Rheumatic disease patient decision-making about COVID-19 vaccination: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are at increased risk for adverse outcomes of COVID-19 illness compared to healthy controls, they also have lower rates of willingness to be vaccinated. Previous research has identified reasons for vaccine hesitancy among patients with RMDs (such as concerns about side effects and flares), but little is known about what these reasons mean in the context of patients' lives, or how vaccine decision making is experienced from a patient perspective. Our objective was to describe decision-making about COVID-19 vaccination among RMD patients.

Methods

Participants in a RMD registry were invited to complete monthly online surveys regarding COVID-19 vaccination from March-June 2021. We qualitatively analy

SUBMITTER: Shaw YP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9706890 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature