COVID-19 vaccination acceptance of healthcare workers in Singapore

Tan, Kian Wei Alvin; Wijaya, Limin; Lim, Chee Tiong; Gan, Wee Hoe

doi:10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2021504

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“…The ancillary group achieved a lower vaccination rate as compared to other vocations by the end of March 2021, while medical staff achieved the highest vaccination rate of 86.1%. This was in line with another public healthcare cluster in Singapore based on the COVID-19 vaccination acceptance survey among the vocational groups [ 18 ]. The lower rate among ancillary vocation could be due to various barriers/motivations, e.g., insufficient up-to-date data to make informed decisions and not being directly involved in the care of COVID patients as compared to other vocations [ 7 , 19 ].…”

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Role of Occupational Health Services in Planning and Implementing of Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Singapore

Lim

Chan

Santosa

et al. 2022

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Context: Healthcare workers all over the world were prioritized for vaccination against COVID-19 in view of the high-risk nature of their job scopes when vaccines were first available in late 2020. Vaccine hesitancy was an important problem to tackle in order to achieve a high vaccination rate, especially for vaccines that were developed using mRNA technology. We aimed to use the ‘3Cs’ model to address vaccine hesitancy to ensure maximal uptake of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine among healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Methods: Various measures were used to reduce the confidence, complacency, and convenience barriers. The staff vaccination clinic was on-site and centralized, with appointments given in advance to ensure vaccine availability and to reduce wait time, providing convenience to staff. Direct and repeated communications with the staff via multiple channels were used to address vaccine safety and efficacy so as to promote confidence in the vaccines and overcome complacency barriers. To further encourage staff to get vaccinated, staff were allowed time off for vaccination when at work. Staff with a high risk of exposure to COVID-19 or those caring for immunocompromised patients were prioritized to take the vaccines first. The collection of data on adverse events was via on-site monitoring and consultation at Occupational Health Clinic (OHC). Results: Nearly 80% of staff had completed vaccination when the vaccination exercise ended at the end of March 2021. With the loosening of the contraindications to vaccination over time, staff vaccination rates reached 89.3% in early July and nearly 99.9% by the end of the year. No major or serious vaccine-related medication or administration errors were reported. No staff had anaphylaxis. Conclusions: By using the ‘3Cs’ model to plan out the vaccination exercise, it is possible to achieve a high vaccination rate coupled with effective and customized communications. This multi-disciplinary team approach can be adapted to guide vaccination efforts in various settings in future pandemics.

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Role of Occupational Health Services in Planning and Implementing of Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Singapore

Lim

Chan

Santosa

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“…Firstly, we found that vaccination intentions did vary by survey time, with vaccination intentions significantly higher in 2021 than in 2020 [39]. One possible explanation for this was that the amount of information related to COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccines had been tremendous in recent years, and had increased at an unprecedented pace.…”

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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Shui

Wang

et al. 2022

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Background Since the successful development of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) vaccine, COVID-19 vaccination has been actively advocated all over the world. As the key population for COVID-19 vaccination, the acceptance of Healthcare Workers (HCWs) is not only related to their risk of contracting COVID-19 infection at work, but also affects the decision of the general population on COVID-19 vaccination. Currently, a series of observational studies have been conducted on the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines among HCWs in China, but there are presently no all-inclusive reviews. Therefore, this paper reviewed to identify a reliable estimate of acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs in China. Methods We conducted a search on PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library, Web of Science, CNKI (Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure), Wanfang Database, CBM (Chinese Biomedical Literature Database) and VIP database (Chinese Scientific Journal Database) from January 2020 to June 2022. The quality of included articles was estimated using the Newcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment tool suitable for cross-sectional studies and STATA 16 was used for analysis, A random-effects model was used to calculate acceptance rate for COVID-19 vaccine, as well as subgroup analysis and sensitivity analysis. Result This review included 18 studies involving 45,760 subjects, all of which were of medium or high quality. Meta-analysis results represented that, the pooled estimated acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs in China was 78% (95%CI: 73–83%), and the pooled acceptance rate in 2021 (82%, 95%CI: 78–86%) was significantly higher than that in 2020 (73%, 95%CI: 65%-81%). Subgroup analysis showed different acceptance rates for COVID-19 vaccine among HCWs with different characteristics. Conclusion The result revealed that HCWs in China generally have a high acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccines, but the acceptance rate varies with different characteristics of the population. Therefore, corresponding training should be carried out for HCWs with different characteristics, and they should play an exemplary and leading role in COVID-19 vaccination, so as to improve the vaccination rate of the whole population and form an immune barrier at an early date.

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“…Although the vaccine hesitancy was low among HCWs compared to the general population, there was still a considerable proportion of HCWs hesitant to take vaccines especially at the initial phase of vaccination. The prevalence of vaccine hesitancy among healthcare workers was 47% in India [ 66 ], 32% in Iran [ 67 ], 37% in Hong Kong [ 31 ] and 5.1% to 48.9% in Singapore [ 31 , 68 , 69 ]. It is crucial to identify factors associated with vaccine hesitancy and address them.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The vaccine acceptance was increased from 42.8% in December 2020 to 76.1% in March 2021 [ 70 ]. By November 2021, more than 99.5% of HCWs in the largest healthcare cluster in Singapore had been fully vaccinated [ 31 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These restrictions included group size limit of five persons outside residential properties, and every household could receive up to five visitors at any time (this limit was raised to eight on 28 Dec 2020) [30]. The COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare staff in the participating institution was commenced on 8 January 2021 [31].…”

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Association between proximity to COVID-19 and the quality of life of healthcare workers

Nang

Quah²,

Png³

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects almost all countries in the world and it impacts every aspect of people’s life-physically, mentally, and socio-economically. There are several research studies examining the impact of this pandemic on health, however, very few studies examining the impact of this pandemic on quality of life. This study aimed to investigate the association between proximity to the COVID-19 and quality of life of healthcare workers and identify factors influencing quality of life. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among hospital staff in a tertiary hospital in Singapore. Data on demographic, medical history, lifestyle factors, psychosocial factors, and quality of life were collected using online self-administered questionnaire. Quality of life (QoL) was measured by the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. Robust linear regression was used to determine factors associated with quality of life. Results A total of 1911 participants were included in the analysis. The average age of participants was 38.25 (SD = 11.28) years old. 26.90% of participants had been quarantined, hospitalised, being suspected or diagnosed of having COVID-19 infection and they were found to have the lowest levels of QoL across all four domains (physical, psychological, social, and environmental domains). Participants who were singles or nurses, worked in shifts or worked longer hours, had chronic diseases were likely to have lower QoL scores compared to participants in other categories. Healthy lifestyle, social connectivity, resilience, social and workplace support were associated with higher QoL scores. Conclusions In planning of measures which aim to improve QoL of healthcare workers, priority should be given to individuals who have been quarantined, hospitalised, being suspected, or diagnosed of having COVID-19 infection. In addition to the proximity of the COVID, lifestyle and psychosocial factors contribute to QoL of healthcare workers. Hence, multifaceted interventions are needed to improve QoL of healthcare workers.

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COVID-19 vaccination acceptance of healthcare workers in Singapore

Cited by 4 publications

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Role of Occupational Health Services in Planning and Implementing of Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Singapore

Role of Occupational Health Services in Planning and Implementing of Staff COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Singapore

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among healthcare workers in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Association between proximity to COVID-19 and the quality of life of healthcare workers

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