Drivers of COVID-19 booster uptake among nurses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses are at the forefront of efforts to contain COVID-19 and are thus at greater risk of infection from the virus than the general population. Unlike the initial vaccination, booster vaccinations are not always required, and some nurses have not received a booster shot. We investigate the predictors of booster uptake among nurses.

Methods

We developed an original survey to study booster uptake among nurses. Using contact information from the South Dakota Board of Nursing, we contacted nurses in South Dakota in June and July of 2022. We conducted a multivariate logistic regression to analyze the data.

Results

One thousand eighty-four nurses participated in our study. We found booster uptake among nurses was associated with their partisan self-identificatio

SUBMITTER: Viskupic F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9683517 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature