Miraglia Del Giudice Grazia, Napoli Annalisa, Corea Francesco, Folcarelli Lucio, Angelillo Italo Francesco
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luciano Armanni 5, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Department of Public Health and Laboratory Services, Teaching Hospital of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Via Luciano Armanni 5, 80138 Naples, Italy.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Mar 4;10(3):396. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10030396.
COVID-19 vaccination has been extended to include children aged 5-11 years. This cross-sectional survey evaluated parental COVID-19 vaccine willingness and hesitancy, and associated factors, for their children aged 5-11 years with chronic conditions. A telephone survey was conducted from 14 December 2021 to 4 January 2022. The questionnaire assessed participants' socio-demographic and health-related information, attitudes towards COVID-19 infection, hesitancy, by using the PACV-5 (Parent Attitudes About Childhood Vaccines Survey Tool), and sources of information. A total of 430 answers were collected anonymously. Respondents with no cohabitant who had been infected by SARS-CoV-2 and having been vaccinated against COVID-19 had a higher concern about the severity of COVID-19. The parents' perceived risk that the child could be infected by SARS-CoV-2 was higher in those more concerned about the severity of COVID-19, with an older child, and who had at least one cohabitant positive for COVID-19. Only 38.8% parents were willing to vaccinate their children against COVID-19. Parents who did not need additional information, those with higher education, those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, those whose child was older, who had received information on this vaccination from physicians, with higher self-reported concern about the severity of COVID-19, and who had a higher perceived risk that their child could be infected by SARS-CoV-2, expressed a greater willingness to vaccinate their child. Overall, 26.3% were high-hesitant, with a PACV-5 score ≥ 7. Respondents who did not get the COVID-19 vaccine, were less educated, with a lower concern about severity of COVID-19, and with a lower perceived risk that their child could be infected by SARS-CoV-2, were more likely to be high-hesitant. New policies and educational programs regarding COVID-19 vaccination for children with chronic conditions are needed to reduce hesitancy and increase vaccination uptake.
新冠病毒疫苗接种范围已扩大至5至11岁儿童。这项横断面调查评估了患有慢性病的5至11岁儿童的家长对新冠病毒疫苗的接种意愿和犹豫态度及其相关因素。于2021年12月14日至2022年1月4日进行了电话调查。问卷通过使用PACV - 5（家长对儿童疫苗的态度调查工具）评估了参与者的社会人口统计学和健康相关信息、对新冠病毒感染的态度、犹豫态度以及信息来源。共匿名收集到430份回答。没有曾感染过严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）的同居者且已接种新冠病毒疫苗的受访者对新冠病毒的严重程度更为担忧。在那些更担心新冠病毒严重程度、孩子年龄较大且至少有一名同居者新冠病毒检测呈阳性的家长中，他们认为孩子感染SARS-CoV-2的风险更高。只有38.8%的家长愿意为孩子接种新冠病毒疫苗。不需要额外信息的家长、受过高等教育的家长、已接种新冠病毒疫苗的家长、孩子年龄较大的家长、从医生那里获得过此次疫苗接种信息的家长、自我报告对新冠病毒严重程度更为担忧的家长以及认为孩子感染SARS-CoV-2风险更高的家长，更愿意为孩子接种疫苗。总体而言，26.3%的家长高度犹豫，PACV - 5得分≥7。未接种新冠病毒疫苗、受教育程度较低、对新冠病毒严重程度担忧较低且认为孩子感染SARS-CoV-2风险较低的受访者更有可能高度犹豫。需要出台关于患有慢性病儿童新冠病毒疫苗接种的新政策和教育项目，以减少犹豫态度并提高疫苗接种率。
