Prevalence and Drivers of COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Hesitancy Among German University Students and Employees.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 booster hesitancy (VBH) is a serious public health challenge which acts simultaneously with the waning vaccine-elicited immunity and the emerging viral variants to prolong the pandemic interval. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of COVID-19 VBH among a highly educated subset of the German population and to explore the potential demographic, anamnestic, and psychosocial determinants of this problem. A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted in December 2021 among German university students and employees to evaluate their attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine booster (VB) doses. The study used a self-administered questionnaire that was developed and disseminated digitally, and the questionnaire inquired about participants' demographic characteristics, COVID

SUBMITTER: Attia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9021373 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature