Source of vaccine information and trust in health care professionals influence vaccine hesitancy in rheumatology patients in Italy
Authors' conclusion
Vaccine hesitancy among AIIRD patients is influenced by several modifiable factors, such as the sources of information they rely on and their level of trust in healthcare professionals.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases (AIIRD) attending two Italian Rheumatology Clinics (Milan and Messina)371 of 400 responded
- Participants
- 371 patients
- Exposure
- Factors associated with not being vaccinated among AIIRD patients
- Outcome
- Risk factors associated with not being vaccinated
Methodological detailssurvey, two centres (Milan and Messina), multivariate logistic regression
- Survey
- Two centres (Milan and Messina)
- Multivariate logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Received at least one vaccine (influenza, pneumococcal, meningococcal, zoster)
- 53.1%
- No vaccinations
- 18.3%
- Unsure about vaccination status
- 28.6%
- Non-vaccination associated with reliance on Internet and social media for vaccine information
- p=0.005
- Non-vaccination associated with personal knowledge of adverse events
- p=0.014
- Vaccinated: greater trust in public health agencies
- p=0.001
- Vaccinated: greater trust in vaccine-safety
- p=0.004
- Vaccinated: more positive overall attitude towards vaccines
- p<0.001
- Patients on immunosuppressive therapy more likely to be vaccinated, OR
- 2.11 (95% CI 1.05-4.24)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Source of vaccine information and trust in health care professionals influence vaccine hesitancy in rheumatology patients in Italy. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 13 January 2025. doi:10.
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