TABLE 1.
Vaccination rates and effects of vaccine among emergency HCPs and reasons for declining vaccine
| All HCPs (N = 1398) | HCP type | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician/APP (n = 691) | Nurse (n = 360) | Nonclinical (n = 347) | ||
| Vaccine status | ||||
| Offered | 1,321 (94.5) | 674 (97.5) | 345 (95.8) | 302 (87) |
| Accepted | 1,136 (86) | 637 (94.5) | 268 (77.7) | 231 (76.5) |
| Declined | 185 (14) | 37 (5.5) | 77 (22.3) | 71 (23.5) |
| Demographics vaccine acceptancea | ||||
| Age (y) | ||||
| 22–29 (n = 265) | 223 (84.2) | 118 (95.2) | 74 (77.1) | 31 (68.9) |
| 30–39 (n = 511) | 441 (86.3) | 286 (94.4) | 88 (72.7) | 67 (77) |
| 40–49 (n = 292) | 248 (84.9) | 131 (94.2) | 73 (83) | 44 (67.7) |
| 50–64 (n = 236) | 208 (88.1) | 94 (95) | 33 (82.5) | 81 (83.5) |
| ≥65 (n = 17) | 16 (94.1) | 8 (88.9) | 0 (0) | 8 (100) |
| Gender | ||||
| Female (n = 824) | 672 (81.6) | 273 (91.6) | 217 (77) | 182 (74.6) |
| Male (n = 490) | 458 (93.5) | 362 (96.8) | 48 (81.4) | 48 (84.2) |
| Other (n = 7)b | 6 (85.7) | 2 (100) | 3 (75) | 1 (100) |
| Race/ethnicityc | ||||
| Non‐Hispanic White (n = 959) | 849 (88.5) | 482 (95.1) | 214 (79.3) | 153 (84.1) |
| Hispanic or Latinx, any race (n = 116) | 89 (76.7) | 37 (94.9) | 20 (66.7) | 32 (68.1) |
| Non‐Hispanic Asian (n = 110) | 96 (87.3) | 62 (92.5) | 18 (81.8) | 16 (76.2) |
| Non‐Hispanic Black (n = 81) | 53 (65.4) | 24 (88.9) | 7 (58.3) | 22 (52.4) |
| Non‐Hispanic other (n = 36)d | 32 (88.9) | 21 (91.3) | 8 (100) | 3 (60) |
| Attitude/behavior after vaccination (n = 1,130)e | ||||
| Comfort/safety | ||||
| HCPs feel safer around household members | 980 (86.7) | 556 (87.8) | 220 (82.4) | 204 (88.7) |
| Household members feel safer around HCPs | 984 (87.1) | 557 (88) | 223 (83.5) | 204 (88.7) |
| Use of PPE at work | ||||
| Same PPE | 1,015 (89.8) | 566 (89.4) | 239 (89.5) | 210 (91.3) |
| Less PPE | 100 (8.9) | 66 (10.4) | 24 (9) | 10 (4.4) |
| More PPE | 15 (1.3) | 1 (0.2) | 4 (1.5) | 10 (4.4) |
| Use of PPE in public | ||||
| Same PPE | 1,037 (91.8) | 583 (92.1) | 244 (91.4) | 210 (91.3) |
| Less PPE | 76 (6.7) | 47 (7.4) | 18 (6.7) | 11 (4.8) |
| More PPE | 17 (1.5) | 3 (0.5) | 5 (1.9) | 9 (3.9) |
| Reasons for declining vaccination (n = 185) | ||||
| Safety of vaccine | 84 (45.4) | 12 (32.4) | 36 (46.8) | 36 (50.7) |
| Health condition | 25 (13.5) | 8 (21.6) | 10 (13) | 7 (9.9) |
| Previous COVID‐19 diagnosis | 25 (13.5) | 3 (8.1) | 16 (20.8) | 6 (8.5) |
| Pregnancy/fertility | 22 (11.9) | 8 (21.6) | 8 (10.4) | 6 (8.5) |
| Religious/ethical/personal reasons | 16 (8.6) | 1 (2.7) | 7 (9.1) | 8 (11.3) |
| Vaccine efficacy | 15 (8.1) | 2 (5.4) | 3 (3.9) | 10 (14.1) |
| Logistics/scheduling | 8 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (5.2) | 4 (5.6) |
| Immune to COVID‐19 | 7 (3.8) | 3 (8.1) | 2 (2.6) | 2 (2.8) |
| Reserving dose for others | 5 (2.7) | 3 (8.1) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.8) |
| Otherf | 15 (8.1) | 4 (10.8) | 6 (7.8) | 5 (7) |
Data are reported as n (%).
Abbreviations: APP, advanced practice provider; HCP, health care provider; PPE, personal protective equipment.
a
Denominator is those offered vaccination.
b
Includes HCPs identifying as transgender, gender variant, or nonconforming or who prefer not to answer.
c
Thirty‐six missing responses to ethnicity were excluded; multiple responses were allowed (totals may exceed 100%).
d
Includes HCPs identifying as American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, other Pacific Islander, or other race.
e
Six participants excluded from this section for missing data.
f
Other reasons for declining coded from open‐response free text.