Virology: Current Research

Department of Health Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, UK

Publications

• Research   
  Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy among Patients Attending Rheumatology Clinic in North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust: An Observational Pilot Study
  Author(s): John Pradeep, Vera Saulite*, Poonam Sharma, Fiona Maxton, Helen Bowyer, Debbie Carmichael and Jufen Zhang
  
  Background: Since the start of an unprecedented vaccination campaign against Covid-19 the authors have started to come across rheumatology patients who were reluctant to have vaccination. Due to the diversity of the local population it was hypothesized that certain socio economic characteristics were predictive of vaccine hesitancy. The aim of this study was to assess the uptake of COVID-19 vaccine among patients attending rheumatology clinics in a large District General Hospital (DGH) in the East of England, as well as to establish perceived barriers in receiving COVID-19 vaccine and to assess the extent of vaccine hesitancy among the target population. Methods: This single center cross-sectional observational pilot study was conducted using questionnaires distributed to patients attending rheumatology outpatients for a face to face appoint.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2736-657X.2022.S2.003

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