Investigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital

SARS-CoV-2 transmission has been high, especially among healthcare workers worldwide during the first wave. Vaccination is recognized as the most effective approach to combat the pandemic, but hesitation to get vaccinated represents an obstacle. Another important issue is the duration of protection...

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Autores principales:	Guglielmo Forgeschi, Giuseppe Cavallo, Chiara Lorini, Fiamma Balboni, Francesca Sequi, Guglielmo Bonaccorsi
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy vaccine adherence anti-S antibodies Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f09e094aa6154ad68f45ca6fb49340d02021-11-25T19:11:23ZInvestigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital10.3390/vaccines91113322076-393Xhttps://doaj.org/article/f09e094aa6154ad68f45ca6fb49340d02021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/9/11/1332https://doaj.org/toc/2076-393XSARS-CoV-2 transmission has been high, especially among healthcare workers worldwide during the first wave. Vaccination is recognized as the most effective approach to combat the pandemic, but hesitation to get vaccinated represents an obstacle. Another important issue is the duration of protection after administration of the full vaccination cycle. Based on these premises, we conducted a study to evaluate vaccination adherence and the anti-S antibodies levels among hospital workers, from January to March, 2021. To assess adherence, an anonymous questionnaire was used. Anti-S antibody levels were obtained from the monitoring serological sample database. In total, 56.2% of the unvaccinated people did not report a previous infection from COVID-19. Among those who have not been vaccinated, 12.5% showed distrust against the vaccine, 8.3% stated to have received contraindications to the vaccination, and 6.3% did not report any choice. Analyzing anti-S antibody levels, only one person was found to have a value below the lower cut-off, two weeks, and three months after receiving their second dose. One was below the cut-off after two weeks, and then above the same cut-off after three months. The results of our survey should be seen as a stimulus to further sensitize hospital staff to the importance of vaccination and pay attention to anti-S antibody levels monitoring.Guglielmo ForgeschiGiuseppe CavalloChiara LoriniFiamma BalboniFrancesca SequiGuglielmo BonaccorsiMDPI AGarticleSARS-CoV-2COVID-19vaccine hesitancyvaccine adherenceanti-S antibodiesMedicineRENVaccines, Vol 9, Iss 1332, p 1332 (2021)
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spellingShingle	SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy vaccine adherence anti-S antibodies Medicine R Guglielmo Forgeschi Giuseppe Cavallo Chiara Lorini Fiamma Balboni Francesca Sequi Guglielmo Bonaccorsi Investigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital
description	SARS-CoV-2 transmission has been high, especially among healthcare workers worldwide during the first wave. Vaccination is recognized as the most effective approach to combat the pandemic, but hesitation to get vaccinated represents an obstacle. Another important issue is the duration of protection after administration of the full vaccination cycle. Based on these premises, we conducted a study to evaluate vaccination adherence and the anti-S antibodies levels among hospital workers, from January to March, 2021. To assess adherence, an anonymous questionnaire was used. Anti-S antibody levels were obtained from the monitoring serological sample database. In total, 56.2% of the unvaccinated people did not report a previous infection from COVID-19. Among those who have not been vaccinated, 12.5% showed distrust against the vaccine, 8.3% stated to have received contraindications to the vaccination, and 6.3% did not report any choice. Analyzing anti-S antibody levels, only one person was found to have a value below the lower cut-off, two weeks, and three months after receiving their second dose. One was below the cut-off after two weeks, and then above the same cut-off after three months. The results of our survey should be seen as a stimulus to further sensitize hospital staff to the importance of vaccination and pay attention to anti-S antibody levels monitoring.
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author	Guglielmo Forgeschi Giuseppe Cavallo Chiara Lorini Fiamma Balboni Francesca Sequi Guglielmo Bonaccorsi
author_facet	Guglielmo Forgeschi Giuseppe Cavallo Chiara Lorini Fiamma Balboni Francesca Sequi Guglielmo Bonaccorsi
author_sort	Guglielmo Forgeschi
title	Investigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital
title_short	Investigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital
title_full	Investigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital
title_fullStr	Investigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital
title_full_unstemmed	Investigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital
title_sort	investigating adherence to covid-19 vaccination and serum antibody concentration among hospital workers—the experience of an italian private hospital
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f09e094aa6154ad68f45ca6fb49340d0
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Investigating Adherence to COVID-19 Vaccination and Serum Antibody Concentration among Hospital Workers—The Experience of an Italian Private Hospital

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