Healthcare Staff Perceptions Following Inoculation with the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine at University Hospitals Coventry Warwickshire NHS Trust

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 vaccination programmes offer hope for a potential end to the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. We present perceptions following from a cohort of healthcare staff at the UK NHS hospital, which first initiated the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 (“Pfizer”) vaccination program. Methods: A paper-based survey regarding perceptions on the BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was distributed to all healthcare workers at the University Hospitals Coventry Warwickshire NHS Trust following receipt of the first vaccine dose. Results: 535 healthcare workers completed the survey, with a 40.9% response rate. Staff felt privileged to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Staff reported that they had minimised contact with patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. Reported changes to activity following vaccination both at work and outside work were guarded. Statistically significant differences were noted between information sources used by staff groups and between groups of different ethnic backgrounds to inform decisions to receive vaccination. Conclusions: NHS staff felt privileged to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and felt that their actions would promote uptake in the wider population. Concerns regarding risks and side effects existed, but were minimal. This research can be used to help inform strategies driving wider vaccine uptake amongst healthcare staff and the public.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179378
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Medical School
Additional Information: Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords: COVID-19,vaccination,healthcare staff,ethnicity
Publication ISSN: 1660-4601
Last Modified: 04 Nov 2024 08:55
Date Deposited: 08 Sep 2021 09:48
Full Text Link:
Related URLs: https://www.mdp ... 4601/18/17/9378 (Publisher URL)
PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2021-09-06
Accepted Date: 2021-08-07
Authors: Robbins, Tim
Kyrou, Ioannis (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-6997-3439)
Clark, Cain
Sharma, Kavi
Laird, Steven
Berry, Lisa
Morgan, Nina
Patel, Kiran
Sankar, Sailesh
Randeva, Harpal

Download

[img]

Version: Published Version

License: Creative Commons Attribution

| Preview

Export / Share Citation


Statistics

Additional statistics for this record