Intention to get vaccinations against COVID-19 in French healthcare workers during the first pandemic wave: a cross sectional survey

Gagneux-Brunon, Amandine; Detoc, Maëlle; Bruel, Sébastien; Tardy, Bernard; Rozaire, Olivier; Frappe, Paul; Botelho-Nevers, Elisabeth

INTRODUCTION: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic and identified as a priority target group for COVID-19 vaccines. We aimed to determine COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate in HCWs people in France. METHODS: We conducted an anonymous survey from the March 26(th) to July 2(nd) 2020. Primary endpoint was the intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if a vaccine was available. RESULTS: Two thousand and forty-seven HCWs answered the survey; women accounted for 74% of respondents. Among respondents, 1.554 (76.9%, 95 %CI 75.1-78.9) would accept a COVID-19 vaccine. Older age, male gender, fear about COVID-19, individual perceived risk and flu vaccination during previous season were associated with hypothetic COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Nurses and assistant nurses were less prone to get vaccinated against COVID-19 than physicians. Vaccine hesitancy was associated with a decrease in COVID-19 vaccine acceptance. Flu vaccine rate was 57.3 % during the previous season, and 54.6 % of the respondents had intention to get flu vaccine during the next season. CONCLUSIONS: Intention to get vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 75% in HCWs with discrepancies between occupational categories. COVID-19 pandemic had no positive effect on flu vaccine acceptance rate.