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. 2021 Feb 18;9(2):172.
doi: 10.3390/vaccines9020172.

Vaccine Hesitancy among Italian Patients Recovered from COVID-19 Infection towards Influenza and Sars-Cov-2 Vaccination

Valentina Gerussi  1 , Maddalena Peghin  1 , Alvisa Palese  2 , Valentina Bressan  2 , Erica Visintini  2 , Giulia Bontempo  1 , Elena Graziano  1 , Maria De Martino  3 , Miriam Isola  3 , Carlo Tascini  1
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Vaccine Hesitancy among Italian Patients Recovered from COVID-19 Infection towards Influenza and Sars-Cov-2 Vaccination

Valentina Gerussi et al. Vaccines (Basel). .

Abstract

We aimed to assess the attitude towards influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccinations among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovered patients. We performed a cross-sectional study consisting of a standardized telephone interview carried out between September and November 2020 targeting a cohort of adult in- and out-patients that had recovered from COVID-19 after the first wave (March-May 2020) at Udine Hospital (Italy). Overall, 599 people participated (320 female, median age 53 years) and most had experienced an acute COVID-19 with mild illness (409, 68.3%). The majority were hesitant or undecided towards influenza (327, 54.6%) and SARS-CoV-2 (353, 59.2%) vaccines. Older age, public work exposure, and previous 2019 flu shots were the main factors associated with a positive attitude toward both vaccinations (p < 0.05). Being hospitalized during the acute COVID-19 phase was associated with the willingness to get a flu shot (94/272, 34.5%) but not SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (70/244, 28.7%). Vaccine hesitancy is diffuse and multifactorial also among COVID-19 recovered.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; influenza; pandemic; vaccination; vaccine hesitancy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Maddalena Peghin reports grants and personal fees from Pfizer, MSD, and Dia Sorin outside the submitted work. Carlo Tascini has received non conditional grants and personal fees from Pfizer, MSD, Angelini, Shonogi, Nordic, Hikma, Avir Pharma, Biomerieux, Menarini, Zambon, Biotest, Thermofischer outside the submitted work. Other authors have no conflict of interest to declare. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.

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