{"id":11931,"date":"2020-08-04T05:08:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T05:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=11931"},"modified":"2020-08-04T05:08:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T05:08:18","slug":"which-health-care-providers-are-most-likely-to-get-covid-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=11931","title":{"rendered":"Which Health Care Providers Are Most Likely to Get COVID Vaccine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Marcia Frellick<\/p>\n

August 3, 2020 — Physicians are the most likely group of healthcare professionals to get a COVID-19<\/a> vaccine<\/a> when one is available, according to a new Medscape poll.<\/p>\n

More than 7000 healthcare professionals, including clinicians, medical students, and administrators, responded to the poll.<\/p>\n

US physicians who responded were as likely as physicians outside the United States to say they would get a vaccine<\/a> when it’s ready. Nurses and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) were much less likely than physicians overall to say yes.<\/p>\n

Table. Do You Plan to Get a COVID-19<\/a> Vaccine When it Becomes Available?*<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer<\/strong><\/td>\n% US Physicians<\/strong><\/td>\n% Physicians Outside US<\/strong><\/td>\n% Nurses\/APRNs**<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yes<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n75<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unsure<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*Percentages may not equal 100% due to rounding
**Advanced Practice Registered Nurses<\/p>\n

Which Specialists Are Most Likely to Get Vaccinated?<\/b><\/p>\n

Willingness to get a COVID-19<\/a> vaccine varied substantially by specialty. Eighty-two percent of ophthalmologists said they would get a vaccine, followed by radiologists (79%); obstetricians\/gynecologists (77%); psychiatrists\/mental health<\/a> providers (76%); pathologists (72%); anesthesiologists (70%); family physicians (69%); emergency physicians (63%); and internists (62%). (Responses listed are based on specialties that provided an adequate amount of poll data.)<\/p>\n

Physicians’ willingness to recommend that their patients get the vaccine as soon as one is available ranged from 65% among ophthalmologists to 46% among emergency physicians. Between 48% and 53% of the other specialists said they would advise immediate uptake.<\/p>\n

Willingness to get vaccinated for COVID-19<\/a> also appeared to increase by age. Among physicians, 56% of those younger than 35 said they would take the vaccine while 79% of those 65 and older said they would. Fewer than half of younger nurses (46%) said they would take it compared with 66% of those at least 65 years old. While 58% of younger pharmacists said they would get the vaccine, the number grew to 83% for those at least 65 years old.<\/p>\n

Patients More Reluctant Than Providers<\/b><\/p>\n

These results contrast with those from a similar WebMD poll of patients, which found much more reluctance to get vaccinated. Slightly more than 40% of patients said they plan to get a vaccine, while 28% said they do not. Another 30% were unsure.<\/p>\n

Of those responding to the Medscape poll who said they had concerns about a vaccine, potential safety risks and lack of effectiveness were the two top reasons.<\/p>\n

Physicians were the least concerned (58%) about effectiveness while 71% of medical students were most concerned. Among other clinicians, 63% of pharmacists were concerned about effectiveness, followed by physician assistants (62%); other healthcare providers (61%); and nurses\/APRNs (60%).<\/p>\n

Among specialists, confidence in a vaccine varied considerably, but overall the expectations were low, with less than half of respondents across almost all specialties confident that the first vaccine would be effective or very effective.<\/p>\n

About 50% of ophthalmologists and anesthesiologists were confident a vaccine would be effective, but only 28% of family physicians answered that way.<\/p>\n

Medscape previously reported that nearly half of respondents (48%) to an Ipsos\/Reuters poll in May said they were cautious about any COVID-19<\/a> vaccine that was quickly approved in a process that usually takes at least a decade. One third of respondents said they did not trust the people making vaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n

John Whyte, MD, chief medical officer of WebMD, said the high level of concern among patients should serve as a wake-up call.<\/p>\n

“If immunization rates are low, then we’re not going to achieve the level of herd immunity needed to protect us from this virus.”<\/p>\n

Physicians Have Fewest Concerns About Adverse Effects<\/b><\/p>\n

Physicians were the least likely health professional (47%) to say they were worried about potential adverse effects of a vaccine that would outweigh the risks of COVID-19<\/a>. Next among providers with that thinking were pharmacists (48%); nurses\/APRNs (58%); other healthcare providers (60%); and PAs (61%). Nearly 60% of medical students said they were concerned about potential adverse effects that could outweigh COVID-19 risks.<\/p>\n

US physicians were more likely than those outside the United States to say they were concerned about lack of effectiveness in a COVID-19 vaccine (58% vs 48%).<\/p>\n

Patients responding to the WebMD poll also said they were concerned about the safety of a new vaccine; 78% cited concerns about adverse effects. Another 15% weren’t convinced it would be effective.<\/p>\n

Few Predict a Vaccine in 2020<\/b><\/p>\n

Asked when they thought a vaccine would be readily available, few healthcare professionals predicted that would happen by the end of this year. Only 22% of physicians, 17% of pharmacists, and 14% of nurses\/APRNs expected that.<\/p>\n

But confidence is high that a vaccine will be widely available sometime in 2021.<\/p>\n

Table 2. When Do You Think an Effective COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Widely Available?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Answer<\/strong><\/td>\n% Physicians<\/strong><\/td>\n% Nurses\/APRNs<\/strong><\/td>\n% Pharmacists<\/strong><\/td>\n% Health Business\/Administration<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
By end of 2020<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In 2021<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In 2022<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Later than 2022<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Never<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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When a COVID-19 vaccine is available, healthcare facilities will have to make policy decisions about who must get it.<\/p>\n

One commenter on the poll said, “I’ll be interested to see how various institutions handle vaccination policies. For example, the hospital where I work has a mandatory flu<\/a> vaccination policy. Many of our employees resent this mandatory vaccination but still go along with it because the flu<\/a> vaccines<\/a> have been around for so long that they have some reassurance of safety.”<\/p>\n

Marcia Frellick is a freelance journalist based in Chicago. She has previously written for the Chicago Tribune, Science News and Nurse.com and was an editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and the St. Cloud (Minnesota) Times. Follow her on Twitter at <\/em>@mfrellick<\/em><\/p>\n

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