TY  - JOUR
A1  - Holzmann-Littig, Christopher
A1  - Stadler, David
A1  - Popp, Maria
A1  - Kranke, Peter
A1  - Fichtner, Falk
A1  - Schmaderer, Christoph
A1  - Renders, Lutz
A1  - Braunisch, Matthias Christoph
A1  - Assali, Tarek
A1  - Platen, Louise
A1  - Wijnen-Meijer, Marjo
A1  - Lühnen, Julia
A1  - Steckelberg, Anke
A1  - Pfadenhauer, Lisa
A1  - Haller, Bernhard
A1  - Fuetterer, Cornelia
A1  - Seeber, Christian
A1  - Schaaf, Christian
T1  - Locating medical information during an infodemic: information seeking behavior and strategies of health-care workers in Germany
JF  - Healthcare
N2  - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a flood of — often contradictory — evidence. HCWs had to develop strategies to locate information that supported their work. We investigated the information-seeking of different HCW groups in Germany. Methods: In December 2020, we conducted online surveys on COVID-19 information sources, strategies, assigned trustworthiness, and barriers — and in February 2021, on COVID-19 vaccination information sources. Results were analyzed descriptively; group comparisons were performed using χ\(^2\)-tests. Results: For general COVID-19-related medical information (413 participants), non-physicians most often selected official websites (57%), TV (57%), and e-mail/newsletters (46%) as preferred information sources — physicians chose official websites (63%), e-mail/newsletters (56%), and professional journals (55%). Non-physician HCWs used Facebook/YouTube more frequently. The main barriers were insufficient time and access issues. Non-physicians chose abstracts (66%), videos (45%), and webinars (40%) as preferred information strategy; physicians: overviews with algorithms (66%), abstracts (62%), webinars (48%). Information seeking on COVID-19 vaccination (2700 participants) was quite similar, however, with newspapers being more often used by non-physicians (63%) vs. physician HCWs (70%). Conclusion: Non-physician HCWs more often consulted public information sources. Employers/institutions should ensure the supply of professional, targeted COVID-19 information for different HCW groups.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - infodemic
KW  - health-care workers
KW  - HCW
KW  - information strategies
KW  - emergency information
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-319306
SN  - 2227-9032
VL  - 11
IS  - 11
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Holzmann-Littig, Christopher
A1  - Braunisch, Matthias Christoph
A1  - Kranke, Peter
A1  - Popp, Maria
A1  - Seeber, Christian
A1  - Fichtner, Falk
A1  - Littig, Bianca
A1  - Carbajo-Lozoya, Javier
A1  - Allwang, Christine
A1  - Frank, Tamara
A1  - Meerpohl, Joerg Johannes
A1  - Haller, Bernhard
A1  - Schmaderer, Christoph
T1  - COVID-19 vaccination acceptance and hesitancy among healthcare workers in germany
JF  - Vaccines
N2  - Vaccination hesitancy is a threat to herd immunity. Healthcare workers (HCWs) play a key role in promoting Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in the general population. We therefore aimed to provide data on COVID-19 vaccination acceptance/hesitancy among German HCWs. For this exploratory, cross-sectional study, an online survey was conducted in February 2021. The survey included 54 items on demographics; previous vaccination behavior; trust in vaccines, physicians, the pharmaceutical industry and health politics; fear of adverse effects; assumptions regarding the consequences of COVID-19; knowledge about vaccines; and information seeking behavior. Odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated and chi-square tests were performed. Four thousand five hundred surveys were analyzed. The overall vaccination acceptance was 91.7%. The age group ≤20 years showed the lowest vaccination acceptance. Factors associated with vaccination hesitancy were lack of trust in authorities and pharmaceutical companies. Attitudes among acquaintances were associated with vaccination hesitancy too. Participants with vaccination hesitancy more often obtained information about COVID-19 vaccines via messenger services or online video platforms and underperformed in the knowledge test. We found high acceptance amongst German HCWs. Several factors associated with vaccination hesitancy were identified which could be targeted in HCW vaccination campaigns.
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - vaccine
KW  - vaccination
KW  - vaccination hesitancy
KW  - vaccine refusal
KW  - vaccination campaign
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-242627
SN  - 2076-393X
VL  - 9
IS  - 7
ER  -