Is COVID-19 vaccination beneficial for tumor patients: a cross-sectional
investigation in China
Abstract
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Tumor patients take a high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, high incidence
of serious events, poor prognosis and high mortality in the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, but there is still lack of supporting
evidence that the COVID-19 vaccination is beneficial for tumor patients
to encourage them to receive the vaccination. A cross-sectional study
was conducted in Shantou, China and questionnaires were collected in the
hospitals from February 13,2023 to April 23,2023. Using the receiving of
COVID-19 vaccination as the primary outcome, descriptive, univariate and
multivariate analyses were generated.161 out of 241 patients (66.80%)
had received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 61.00% patients
had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. Patients with general symptoms (P =
0.013) and others (P = 0.022) had a higher proportion of non-vaccinated
patients than vaccinated ones. In the multivariate analysis, age (aOR =
0.971, 95% CI 0.946-0.997, P = 0.031), the cognition of vaccines’
impact on tumor treatment (aOR = 4.475, 95% CI 1.772-11.299, P =
0.002), time since tumor diagnosis (aOR=4.586, 95% CI 2.122-9.909, P
< 0.001) were identified as factors of COVID-19 vaccination
uptake. COVID-19 vaccination in China brings many benefits to tumor
patients, which could reduce symptoms after infection.