Parents' Decisions And Attitudes to Vaccinate Their Children Between the Ages of 5-12 Due to Fear of COVID-19: A Cross-Sectional Study

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 3, 277 - 289, 30.09.2025

Nilay Şener Özovalı , Zulfıyya Nuralıyeva , Fatma Şule Bilgiç , Nurten Kaya

https://doi.org/10.46237/amusbfd.1388621

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the decisions and attitudes of parents with children aged 5-12 years of age to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 due to their fear of COVID-19, and the factors affecting them.
Method: The cross-sectional study was conducted with 201 parents of children aged 5-12, selected by purposeful sampling method. Research data were obtained at a family health center in Istanbul between January 30 and March 1, 2022, using the self-report technique, through the Parents' Introduction Form, Coronavirus Fear Scale (CFS) and Attitudes Towards COVID-19 Vaccine Scale (ATCVS).
Results: 65.4% of mothers (n=89) and 50.8% of fathers (n=33) do not want to vaccinate their children and the difference is significant. ATCVS total, positive and negative attitudes sub-dimension of parents who want to vaccinate It was seen that their scores were statistically higher than those who did not want to be vaccinated, in other words, the attitudes of those who wanted to be vaccinated were positive (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Some socio-demographic characteristics of parents with children between the ages of 5-12, their fear of COVID-19 and their attitudes towards the vaccine influences the decision to vaccinate their children. When vaccination is required in this age group, family-specific information should be obtained by taking a careful anamnesis.

Keywords

Vaccine rejection , COVID-19 , COVID-19 Vaccine , parent

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Ebeveynlerin COVID-19 Korkusu ile 5-12 Yaş Arası Çocuklarına COVID-19 Aşısı Yaptırma Karar ve Tutumları: Kesitsel Bir Çalışma

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Amaç: Bu çalışma 5-12 yaş arası çocuğa sahip ebeveynlerin COVID-19 korkusu ile çocuklarına COVID-19 aşısı yaptırma karar ve tutumları ile etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı.
Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipteki araştırma, amaçlı örneklem yöntemi ile seçilen, 5-12 yaş arası çocuğa sahip 201 ebeveynle yapıldı. Araştırma verileri, İstanbul ilinde bir aile sağlığı merkezinde 30 Ocak–1 Mart 2022 tarihleri arasında, öz bildirim tekniği kullanılarak, Anne-Baba Tanıtım Formu, Koronavirüs Korkusu Ölçeği (KKÖ) ve COVID-19 Aşısına Yönelik Tutumlar Ölçeği (AYTÖ) aracılığıyla elde edildi.
Bulgular: Ebeveynlerin Koronavirüs Korkusu Ölçeğinden aldıkları puan ortalamasının 17.03±6.26, COVID-19 AYTÖ Olumlu Tutum alt boyutundan aldıkları puan ortalamasının 3.45, Olumsuz Tutum alt boyutundan aldıkları puanların ortalamasının 3.44±0.81, COVID-19 AYTÖ toplamından aldıkları puan ortalamasının 3.45±0.87 olduğu belirlendi. Annelerin %65.4’ü (n=89), babaların ise %50.8’inin (n=33) çocuklarına aşı yaptırmak istemediği görüldü. Aşı yaptırmak isteyen ebeveynlerin COVID-19 AYTÖ toplam, olumlu ve olumsuz tutum alt boyut puan ortalamalarının aşı yaptırmak istemeyenlerden istatistiksel olarak daha yüksek olduğu diğer bir deyişle aşı yaptırmak isteyenlerin aşıya karşı tutumlarının olumlu olduğu görüldü (p<0.05).
Sonuç: 5-12 yaş arası çocuğu olan ebeveynlerin COVID-19 korkusu ve aşısına karşı tutumları ile ebeveyn yaşı çocuklarına aşı yaptırma kararında etkilidir.

Keywords

Aşı reddi , COVID-19 , COVID-19 aşısı , Ebeveyn

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