4602347
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10.3390/vaccines9030247
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Arh, Rok
Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
Gabrovec, Tina
Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
Jazbec, Lucija
Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
Rupčić, Nika
Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
Starešinič, Nina
Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
Zorman, Lea
Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
Pretnar, Ajda
Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana
Srakar, Andrej
Insttute for Economic Research
Zwitter, Matjaž
Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
Slavec, Ana
InnoRenew CoE
Factors Affecting Attitudes towards COVID-19 Vaccination: An Online Survey in Slovenia
Petravić, Luka
Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor
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cross-sectional studies
intention
public opinion
trust
ordinal regression
COVID-19
vaccination
surveys and questionnaires
Europe
immune system
SARS-CoV-2
<p>While the problem of vaccine hesitancy is not new, it has become more pronounced with the new COVID-19 vaccines and represents an obstacle to resolving the crisis. Even people who would usually trust vaccines and experts now prefer to wait for more information. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Slovenia in December 2020 to find out the attitudes of the population regarding COVID-19 vaccination and the factors that affect these attitudes. Based on 12,042 fully completed questionnaires, we find that higher intention to get vaccinated is associated with men, older respondents, physicians and medical students, respondents who got the influenza vaccination, those who knew someone who had gotten hospitalised or died from COVID-19 and those who have more trust in experts, institutions and vaccines. Nurses and technicians were less likely to get vaccinated. In answers to an open question, sceptics were split into those doubting the quality due to the rapid development of the vaccine and those that reported personal experiences with side effects of prior vaccinations. Although the Slovenian population is diverse in its attitudes towards vaccination, the results are comparable to those found in other countries. However, there are potential limitations to the generalizability of the findings that should be addressed in future studies.</p>
The authors acknowledge the support of the Slovenian Research Agency for funding the project using questionnaires to measure attitudes and behaviours of building users (Z5-1879), the European Commission for funding the InnoRenew project [Grant Agreement #739574] under the Horizon 2020 Widespread-Teaming program, and the Republic of Slovenia (investment funding from the Republic of Slovenia and the European Regional Development Fund).
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2021-03-12
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