Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
December 11, 2020
Intention of health care workers to accept COVID-19 vaccination and related factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Vaccines and Immunity
Keywords (Tags): vaccines
- [Pre-print, not peer reviewed] In a systematic review examining the intention of healthcare workers (HCW) to accept COVID-19 vaccination (11 studies, 8,847 HCWs), the overall proportion of HCWs that intend to accept COVID-19 vaccination was 56% (95% CI 44-68%) with a wide range among studies from 28% to 82%. Factors associated with increased HCW willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 included male gender, older age, physician profession, comorbidity, seasonal influenza vaccination, stronger vaccine confidence, individual perceived risk about COVID-19, and contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients. The studies were conducted among HCW in Europe (5 studies), Asia (3 studies), Africa (2 studies), and North America (1 study) between February and October 2020.
Galanis et al. (Dec 11, 2020). Intention of health care workers to accept COVID-19 vaccination and related factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pre-print downloaded Dec 11 from