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- Title
COVID-19-Impfstatus von Pflegenden und assoziierte Faktoren in der stationären Langzeitpflege: Ergebnisse einer Querschnittbefragung im Rahmen des Projekts Covid-Heim.
- Authors
Hering, Christian; Gangnus, Annabell; Kohl, Raphael; Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth; Kuhlmey, Adelheid; Gellert, Paul
- Abstract
Background: Nurses working in long-term care facilities were vaccinated first before residents as a matter of priority to protect the latter. Although the vaccination rate of nursing staff eventually rose due to a facility-based vaccination requirement, studies on associated factors of vaccination status are currently not available for the long-term care setting in Germany. Objective: Associated factors of COVID-19 vaccination status among nursing staff in long-term care facilities were explored. Methods: An online survey was conducted between October 26th 2021 and January 31st 2022. A total of 1546 nurses working in long-term care in Germany responded to questions concerning the Covid-19 vaccination campaign. Logistic regression analyses were performed. Results: In this study 8 out of 10 nurses were vaccinated against COVID-19 (80.6%). Approximately 7 out of 10 nurses thought at least a few times about quitting their job since the pandemic began (71.4%). A positive COVID-19 vaccination status was associated with older age, full-time employment, COVID-19 deaths at the facility and working in northern or western Germany. Frequent thoughts of quitting their job were associated with negative COVID-19 vaccination status. Conclusion: The present findings provide evidence on factors associated with the COVID-19 vaccination status of nurses in long-term care facilities in Germany for the first time. Further quantitative as well as qualitative studies are necessary for a more comprehensive understanding of the COVID-19 vaccination decision-making among nurses in long-term care, in order to implement target-oriented future vaccination campaigns in this care setting.
- Subjects
GERMANY; LONG-term care facilities; NURSING care facilities; VACCINATION status; COVID-19 vaccines; LONG-term health care; ANTI-vaccination movement
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 2024, Vol 57, Issue 2, p133
- ISSN
0948-6704
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00391-023-02210-2