Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in Ghana
Acceptability of COVID-19 Vaccination among Health Care Workers in Ghana
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DOI：
10.1155/2021/9998176
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发表时间：
2021-04-20
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4.1
通讯作者：
Addo, Bright
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作者：
Agyekum, Martin Wiredu;Afrifa-Anane, Grace Frempong;Addo, Bright
由于医护人员是健康信息的可靠来源，他们对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受或拒绝可能会影响普通人群对 COVID-19 疫苗的吸收。在这项研究中，我们试图确定加纳医护人员对 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度。我们采用横断面设计，通过 2021 年 1 月 16 日至 2 月 15 日的自我管理在线调查收集了 234 名医护人员的数据。使用 STATA 版本 15 进行了描述性、双变量和多变量分析。结果显示，39.3% (n = 92) 的医护人员打算接种 COVID-19 疫苗。性别（AOR = 0.451；CI 95% 0.240-0.845；p=0.013）、医护人员类别（AOR = 2.851；95 CI%：1.097-7.405；p=0.031）、亲属被诊断患有 COVID-19（AOR = 0.369；CI 95%）等因素0.145-0.941；p=0.037），以及对政府在抗击 COVID-19 方面所采取措施准确性的信任（AOR = 2.768；CI 95%：1.365-5.616；p=0.005）被证明是 COVID-19 疫苗可接受性的重要预测因素。对疫苗安全性的担忧 (n = 93, 65.5%) 和疫苗的不良副作用 (n = 23, 14.8%) 被认为是加纳医护人员拒绝接种 COVID-19 疫苗的主要原因。加纳医护人员自称接受 COVID-19 疫苗的意愿较低，因此加纳政府和其他利益相关者必须紧急呼吁解决医护人员对 COVID-19 疫苗的安全性和不良副作用的担忧，因为这将增加疫苗的接种率。干预措施还必须考虑性别和卫生保健工作者的类别，以达到预期的结果。
Because health care workers are a reliable source of health information, their acceptance or rejection of COVID-19 vaccines can influence the general population's uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. In this study, we sought to determine the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines among health care workers in Ghana. Using a cross-sectional design, we collected data from 234 health care workers through a self-administered online survey from 16 January to 15 February 2021. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate analyses were performed using STATA version 15. The findings revealed that 39.3% (n = 92) of health care workers intended to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. Factors such as sex (AOR = 0.451; CI 95% 0.240-0.845; p=0.013), category of health care workers (AOR = 2.851; 95 CI%: 1.097-7.405; p=0.031), relative being diagnosed with COVID-19 (AOR = 0.369; CI 95% 0.145-0.941; p=0.037), and trust in the accuracy of the measures taken by the government in the fight against COVID-19 (AOR = 2.768; CI 95%: 1.365-5.616; p=0.005) proved to be significant predictors of the acceptability of the COVID-19 vaccine. Concerns about the safety of vaccines (n = 93, 65.5%) and the adverse side effects of the vaccines (n = 23, 14.8%) were identified as the main reasons why health care workers would decline uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana. The self-reported low intention of health care workers in Ghana to accept COVID-19 vaccines necessitates an urgent call from the Government of Ghana and other stakeholders to address health care workers' concerns about the safety and adverse side effects of COVID-19 vaccines, as this would increase vaccine uptake. Interventions must also take into consideration sex and the category of health care workers to achieve the desired results.