Napoli Annalisa, Miraglia Del Giudice Grazia, Corea Francesco, Folcarelli Lucio, Angelillo Italo Francesco
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Department of Public Health and Laboratory Services, Teaching Hospital of the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2022 Aug 2;9:949693. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.949693. eCollection 2022.
The aims of this cross-sectional study were to investigate why parents decide to vaccinate, as well as the determinants, their children aged 5-11 years against COVID-19 in Italy.
The survey was conducted from January through May 2022. All parents/guardians who came in randomly selected days to immunization centers for the administration of the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to their child were asked to complete a questionnaire about socio-demographic characteristics, attitudes toward COVID-19 infection and vaccination, reason(s) regarding their decision to vaccinate their child, and source(s) of information.
A total of 358 questionnaires were collected. Parent's perception that COVID-19 is a severe illness for the child, assessed using a 10-point Likert scale, was 7.5. The overall mean scores of the risk perception for their child of having the COVID-19 before and after the vaccination were 8.1 and 6.3. A significantly higher parents' level of risk perception for their child of having the COVID-19 after the vaccination has been observed among those not having a university degree, those with the child having at least one chronic medical condition, and those who perceived that COVID-19 is a severe illness for the child. The mean value of respondent trust in the information provided by the pediatricians on a 10-point scale Likert type was 7.6. Female, not having a university degree, higher perception that COVID-19 is a severe disease, not having received information about the vaccination from pediatricians, and needing information had a significantly higher concern of side effects after the vaccination. The most common reasons for vaccinating their children included wanting to protect the child against COVID-19, to attend the school with less risk, to prevent the transmission to family members, and to practice sport and other activities with less risks. Participants with a university degree were more likely to have vaccinated their child for attending the school and practicing sport and other activities with less risks.
More publicity should be promoted among parents of children aged 5-11 years which would increase the coverage rates and thus lower the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and reduce the occurrence of COVID-19.
这项横断面研究的目的是调查意大利5至11岁儿童的父母决定接种新冠疫苗的原因及其决定因素。
调查于2022年1月至5月进行。所有在随机选定日期前往免疫中心为其孩子接种第一剂新冠疫苗的父母/监护人都被要求填写一份关于社会人口学特征、对新冠感染和疫苗接种的态度、决定为孩子接种疫苗的原因以及信息来源的问卷。
共收集到358份问卷。父母认为新冠对孩子来说是一种严重疾病（使用10分制李克特量表评估）的得分为7.5。接种疫苗前后，父母对孩子感染新冠的风险认知总体平均得分分别为8.1和6.3。在未获得大学学位的父母、孩子至少患有一种慢性疾病的父母以及认为新冠对孩子来说是一种严重疾病的父母中，观察到接种疫苗后他们对孩子感染新冠的风险认知水平显著更高。受访者对儿科医生提供信息的信任度在10分制李克特量表上的平均值为7.6。女性、未获得大学学位、更高地认为新冠是一种严重疾病、未从儿科医生那里获得疫苗接种信息以及需要信息的人群对接种疫苗后的副作用担忧明显更高。为孩子接种疫苗的最常见原因包括希望保护孩子免受新冠感染、降低孩子上学的风险、防止传染给家庭成员以及能够更安全地进行体育活动和其他活动。拥有大学学位的参与者更有可能因为孩子上学以及能够更安全地进行体育活动和其他活动而让孩子接种疫苗。
应该在5至11岁儿童的父母中加强宣传，这将提高覆盖率，从而降低新冠病毒的传播并减少新冠的发生。
