Attitudes of vaccination workers toward COVID-19 vaccination in patients with chronic liver disease

Abstract

Objectives Vaccination workers play an important role in the acceptance of various vaccines in patients with chronic liver diseases. We mainly investigated the attitude of vaccination workers toward COVID-19 vaccination in patients with chronic liver disease. Methods An anonymous, population-based, cross-sectional online survey were completed by 721 out of 1008 (71.5%) vaccination workers from July 1st to July 14th, 2022, in patients with chronic liver disease in Taizhou, China. The data were uploaded to Wen-Juan-Xing, one of the largest online platforms for collecting survey data. Results We found that only 51.9% of vaccination workers recommended all chronic liver diseases vaccinations. 81% of vaccination workers fully recommended vaccination in patients with fatty liver and chronic hepatitis B, while 53.1% of them fully recommended in patients with cirrhosis and liver cancer. Logistic regression analysis showed that vaccination workers who had undergone systematic training were more likely to recommend that patients with four chronic liver diseases get vaccinated (OR: 1.59; 95% CI: 1.05–2.43, p = 0.030). Vaccination workers that believed it is safe to vaccinate against patients with four chronic liver diseases were likely to recommend (OR: 8.12; 95% CI: 1.84–35.88, p = 0.006). Conclusion Vaccination workers who hold a positive attitude towards recommending vaccination for patients with chronic liver disease needs to be improved. Strengthening the training of vaccination workers could improve vaccine immunization coverage.