Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Κοινοτική ΝοσηλευτικήLibrary of the School of Health Sciences
Author:
Drouliskou Vasiliki-Fanouria
Supervisors info:
Ουρανία Δαφνή, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Αθηνά Καλοκαιρινού, Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Πέτρος Γαλάνης, Διδάκτωρ, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Εμβολιαστική κάλυψη έναντι του ιού COVID - 19 των επαγγελματιών υγείας που εργάζονται σε ΜΕΘ COVID και διερεύνηση των παραγόντων που σχετίζονται με την απόφαση τους
Translated title:
Vaccine coverage against COVID - 19 of health professionals who work in COVID ICU and an investigation of the factors who are related with their descision
Summary:
Introduction - Background: Healthcare professionals are the front line staff
for dealing with the SARS – CoV – 2 pandemic. In particular, staff working in
COVID departments and COVID ICUs is quite exposed to the virus.
Therefore, their vaccination coverage is a priority of every health care
system.
Aim: The purpose of this study is to find the vaccination coverage rates of
health professionals working in a COVID ICU at a general hospital in Attica
and to investigate the factors related to their decision.
Methodology: This is a research project conducted in the multifaceted ICU
of a general hospital in Attica. The sample includes those of the 115 health
professionals working in the ICU who have consented to their participation
after oral and written information on the purpose of the study. 20 of the total health professionals interviewed are doctors, 70 are nurses, 20 are nurse
assistants and 5 are physiotherapists. The data collection was done with an
anonymous self-completing questionnaire. The statistical analysis of the data
was performed through the SPSS program.
Results: The questionnaire was answered by 90.4% of the respondents.
27.9% of the participants are men while 72.1% are women. 98.1% of them
were vaccinated while 24.5% were vaccinated after 25/03/21. 58.7% are
nurses, 18.3% are doctors, another 18.3% are nurse assistants and 4.8% are
physical therapists. 51.9% believe that they have received sufficient
information from the work environment about the vaccine against COVID-19,
while 49.1% believe the opposite. 67.3% agree with the mandatory
vaccination of healthcare professionals. 24.5% were vaccinated after
03/25/21. The percentage of the participants whose initial decision was not to
get vaccinated, but changed their mind and got vaccinated because they
noticed that their colleagues did not show side effects, is 30,4%. 17.4% of the
participants were obligated to get vaccinated because of the obligatory
requirement and the remaining 30.4% agreed to get vaccinated due to fear of
unpaid suspension. Increased age, being married, having a master's or
doctoral degree, the perception that they have received sufficient information
from the employer, are all positively associated with the fact that their initial
decision was to be vaccinated. Doctors and those who feel that they have
been informed by their employer are less concerned about possible adverse
effects from vaccination than nurses and those who are not sufficiently
informed.
Conclusions: A satisfactory percentage of healthcare professionals (98,1%)
have been vaccinated at the given hospital until 30/09/21. In this study it was
shown that vaccination rates increased over time and that the level of
education combined with information from the work body significantly
influences the positive decision to vaccination against SARS – CoV - 2.
Therefore, it would be necessary to provide timely and targeted information to
the staff according to their needs.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Pandemic, Healthcare professionals, Health workers, COVID – 19, SARS - COV – 2, Vaccination, Vaccination coverage, COVID ICU, Vaccination intention factors.
