Almutairi Wedad M, Alsharif Fatmah, Khamis Fathia, Sallam Lujain A, Sharif Loujain, Alsufyani Afnan, Alshulah Fatima N, Alqasimi Rabab
Maternity and Child Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21551, Saudi Arabia.
Medical Surgical Department, Faculty of Nursing, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21551, Saudi Arabia.
Nurs Rep. 2021 Jul 5;11(3):506-516. doi: 10.3390/nursrep11030047.
This study's aim was to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of mothers regarding childhood vaccination during the first five years of children's lives in Saudi Arabia.
A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted with the application of convenience sampling, and 262 questionnaires were completed by Saudi mothers who had children aged 5 years or younger.
The majority of the participants were aged 25-31 years (57%), 61% held a bachelor's degree, and 60.3% had children aged 2-5 years. The knowledge score was 86%, 2492 out of a total score of 2893; the attitude score was 89.1%, 973 out of a total score of 1052; the practice score was 80.5%, 1059 out of a total score of 1315. There was no evidence of an association ( > 0.05) between the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of mothers regarding vaccination and their sociodemographic aspects.
The Saudi mothers in our sample were knowledgeable, with positive attitudes regarding vaccination, and they demonstrated good practices. This might be explained by the higher educational level of our sample.
We recommend using multiple educational methods to support the practice of mothers regarding the management of complications of vaccinations.
本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯母亲在孩子生命最初五年中关于儿童疫苗接种的知识、态度和行为。
采用便利抽样进行横断面描述性研究,262名沙特母亲完成了问卷调查,她们的孩子年龄在5岁及以下。
大多数参与者年龄在25 - 31岁之间(57%),61%拥有学士学位,60.3%的孩子年龄在2 - 5岁之间。知识得分86%,在总分2893分中得2492分;态度得分89.1%,在总分1052分中得973分;行为得分80.5%,在总分1315分中得1059分。母亲在疫苗接种方面的知识、态度和行为与其社会人口学特征之间没有关联证据(>0.05)。
我们样本中的沙特母亲知识丰富,对疫苗接种态度积极,且行为良好。这可能是由于我们样本中母亲的教育水平较高。
我们建议采用多种教育方法来支持母亲在疫苗接种并发症管理方面的行为。