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- Title
Predictors of Willingness of the General Public to Receive a Second COVID-19 Booster Dose or a New COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study in Greece.
- Authors
Galanis, Petros; Vraka, Irene; Katsiroumpa, Aglaia; Siskou, Olga; Konstantakopoulou, Olympia; Katsoulas, Theodoros; Mariolis-Sapsakos, Theodoros; Kaitelidou, Daphne
- Abstract
Given the concerns of waning immunity from the primary COVID-19 vaccines and the first booster dose, we conducted an online cross-sectional study in May 2022 to investigate willingness to receive a second COVID-19 booster dose or a new COVID-19 vaccine and its associated factors. Overall, 62% of the participants were willing to be vaccinated, 25.8% were unsure, and 12.3% were unwilling to be vaccinated. The main reasons against accepting a second COVID-19 booster dose/new COVID-19 vaccine were concerns about the side effects and the effectiveness and the opinion that further vaccination is unnecessary. Males, younger individuals, participants without a previous COVID-19 diagnosis, and those with good/very good self-perceived physical health were significantly more frequently willing to receive a second COVID-19 booster dose or a new COVID-19 vaccine. Additionally, increased fear of the COVID-19, increased trust in COVID-19 vaccinations, and decreased fear of a second booster dose or a new COVID-19 vaccine was associated with increased willingness. Our results show some hesitancy and unwillingness toward further COVID-19 vaccination and indicate that the fear of COVID-19 and trust in COVID-19 vaccination affects public opinion.
- Subjects
GREECE; BOOSTER vaccines; COVID-19 vaccines; COVID-19; COVID-19 pandemic; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Vaccines, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 7, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2076-393X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/vaccines10071061