Investigating Beliefs in Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theories among Medical Students
Vaccines,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(4), P. 359 - 359
Published: March 27, 2024
While
the
doctors'
role
in
immunization
is
essential,
their
lack
of
knowledge
or
vaccine
hesitancy
may
affect
ability
to
communicate
effectively
and
educate
patients
about
vaccination,
hesitancy,
conspiracy
theories.
This,
turn,
hinder
health
policy
aimed
at
fighting
infectious
diseases.
Vaccine
prevalent
not
only
among
general
population
but
also
healthcare
workers;
thus,
this
study
assessing
future
attitudes
towards
anti-vax
A
total
441
medical
students
Poznan
University
Medical
Sciences
completed
a
web-based
survey
designed
explore
toward
six
most
anti-vaccine
The
showed
that
although
over
97%
doctors
support
vaccinations
as
an
effective
form
diseases,
80%
did
believe
any
theory,
significant
fraction
20%
either
believed
least
one
such
theory
were
unsure.
It
has
shown
male
younger
who
had
received
flu
vaccination
defined
themselves
politically
right-wing
conservative
religious
more
likely
Our
data
suggest
that,
order
overcome
students'
ambivalent
theories,
they
should
receive
education
importance
preventing
disease
ways
combat
Language: Английский
Real world data on tolerability of COVID-19 vaccination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis based on patient reported outcomes
Rheumatology Advances in Practice,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8(4)
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Abstract
Objectives
To
assess
tolerability
of
COVID-19
vaccination
in
patients
with
RA
and
controls
based
on
patient-reported
outcomes
(PROs).
Methods
In
total,
266
study
participants
were
included
at
6
±
1
weeks
after
their
second
(BioNTech/Pfizer
(72.2%),
AstraZeneca
(18.8%)
Moderna
(9.0%)).
a
cross-sectional,
observational
design,
PRO
data
recorded
regarding
both
total
symptom-level
tolerability.
Results
Overall
was
very
high
according
to
the
patients’
self-assessment
scores
(1.71
for
first
1.72
vaccination,
6-point
Likert
scale
[1
(very
good)
poor)])
did
not
differ
significantly
between
(n
=
204)
62).
Self-rated
overall
better
(P
0.002)
receiving
mRNA
vaccines
193,
mean
1.59)
as
compared
vector-vaccinated
73,
2.04).
Homologous
or
heterologous
regimens
had
no
statistically
significant
effect
vaccine
0.131).
Reservations
about
rare
(6.4%
6.0%
vaccination)
but
associated
poorer
<
0.001)
reduced
willingness
recommend
others
0.001
P
0.004
vaccination).
Conclusion
Based
these
real-world
data,
good
controls.
against
overall,
if
present,
worse
lower
degree
recommendation.
Language: Английский