Department for Psychotherapy and Biopsychosocial Health, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria.
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2023 Mar;32(3):537-539. doi: 10.1007/s00787-021-01878-4. Epub 2021 Sep 22.
Vaccination is essential to control the COVID-19 pandemic. High vaccination willingness is a key for successful vaccination programs. This study assessed attitudes toward vaccination in Austrian adolescents and determined whether there are differences in vaccination readiness regarding education status, gender and migration background. Two cross-sectional online surveys were conducted from March to July 2021 in apprentices and high school students. Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccination was rated on a 5-point scale. In total, n = 2006 (n = 1442 apprentices and n = 564 high school students) completed the survey. Willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccination was higher in students compared to apprentices (p < 0.001). Furthermore, migration background (p = 0.023) and female gender (p = 0.001) were associated with lower vaccination willingness. In conclusion, more efforts are required to improve confidence and willingness to vaccinate adolescents with lower educational levels, those with migrant backgrounds and females.
接种疫苗对于控制 COVID-19 大流行至关重要。高接种意愿是成功疫苗接种计划的关键。本研究评估了奥地利青少年对疫苗接种的态度，并确定了教育程度、性别和移民背景对疫苗接种准备情况是否存在差异。2021 年 3 月至 7 月，在学徒和高中生中进行了两次横断面在线调查。对 COVID-19 疫苗接种的意愿进行了 5 点评分。共有 2006 名（n=1442 名学徒和 n=564 名高中生）完成了调查。与学徒相比，学生接种 COVID-19 疫苗的意愿更高（p<0.001）。此外，移民背景（p=0.023）和女性性别（p=0.001）与较低的疫苗接种意愿相关。总之，需要更加努力来提高教育程度较低、有移民背景和女性青少年对疫苗接种的信心和意愿。
