Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has afflicted tens of millions of people, fostering and unprecedent effort in vaccine development and distribution. Healthcare workers (HCW) play a key role in vaccine promotion and patient guidance, and it is likely that hesitancy among this population will have a major impact on the adoption of a successful immunization policy. To investigate HCW attitudes towards anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) vaccination, we developed an anonymous online cross-sectional survey. 1723 Italian HCW responded. Overall, 1155 (67%) intended to be vaccinated, while 443 (26%) were not sure and 125 (7%) declared refusal. In multivariate analysis, factors associated with hesitancy were using Facebook as the main information source and being a non-physician HCW, while predictors of acceptance included younger age, being in close contact with high-risk groups and having received flu vaccination during the 2019–2020 season. Reasons for hesitancy included lack of trust in vaccine safety (85%) and receiving little (78%) or conflicting (69%) information about vaccines. According to our results, adequate investment in vaccine education for healthcare personnel appears to be urgently needed, prioritizing non-physicians and information quality spread through social media. We hope that our data could help governments and policy-makers to target communication in the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Infectious diseases, Healthcare workers, Vaccine hesitancy, cross-sectional survey, 【초록키워드】 Coronavirus disease 2019, Vaccine, Vaccine development, coronavirus, SARS-CoV2, vaccination, Vaccines, media, immunization, healthcare worker, Spread, COVID-19 vaccination, Patient, age, predictor, group, distribution, information, Guidance, Analysis, close contact, healthcare personnel, Facebook, HCW, Government, acute respiratory syndrome, Factor, help, effort, reason, refusal, flu vaccination, Italian, lack, receiving, appear, 【제목키워드】 survey, Italy, Attitude, Result,