Pregnant women's knowledge about and beliefs toward COVID-19 vaccine : a cross-sectional study

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the scope of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of pregnant women about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine.

Materials and Methods: A total of 886 pregnant women were recruited for the study. A cross-sectional questionnaire was conducted on these selected participants. Data about past infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), SARS-CoV-2 infection of closely related people, and deaths due to COVID-19 among their relatives were questioned.

Results: The rate of vaccination was higher (64.1%) in pregnant women with higher education levels. Informing about the vaccine, especially by health professionals, showed that the rates of vaccination (25%) increased (p<0.001). In addition, a significant increase was observed in vaccination rates with increasing age and financial income (p<0.001).

Conclusion: The main limitation of our study is that the vaccine, which was approved for "emergency use", was just started to be administered to pregnant women during the study. Our findings show that our target audience, low-income, low-education, younger pregnant women should be given more attention than those who apply to the doctor for routine follow-up.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Clinical and experimental vaccine research - 12(2023), 2 vom: 10. Apr., Seite 134-142

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gunkaya, Osman Samet [VerfasserIn]
Tekin, Arzu Bilge [VerfasserIn]
Yassa, Murat [VerfasserIn]
Arslan, Oguz [VerfasserIn]
Karakoç, Kübra [VerfasserIn]
Demirtaş, Nesibe [VerfasserIn]
Usta, Canberk [VerfasserIn]
Künt İşgüder, Çiğdem [VerfasserIn]
Tuğ, Niyazi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19 vaccine
Journal Article
Pandemics
Pregnant

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Date Revised 23.05.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7774/cevr.2023.12.2.134

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357166221