20.500.12556/DKUM-90940 Factors affecting attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination an online survey in Slovenia While the problem of vaccine hesitancy is not new, it has become more pronounced with the new COVID-19 vaccines and represents an obstacle to resolving the crisis. Even people who would usually trust vaccines and experts now prefer to wait for more information. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Slovenia in December 2020 to find out the attitudes of the population regarding COVID-19 vaccination and the factors that affect these attitudes. Based on 12,042 fully completed questionnaires, we find that higher intention to get vaccinated is associated with men, older respondents, physicians and medical students, respondents who got the influenza vaccination, those who knew someone who had gotten hospitalised or died from COVID-19 and those who have more trust in experts, institutions and vaccines. Nurses and technicians were less likely to get vaccinated. In answers to an open question, sceptics were split into those doubting the quality due to the rapid development of the vaccine and those that reported personal experiences with side effects of prior vaccinations. Although the Slovenian population is diverse in its attitudes towards vaccination, the results are comparable to those found in other countries. However, there are potential limitations to the generalizability of the findings that should be addressed in future studies. cross-sectional studies intention public opinion trust ordinal regression COVID-19 vaccination surveys and questionnaires Europe immune system SARS-CoV-2 presečne študije namera javno mnenje zaupanje ordinalna regresija cepljenje ankete in vprašalniki Evropa imunski sistem true false true MDPI Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2024-10-10 08:51:22 2024-10-10 09:18:28 2024-10-11 03:15:53 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 1-15 Št. 3, št. članka 247 Letn. 9 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2021-02-17 2021-03-08 2021-03-12 615 55075075 10.3390/vaccines9030247 2076-393X Petravic-2021-Factors_Affecting_Attitudes_towa.pdf Petravic-2021-Factors_Affecting_Attitudes_towa.pdf 1 9905159F61B56752AD19618DE94EF6B9 2506c71b04e1e648cad313bc2a1c3d785f8c641ef549ad24dba21a7c126fceb5 b9f7ad55-86d7-11ef-808f-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=186365 https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9030247 0 10a23fec-86d4-11ef-808f-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=186364 Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0