Acceptability of Vaccination Against COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Pragmatic and Observational Research Pub Date : 2020-10-29 eCollection Date: 2020-01-01 DOI:10.2147/POR.S271096

Michel Kabamba Nzaji, Leon Kabamba Ngombe, Guillaume Ngoie Mwamba, Deca Blood Banza Ndala, Judith Mbidi Miema, Christophe Luhata Lungoyo, Bertin Lora Mwimba, Aimé Cikomola Mwana Bene, Elisabeth Mukamba Musenga

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to estimate the acceptability of a future vaccine against COVID-19 and associated factors if offered in Congolese health-care workers (HCWs), since they have the highest direct exposure to the disease.

Patients and methods: We conducted an analytical cross-sectional study among 23 Congolese referral hospitals, including three university hospitals, located in three towns from March through 30 April 2020. The main outcome variable was healthcare workers' acceptance of a future vaccine against COVID-19. The associated factors of vaccination willingness were identified through a logistic regression analysis.

Results: A sample of 613 HCWs participated in the study and completed the study questionnaire, including 312 (50.9%) men and 301 (49.1%) women. Only 27.7% of HCWs said that they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine if it was available. From the logistic regression analysis, male healthcare workers (ORa=1.17, 95% CI: 1.15-2.60), primarily doctors (ORa=1.59; 95% CI:1.03-2.44) and having a positive attitude towards a COVID-19 vaccine (ORa=11.49; 95% CI: 5.88-22.46) were significantly associated with reporting willingness to be vaccinated.

Conclusion: For acceptability of vaccination against COVID-19 among others education among HCWs is crucial because health professionals' attitudes about vaccines are an important determinant of their own vaccine uptake and their likelihood of recommending the vaccine to their patients.

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刚果民主共和国医护人员对接种 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度。

目的：本研究旨在估算刚果医护人员（HCWs）未来接种 COVID-19 疫苗的可接受性及相关因素，因为他们是直接接触该疾病最多的人群：我们于 2020 年 3 月至 4 月 30 日在位于三个城镇的 23 家刚果转诊医院（包括三家大学医院）开展了一项横断面分析研究。主要结果变量是医护人员对未来接种 COVID-19 疫苗的接受程度。通过逻辑回归分析确定了疫苗接种意愿的相关因素：613名医护人员参与了研究并填写了研究问卷，其中男性312人（50.9%），女性301人（49.1%）。只有 27.7% 的医护人员表示，如果有 COVID-19 疫苗，他们会接受。从逻辑回归分析来看，男性医护人员（ORa=1.17，95% CI：1.15-2.60）、主要是医生（ORa=1.59；95% CI：1.03-2.44）和对 COVID-19 疫苗持积极态度（ORa=11.49；95% CI：5.88-22.46）与表示愿意接种疫苗有显著关系：结论：对医护人员进行 COVID-19 疫苗接种教育对于其他疫苗的可接受性至关重要，因为医护人员对疫苗的态度是决定其自身疫苗接种率以及向患者推荐疫苗可能性的重要因素。

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期刊介绍： Pragmatic and Observational Research is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes data from studies designed to closely reflect medical interventions in real-world clinical practice, providing insights beyond classical randomized controlled trials (RCTs). While RCTs maximize internal validity for cause-and-effect relationships, they often represent only specific patient groups. This journal aims to complement such studies by providing data that better mirrors real-world patients and the usage of medicines, thus informing guidelines and enhancing the applicability of research findings across diverse patient populations encountered in everyday clinical practice.