Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy
In Italy, at the end of 2020, a voluntary immunization plan against COVID-19 was introduced, involving elderly among the first target categories. The aim of this study was to assess, through an online questionnaire, the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in a sample of older adults from southern Ita...
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/46e6aaa2943849bea96c746bd2306fac |
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| Sumario: | In Italy, at the end of 2020, a voluntary immunization plan against COVID-19 was introduced, involving elderly among the first target categories. The aim of this study was to assess, through an online questionnaire, the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination in a sample of older adults from southern Italy. Of a total of 1041 respondents (41.7% males, mean age 76.6 ± 6.5), 965 (92.7%) were vaccinated or willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, although less than half of the sample was favorable to vaccinations and agreed with mandatory immunization. Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination was found to be positively related with higher educational level (OR = 1.875, CI95% = 1.113–3.161; <i>p</i> = 0.018) and having social/mass media as a main source of information (OR = 2.415 CI95% = 1.358–4.296, <i>p</i> = 0.003). On the contrary, an inverse relationship was found between acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination and having fulfilled the questionnaire after the introduction of <i>green pass</i> (OR = 0.218, CI95% = 0.129–0.369; <i>p</i> < 0.001). Therefore, although this evidence needs to be further confirmed, it is possible to agree with previous studies reporting that compulsory measures, such as <i>green pass</i> implementation, must be accompanied by effective education and information strategies of the target population. |
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