Attitudes toward COVID-19 Pandemic among Fully Vaccinated Individuals: Evidence from Greece Two Years after the Pandemic
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Petros Galanis
Clinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1308-5782
Irene Vraka
Department of Radiology, P. & A. Kyriakou Children’s Hospital, Athens, Greece
Aglaia Katsiroumpa
Clinical Epidemiology Laboratory, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Olga Siskou
Department of Tourism Studies, University of Piraeus, Greece
Olympia Konstantakopoulou
Center for Health Services Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Theodoros Katsoulas
Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos
Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Daphne Kaitelidou
Center for Health Services Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Nursing, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Published 2022-09-26
https://doi.org/10.15388/Amed.2022.29.2.11
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Keywords

COVID-19
attitudes
vaccination
compliance
fear

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Galanis P, Vraka I, Katsiroumpa A, Siskou O, Konstantakopoulou O, Katsoulas T, et al. Attitudes toward COVID-19 Pandemic among Fully Vaccinated Individuals: Evidence from Greece Two Years after the Pandemic. AML [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 26 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];29(2):262–274. Available from: https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/28326

Abstract

Background: Considering the major effects of COVID-19 pandemic on health, social, economic, and political dimensions of all countries, positive attitudes toward COVID-19 pandemic are essential to control the pandemic. In our study, we investigated attitudes toward COVID-19 pandemic among fully COVID-19 vaccinated individuals two years after the pandemic and we identified predictors of attitudes.

Materials and Methods: We conducted an on-line cross-sectional study with 815 fully COVID-19 vaccinated individuals in Greece during May 2022. A self-administered and valid questionnaire was disseminated through social media platforms. We measured socio-demographic variables and COVID-19-related variables as potential predictors of attitudes toward COVID-19 pandemic. The outcome variable was attitudes toward COVID-19 pandemic (compliance with hygiene measures, trust in COVID-19 vaccination, fear of COVID-19, and information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination).

Results: We found a very high level of compliance with hygiene measures, a high level of trust and information about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination, and a moderate level of fear of COVID-19. Also, we identified that females, participants with a higher educational level, those with a chronic disease, those with a better self-perceived physical health, and those without a previous COVID-19 diagnosis adhered more in hygiene measures. Trust in COVID-19 vaccination was higher among females, older participants, those with a higher educational level, those with a better self-perceived physical health, and those without a previous COVID-19 diagnosis. Moreover, females, older participants, those with a higher educational level, those with a chronic disease, those with a better self-perceived physical health, those that received a flu vaccine in previous season, and those without a previous COVID-19 diagnosis experienced more fear of the COVID-19. Finally, level of information regarding COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination was higher for participants with a higher educational level, those without a chronic disease, those with a better self-perceived physical health, and those that received a flu vaccine in previous season.

Conclusions: Understanding predictors of attitudes toward COVID-19 pandemic among fully vaccinated individuals is crucial for developing appropriate public health campaigns in the future. Vaccination should be accompanied by positive attitudes in order to decrease the frequency of negative outcomes of COVID-19, such as hospitalization, complications and mortality.

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