.00 | 3 | 20.00 |
Hardly ever | 6 | 15.40 | 33 | 84.60 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Almost always | 0 | 0.00 | 90 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Often | 3 | 1.30 | 210 | 92.10 | 15 | 6.60 | |
Sometimes | 0 | 0.00 | 144 | 90.60 | 15 | 9.40 | |
Likelihood of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 during activities | Likely | 9 | 4.10 | 204 | 91.90 | 9 | 4.10 |
Highly likely | 0 | 0.00 | 129 | 91.50 | 12 | 8.50 | |
Unlikely | 3 | 9.10 | 27 | 81.80 | 3 | 9.10 | |
Possibly | 0 | 0.00 | 123 | 93.20 | 9 | 6.80 | |
Highly unlikely | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Potential severity of COVID-19 in case of contagion | Severe | 3 | 3.40 | 81 | 93.10 | 3 | 3.40 |
Very severe/Death | 0 | 0.00 | 12 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Probably not severe | 3 | 2.90 | 96 | 91.40 | 6 | 5.70 | |
Probably severe | 3 | 1.10 | 264 | 92.60 | 18 | 6.30 | |
Not severe | 3 | 7.10 | 33 | 78.60 | 6 | 14.30 | |
Confidence in vaccine efficacy | None | 6 | 3.80 | 141 | 88.70 | 12 | 7.50 |
Very high | 0 | 0.00 | 111 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
High | 0 | 0.00 | 219 | 98.60 | 3 | 1.40 | |
Very low | 3 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Low | 3 | 8.30 | 15 | 41.70 | 18 | 50.00 | |
Concerned about vaccine safety (side effects) | Partly | 3 | 1.50 | 189 | 94.00 | 9 | 4.50 |
Very much | 3 | 14.30 | 12 | 57.10 | 6 | 28.60 | |
Much | 6 | 9.50 | 39 | 61.90 | 18 | 28.60 | |
Not at all | 0 | 0.00 | 90 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 | |
Little | 0 | 0.00 | 156 | 100.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
O R | 95% C.I. | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|
SARS-CoV-2 infection diagnosis | 0.51 | 0.11–2.25 | 0.37 |
Positive family members, friends or colleagues | 0.12 | 0.01–1.19 | 0.07 |
Mourning due to COVID-19 | 0.27 | 0.04–1.64 | 0.16 |
Concerned about COVID-19 during the day | 3.92 | 0.66–23.28 | 0.13 |
Likelihood of contracting COVID-19 during work-related activities | 2.96 | 0.71–12.25 | 0.13 |
Clinical evolution in case of contagion | 1.24 | 0.19–7.73 | 0.82 |
Concerned about vaccine safety (side effects) | 2.68 | 0.92–8.67 | 0.06 |
Influenza vaccine | 20.82 | 1.12–385.75 | <0.05 |
Female sex | 0.13 | 0.03–0.55 | <0.01 |
Confidence in vaccine efficacy | 33.53 | 5.68–197.70 | <0.01 |
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Trabucco Aurilio, M.; Mennini, F.S.; Gazzillo, S.; Massini, L.; Bolcato, M.; Feola, A.; Ferrari, C.; Coppeta, L. Intention to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 among Italian Nurses during the Pandemic. Vaccines 2021, 9, 500. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050500
Trabucco Aurilio M, Mennini FS, Gazzillo S, Massini L, Bolcato M, Feola A, Ferrari C, Coppeta L. Intention to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 among Italian Nurses during the Pandemic. Vaccines. 2021; 9(5):500. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050500
Chicago/Turabian StyleTrabucco Aurilio, Marco, Francesco Saverio Mennini, Simone Gazzillo, Laura Massini, Matteo Bolcato, Alessandro Feola, Cristiana Ferrari, and Luca Coppeta. 2021. "Intention to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 among Italian Nurses during the Pandemic" Vaccines 9, no. 5: 500. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050500
APA StyleTrabucco Aurilio, M., Mennini, F. S., Gazzillo, S., Massini, L., Bolcato, M., Feola, A., Ferrari, C., & Coppeta, L. (2021). Intention to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 among Italian Nurses during the Pandemic. Vaccines, 9(5), 500. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9050500