COVID-19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy in Chinese patients with asthma

The Prevalence and Determinants of Hesitancy for Regular COVID-19 Vaccination among Primary Healthcare Patients with Asthma or COPD in Greece: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…Interestingly, our study found that asthma patients who had worse clinical status were more likely to be hesitant about getting vaccinated. This aligns with a recent study that found a lower COVID-19 vaccination rate among individuals with poorly controlled asthma and those using biologic therapies [27]. The patients with COPD and asthma in primary care settings exhibited a hesitancy rate of 65% towards receiving regular COVID-19 vaccinations, which is higher than previous research on the general population in Greece (38.1%) [36] and around the world [24,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] and the global average COVID-19 booster vaccination hesitancy rate of 30.72% [22].…”

“…Based on a previous publication [33] and the relevant literature [25][26][27][28][29], a structured questionnaire was developed (Supplementary File S1). The questionnaire consisted of questions from different categories: (1) socio-demographic factors, such as age, gender, marital status, and educational background; (2) factors influencing health status, including smoking habits, previous medical conditions, self-assessed health, vulnerability level, and the vulnerability of family members; (3) information on their COVID-19 vaccination status, including the number of doses received and any side effects reported; (4) willingness to receive additional (booster) doses of the vaccine (yes/no); (5) attitudes and beliefs regarding the COVID-19 vaccine (20 items with questions of agreement or disagreement); (6) level of knowledge and questions about the impact of various factors on vaccine participation, such as religion, politics, science, media, and the anti-vaccine movement and whether they had received the influenza vaccination during the previous season; and (7) concerns regarding the possibility of getting infected with COVID-19.…”

“…Factors such as reluctancy and uncertainty towards receiving the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine can be indicative of the acceptability of booster doses [24]. Moreover, studies have indicated that the COVID-19 primary vaccination course uptake rate among patients with COPD (39.0-86.57%) and asthma (73.6-88.0%) was variable [25][26][27][28]. It is surprising that a considerable proportion of unvaccinated patients were not advised by their doctors to get vaccinated against COVID-19, or they had inadequate knowledge about the vaccine and were uncertain about its effectiveness and safety [25].…”