Disposición a recibir la vacuna contra COVID-19 en población de 80 y más años en Colombia 2021

Alvis-Guzman, Nelson

Objective: Colombia designed and adopted a vaccination plan against COVID-19 that will immunize 35 million people. The aim study was to know the willingness to accept the vaccination against COVID-19. Methods. A telephone survey of 11,721 people aged 80 and over, affiliated with a health insurer, was carried. The respondents were the affiliates or their relatives or caregivers. Results. The average age was 85.0 years (SD: 4.5), with no differences between sexes. 3 344 (28.5%) referred a previous diagnostic test for COVID-19. 73 were positive for an incidence of 622.8 per 100 thousand people (95% CI 491-778). Regarding the attitude with the vaccination against COVID-19, one in four respondents refrained from giving an opinion or was neutral. When the respondent was a relative, the acceptance of the vaccine was 60.4% (95% CI 59.5 - 61.3) with differences by sex: men 62.2% (95% CI: 60.8 - 63.6) and women of 59.2 (95% CI: 58.0 - 60.3) p <0.05. When the respondent was the potential recipient of the vaccine, the acceptance of the vaccine was 61.7% (95% CI 59.4 - 64.0) and also differed by sex: 70.2% in men (95% CI: 66, 9 - 73.5) and 55.1% in women (95% CI: 52.0 - 58.3) p <0.05. Conclusion. The relatively low acceptance of vaccination against COVID-19 in Colombia poses significant challenges to achieve herd immunity that allows control of the pandemic.