scholarly journals Seasonal Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates Among Patients with Cancer in COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Emre YEKEDÜZ ◽  
Elif Berna KÖKSOY ◽  
Satı Coşkun YAZGAN ◽  
Ilgın AKBIYIK ◽  
Sevinç BALLI ◽  
...  
Vaccines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 465
Author(s):  
Leena R. Baghdadi ◽  
Shatha G. Alghaihb ◽  
Alanoud A. Abuhaimed ◽  
Dania M. Alkelabi ◽  
Rawan S. Alqahtani

In 2019, a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)) caused a global pandemic. There was an urgent need to develop a vaccine against COVID-19 to reduce its spread and economic burden. The main objective of this study was to understand the attitudes and concerns of healthcare workers (HCWs) towards the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine, whether their decision was influenced by their history of taking the seasonal influenza vaccine, and factors that influence the acceptance of the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We selected and surveyed 356 HCWs via an electronic self-administered questionnaire. A total of 61.16% of HCWs were willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and 55.9% of them had received the seasonal influenza vaccine in the preceding year (2019–2020). The strongest predictors for taking the COVID-19 vaccine were the HCWs’ belief that the COVID-19 vaccine would be safe, needed even for healthy people, that all HCWs should be vaccinated against COVID-19, and that HCWs will have time to take the vaccine. Being female, being middle aged, having <5 years of work experience, having no fear of injections, and being a non-smoker were predictive factors for taking the upcoming COVID-19 vaccine. No associations were found between the intention to take the COVID-19 vaccine and a history of taking the seasonal influenza vaccine.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Yang ◽  
Yuhan Lu ◽  
Xiaoting Hou ◽  
Renxiu Guo ◽  
Yun Wang ◽  
...  

The Lancet ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 398 ◽  
pp. S11
Author(s):  
Mohammad N Alswerki ◽  
Abdallah Alwali ◽  
Alaa Al-aqad ◽  
Mahmoud Hamouda ◽  
Saad Al massri ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 480-489
Author(s):  
Reeta Mahey ◽  
Shobha Kandpal ◽  
Monica Gupta ◽  
Perumal Vanamail ◽  
Neerja Bhatla ◽  
...  

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