COVID-19 Vaccination among HIV+ Patients: An Italian Cross-Sectional Survey

Background: This study aims to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of HIV-patients about COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by administering questionnaires to 160 patients followed by Amedeo di Savoia Hospital in Turin. Statistical analyses were perfor...

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Published in:Vaccines (Basel) 2022-09, Vol.10 (9), p.1438
Main Authors: Bert, Fabrizio, Pivi, Alex, Russotto, Antonino, Mollero, Benedetta, Voglino, Gianluca, Orofino, Giancarlo, Siliquini, Roberta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Care and treatment
Chronic illnesses
Consent
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines
Cross-sectional studies
Data collection
Disease transmission
Health risks
HIV
HIV patients
Human immunodeficiency virus
Immunization
Infections
Infectious diseases
Mortality
Multivariate analysis
Pandemics
Patients
Perception
PLWH
Public health
Questionnaires
Risk perception
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sociodemographics
Statistical analysis
Vaccination
vaccine
vaccine hesitancy
Vaccines
Viral diseases
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Summary:Background: This study aims to evaluate knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of HIV-patients about COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted by administering questionnaires to 160 patients followed by Amedeo di Savoia Hospital in Turin. Statistical analyses were performed in order to identify predictors of infection and severity of COVID-19 disease risk perception. Results: The 86.2% of patients were vaccinated for COVID-19, while 7.6% do not intend to be vaccinated; 50.7% thought that there is a minimal risk to get COVID-19; 85.8% thought that COVID-19 is a serious illness. The 56% and the 36.5 thought that seropositivity carries a greater risk to develop respectively COVID-19-related complications or vaccine complications. At the multivariate analysis having a job, proactive research of vaccine information and being HIV+ for several years are related to a lower risk perception of infection. The perception of COVID-19 severity is influenced by age, by being LGB and by believing that HIV+ status correlates with a higher risk of developing complications from COVID-19. Conclusions: as the pandemic can adversely impact the HIV care with increasing loss to follow-up, vaccination is essential to contrast infection in HIV+ patients. Our findings suggested that some HIV+ patients refuse vaccination against COVID-19.
ISSN:2076-393X
2076-393X
DOI:10.3390/vaccines10091438