College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Infect Public Health. 2021 Oct;14(10):1497-1504. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.08.028. Epub 2021 Aug 27.
Despite the success of childhood immunization in reducing vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine hesitancy is now a global health threat to this achievement. The current COVID-19 pandemic may change the picture of vaccine hesitancy toward childhood immunizations, which could influence the mothers' intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19.
To measure the prevalence and related factors of vaccine hesitancy towards childhood immunization during the era of COVID-19 along with the prevalence of mothers' intention to vaccinate their children the future COVID-19 and its association with childhood vaccine hesitancy.
Cross sectional study was conducted among 270 Saudi mothers attending outpatient clinics at King Abdullah University Hospital (KAAUH) in Riyadh by purposive sampling technique. Data were collected from January to February 2021 using SAGE Group standardized questionnaire.
Although most mothers strongly agree on the importance of the vaccine (79%), almost one-fourth of mothers were hesitant towards childhood immunization (24.31%). Similar percentage of mothers' intended to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in the next 6 months was reported (24%). Vaccine hesitancy was found to be a significant predictor of mothers' intention. Mothers' education level was significantly associated with being hesitant towards childhood immunization as well as the intention to accept the future COVID-19 vaccine (p < 0.05). Main reason that was highly significantly associated with being hesitant is the concerns about the side effect (50%).
The present study reported a considerable percentage of mothers who are hesitant towards childhood immunization which predicts their intension to vaccinate towards COVID19 and is associated with the level of education.
尽管儿童免疫接种在降低疫苗可预防疾病方面取得了成功，但疫苗犹豫现在是对这一成就的全球健康威胁。当前的 COVID-19 大流行可能会改变人们对儿童免疫接种的疫苗犹豫态度，这可能会影响母亲为孩子接种 COVID-19 疫苗的意愿。
在 COVID-19 时代，衡量儿童免疫接种疫苗犹豫的流行率和相关因素，以及母亲对未来 COVID-19 为孩子接种疫苗的意愿的流行率及其与儿童疫苗犹豫的关系。
采用横断面研究，于 2021 年 1 月至 2 月期间，通过目的性抽样技术，对在利雅得阿卜杜拉国王大学医院（KAAUH）门诊就诊的 270 名沙特母亲进行研究。使用 SAGE 组标准化问卷收集数据。
尽管大多数母亲强烈认为疫苗很重要（79%），但近四分之一的母亲对儿童免疫接种犹豫不决（24.31%）。报告称，在未来 6 个月内，类似比例的母亲打算为孩子接种 COVID-19 疫苗（24%）。疫苗犹豫被发现是母亲接种意愿的一个重要预测因素。母亲的教育水平与对儿童免疫接种的犹豫以及接受未来 COVID-19 疫苗的意愿显著相关（p < 0.05）。与犹豫不决高度相关的主要原因是对副作用的担忧（50%）。
本研究报告了相当比例的母亲对儿童免疫接种犹豫不决，这预测了她们对 COVID19 疫苗的接种意愿，并与教育水平相关。
