@misc{10481/72694,
year = {2022},
month = {1},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/72694},
abstract = {COVID-19 related infodemic is a threat to the successful COVID-19 vaccination campaigns. This might be especially apparent
for patients with autoimmune diseases since there is no data available about the balance between benefits and risks of
the newly developed COVID-19 vaccines in this population. We aim (i) to evaluate vaccine literacy skills in a population of
patients with systemic autoimmune diseases, (ii) to examine the potential associations between vaccine literacy skills and
sociodemographic characteristics and (iii) to analyze the relationships between attitudes, perceptions and beliefs about current
vaccinations and vaccine literacy skills and sociodemographic characteristics. A cross-sectional study was conducted
among 319 patients with systemic autoimmune diseases (92% females; 49.5% of patients in the 31–50 years age category).
The vaccine literacy levels were determined using the Health Literacy about Vaccination in adulthood in Italian (HLVa-IT).
Sociodemographic characteristics including gender, age, country and area of residence, civil status, socioeconomic status,
educational attainment and occupational status were evaluated. The mean vaccine literacy functional and interactive-critical
scores were 2.59 ± 0.74 and 3.07 ± 0.60, respectively. The vaccine literacy interactive-critical score was higher in females
than in males (p = 0.048). Interactive-critical scores were associated with the area of residence, civil status and socioeconomic
status, with the highest score in urban area of ≥ 100.000 inhabitants (p = 0.045), in widow patients (p = 0.023) and in
patients with high socioeconomic status (p = 0.018). Significant differences were observed between the different education
levels, for both the functional and the interactive-critical scores (p = 0.002 and p < 0.001, respectively), the highest score was
observed in patients who completed a university degree. The level of vaccine literacy for functional and interactive-critical
scales were medium. Area of residence, civil status and socioeconomic status represented determinants of vaccine literacy
interactive-critical scale. Educational attainment also contributes to vaccine literacy functional scale. Insight into these factors
is required to ensure an optimal vaccine literacy level in patients with autoimmune diseases.},
organization = {Universidad de Granada/CBUA},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {COVID-19},
keywords = {Vaccination},
keywords = {Vaccine literacy},
keywords = {Attitudes},
keywords = {Beliefs},
keywords = {Systemic autoimmune diseases},
title = {COVID‑19 vaccine literacy in patients with systemic autoimmune diseases},
doi = {10.1007/s12144-022-02713-y},
author = {Correa Rodríguez, María and Rueda Medina, Blanca María and Callejas Rubio, José Luis and Ríos Fernández, Raquel and De la Hera Fernández, Javier and Ortego Centeno, Norberto},
}