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Understanding COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and resistance: another challenge in cancer patients.
Mejri, Nesrine; Berrazega, Yosra; Ouertani, Emna; Rachdi, Haifa; Bohli, Mariem; Kochbati, Lotfi; Boussen, Hamouda.
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  • Mejri N; Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia. nesrinemejriturki2@gmail.com.
  • Berrazega Y; Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Ouertani E; Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Rachdi H; Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Bohli M; Radiation Therapy Department, Abderahmen Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Kochbati L; Radiation Therapy Department, Abderahmen Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
  • Boussen H; Medical Oncology Department, Abderrahmane Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
Support Care Cancer ; 30(1): 289-293, 2022 Jan.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34279721
INTRODUCTION: We aimed to measure the acceptability towards the COVID-19 vaccination in cancer patients and to investigate determinant factors associated with the patient's choice. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey with a self-administered questionnaire delivered to 329 cancer patients in 3 oncology cancer centers in Tunisia between February-May 2021. Logistic regression was used to evaluate odds ratio predicting patient's intentions toward the vaccine. RESULTS: Acceptance rate was 50.5%, 28.3% (n = 93) reported to definitely refuse the vaccine and 21.2% (n = 70) did not make their decision yet. High educational level, history of comorbidities, history of influenza vaccination in the current season, and patient's opinion about the severity of COVID-19 did not predict vaccine resistance. However, patients who think that the vaccine may interfere with treatment efficacy (OR = 7.28, 95%CI [2.5-12.32]), or may impact cancer outcome (OR = 6.14, 95%CI [2.27-16.7]), were significantly more likely to refuse the vaccine. Patients who disagree that the vaccine is a major weapon against the pandemic (OR = 6.07, 95%CI [2.34-9.52]) or that it could reduce the virus transmission (OR = 7.34, 95%CI [4.22-11.81]) were also significantly more likely to reject the vaccination. Safety concerns were also significant predictive factors (OR = 7.9, 95%CI [4.10-11.27]. Confidence level in the authorities played a significant role in patient's acceptance of the vaccine, indeed patients who are not registered (OR = 5.9, 95%CI [1.58-8.7]) or not informed about the Tunisian national vaccination platform EVAX (OR = 5.51, 95%CI [2.1-7.9]) were more likely to be against the vaccine. CONCLUSION: Cancer patient's education about the impact of the vaccine on their disease and on the COVID-19 is needed. Governments should build strategies to gain more population confidence.
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Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Vacunas contra la Influenza / COVID-19 / Neoplasias Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Support Care Cancer Asunto de la revista: NEOPLASIAS / SERVICOS DE SAUDE Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Túnez

Texto completo: 1 Bases de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Vacunas contra la Influenza / COVID-19 / Neoplasias Tipo de estudio: Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Support Care Cancer Asunto de la revista: NEOPLASIAS / SERVICOS DE SAUDE Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Túnez