Article Intention to Be Vaccinated for COVID-19 among Italian Nurses during the Pandemic Marco Trabucco Aurilio 1 , Francesco Saverio Mennini 2,3, Simone Gazzillo 2, Laura Massini 1, Matteo Bolcato 4,*, Alessandro Feola 5 , Cristiana Ferrari 6 and Luca Coppeta 6 1 Department of Medicine and Health Sciences “V. Tiberio”, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +39-049-9941096 Abstract: Background: While the COVID-19 pandemic has spread globally, health systems are overwhelmed by both direct and indirect mortality from other treatable conditions. COVID-19 vaccination was crucial to preventing and eliminating the disease, so vaccine development for COVID-19 was fast-tracked worldwide. Despite the fact that vaccination is commonly recognized as Citation: Trabucco Aurilio, M.; the most effective approach, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), vaccine hesitancy Mennini, F.S.; Gazzillo, S.; Massini, L.; is a global health issue.