An assessment of Veterans attitudes and willingness to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While several safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines have been available since December 2020, many eligible individuals choose to remain unvaccinated. This vaccine hesitancy is an important factor affecting our ability to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

The objective of the study was to examine the attitudes and willingness among US Veterans toward receiving COVID-19 vaccination. The study used a quantitative qualitative mixed methods design with a telephone survey and then in-depth interviews in a subset of those surveyed. Participants were unvaccinated Veterans (N = 184) selected randomly from a registry of patients who had received VA healthcare during the pandemic and had a diagnostic test for COVID-19. The primary outcome was willingness to accept COVID-1

SUBMITTER: Gardner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8961481 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature