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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Autores principales:	Francesca Gallè, Elita Anna Sabella, Paolo Roma, Giovanna Da Molin, Giusy Diella, Maria Teresa Montagna, Stefano Ferracuti, Giorgio Liguori, Giovanni Battista Orsi, Christian Napoli
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	COVID-19 immunization campaign elderly vaccine acceptance <i>green pass</i> Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:46e6aaa2943849bea96c746bd2306fac2021-11-25T19:10:10ZAcceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy10.3390/vaccines91112222076-393Xhttps://doaj.org/article/46e6aaa2943849bea96c746bd2306fac2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/11/1222https://doaj.org/toc/2076-393XIn 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.Francesca GallèElita Anna SabellaPaolo RomaGiovanna Da MolinGiusy DiellaMaria Teresa MontagnaStefano FerracutiGiorgio LiguoriGiovanni Battista OrsiChristian NapoliMDPI AGarticleCOVID-19immunization campaignelderlyvaccine acceptance<i>green pass</i>MedicineRENVaccines, Vol 9, Iss 1222, p 1222 (2021)
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spellingShingle	COVID-19 immunization campaign elderly vaccine acceptance <i>green pass</i> Medicine R Francesca Gallè Elita Anna Sabella Paolo Roma Giovanna Da Molin Giusy Diella Maria Teresa Montagna Stefano Ferracuti Giorgio Liguori Giovanni Battista Orsi Christian Napoli Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy
description	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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author	Francesca Gallè Elita Anna Sabella Paolo Roma Giovanna Da Molin Giusy Diella Maria Teresa Montagna Stefano Ferracuti Giorgio Liguori Giovanni Battista Orsi Christian Napoli
author_facet	Francesca Gallè Elita Anna Sabella Paolo Roma Giovanna Da Molin Giusy Diella Maria Teresa Montagna Stefano Ferracuti Giorgio Liguori Giovanni Battista Orsi Christian Napoli
author_sort	Francesca Gallè
title	Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy
title_short	Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy
title_full	Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy
title_fullStr	Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy
title_full_unstemmed	Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy
title_sort	acceptance of covid-19 vaccination in the elderly: a cross-sectional study in southern italy
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/46e6aaa2943849bea96c746bd2306fac
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Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination in the Elderly: A Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Italy

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