Exploring the Willingness to Accept SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in a University Population in Southern Italy, September to November 2020

Vaccines

Gabriella Di Giuseppe¹  ConcettaPaola Pelullo¹  ItaloFrancesco Angelillo¹  Maria Pavia¹  Giorgia Della Polla² 

[1] Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via L. Armanni 5, 80138 Naples, Italy;Health Direction, Teaching Hospital of the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Via S. Maria di Costantinopoli 104, 80138 Naples, Italy;

关键词: attitudes;    COVID-19;    university population;    Italy;    vaccination;    willingness;   

DOI  :  10.3390/vaccines9030275

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Understanding whether members of the university population are willing to receive a future vaccination against COVID-19 and identifying barriers may help public health authorities to develop effective strategies and interventions to contain COVID-19. This cross-sectional study explored the willingness to accept a future SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in a university population in Southern Italy. The perceived risk level of developing COVID-19 was 6.5 and it was significantly higher among females, younger subjects, and those who agreed/strongly agreed that COVID-19 is a severe disease. Only 21.4% of respondents were not worried at all regarding the safety of the vaccine. Males, not being married/cohabitant, being a faculty member, those who perceived a lower risk of developing COVID-19, and those who did not need information regarding the vaccination against COVID-19 were significantly more likely to have no concern at all regarding the safety of the vaccine. The vast majority (84.1%) were willing to receive a future vaccine against COVID-19. Almost coherently with predictors of concern on the safety of the vaccine, being male, not being married/cohabitant, being a faculty member, not being concerned at all that COVID-19 vaccination might not be safe, and agreeing that COVID-19 can have serious health consequences were significant predictors of the willingness to receive the vaccine against COVID-19. A considerable proportion of the population had a positive willingness to receive the future COVID-19 vaccine, although some concerns have been expressed regarding the effectiveness and safety and public health activities seem necessary to achieve the rate that can lead to the protection of the community.

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