Medicine and Health Care Organization

VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19 THROUGH THE EYES OF MEDICAL WORKERS — CURRENT VIEW OF THE PROBLEM PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

  • A.G. Asatryan Saint Petersburg City Clinic N 88. General Simonyak 6, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 198261 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9263-5748
  • I.L. Levchenko Saint Petersburg City Clinic N 88. General Simonyak 6, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 198261
  • K.D. Ermolenko Children’s Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases of the FMBA of Russia. Professor Popov str., 9, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197022
  • A.E. Nikitina Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. Lithuania 2, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 194100
  • G.L. Mikirtichan Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University. Lithuania 2, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 194100
  • O.I. Kubar Saint Petersburg Pasteur Institute. Mira 14, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197101
Keywords:
вакцинопрофилактика вакцины против COVID-19 приверженность к вакцинации мнение врачей о рутинной вакцинации и вакцинации против COVID-19 vaccine prevention vaccines against COVID-19 adherence to vaccination doctors’ opinions on routine vaccination and vaccination against COVID-19

Abstract

The period of creation of vaccines against COVID-19 and their implementation was distinguished not only by lack of scientific knowledge in the field of epidemiology of the infection, the nature of immunological protection, data on effectiveness/safety, practical basis for vaccines use, etc., but also by the competitive regime of vaccine development, accompanied by both real facts of compromise solutions, and unregulated discrediting of competitors’ vaccines and huge negative information impact by creating a stereotype of mistrust and skepticism. ALL this caused public disorientation regarding vaccines/vaccination and did not promote true adherence to it. In this work, attention is drawn to the most socially vulnerable professional group of medical workers directly involved in mass vaccination, in order to study the opinions of doctors of different specialties on the issues of vaccine prevention in the context of vaccination against COVID-19. The methodical implementation of the goal was provided by the development of a special questionnaire, conducting an express survey of respondents and the use of adequate statistical methods for assessing the received materials. The analysis of the study results revealed differences in the motivation of doctors for their own vaccination (voluntarily or by order), depending on their status and professional experience, due to a significant difference in assessing the quality of vaccines (availability, safety and immunogenicity), based on the fact of the dominant use of domestic vaccines the common Sputnik V platform, as well as the limit of objective data for dynamic monitoring of all classes of vaccines. Consideration of the range of fluctuations in the opinions of doctors on a number of issues related to the vaccination procedure itself, informing patients, satisfying their rights to make choice, autonomy and confidentiality, revealed the need to improve the training system and introduce a feedback mechanism. The reasoned position of doctors on the goals of mass vaccination and the reasons for patients’ refusal to vaccinate is concerned. In terms of commitment to mandatory or voluntary vaccination to ensure the formation of an adequate level of collective immunity against COVID-19, the attitude of doctors spread out approximately equally. In general, the article submitted for publication is a real source  for drawing up an algorithm for effective measures of motivational and professional training of specialists for conducting vaccine prevention in routine and emergency epidemiological conditions.

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VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19 THROUGH THE EYES OF MEDICAL WORKERS — CURRENT VIEW OF THE PROBLEM PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. (2024). Medicine and Health Care Organization , 8(4), 24-41. https://doi.org/10.56871/MHCO.2023.23.78.003
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VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19 THROUGH THE EYES OF MEDICAL WORKERS — CURRENT VIEW OF THE PROBLEM PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. (2024). Medicine and Health Care Organization , 8(4), 24-41. https://doi.org/10.56871/MHCO.2023.23.78.003

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