Attitudes of Parents with Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal After COVID-19

Abstract

Objective: Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in vaccine acceptance despite the presence of vaccine service or rejection of specific vaccines. This study was conducted to determine the attitudes of parents with vaccine hesitancy and vaccine rejection toward vaccine after COVID-19 and the affecting factors. Materials and Methods: The present cross sectional study was conducted with 147 parents, who were contacted through vaccine-related health records, had not gotten their children vaccinated or refused to complete the vaccination of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019 and 2020. Data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire and the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale. Results: Of the parents, 71.4% stated that they had made the decision of not getting their children vaccinated after one vaccine or a few vaccines. In the study, attitudes toward vaccine had changed positively in 23.8% of the parents after COVID-19. It was determined that the parents’ being mother or father, educational status and number of children significantly affected the Vaccine Hesitancy Scale score (p<0.05). Conclusion: Vaccine hesitancy was higher among: parents with higher level of education, parents with fewer children and parents had experienced hesitancy for their children after a few vaccines.

Keywords

• Child
• COVID-19
• Parent
• Immunization
• Vaccine Hesitancy.

COVID-19 Sonrası Aşı Tereddütü ve Reddi Olan Ebeveynlerin Tutumları

Abstract

Aşı tereddütü, aşı hizmetinin varlığına veya belirli aşıların reddedilmesine rağmen aşının kabulünde gecikmedir. Bu araştırma, aşı tereddütü olan ve aşıyı reddeden ebeveynlerin COVID-19 sonrası aşıya yönelik tutumlarını ve etkileyen faktörleri belirlemek amacıyla yapıldı. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu kesitsel araştırma, 2019 ve 2020 yıllarında yaşanan COVID-19 salgını sırasında aşıyla ilgili sağlık kayıtları aracılığıyla iletişime geçilen, çocuklarına aşı yaptırmayan veya çocuklarının aşılarını tamamlamayı reddeden 147 ebeveyn ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler Tanımlayıcı Özellikler Anket Formu ve Aşı Tereddütü Ölçeği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Ebeveynlerin %71.4’ü bir ya da birkaç aşıdan sonra çocuklarına aşı yaptırmama kararı aldıklarını ifade ettiler. Araştırmada, ebeveynlerin %23.8'inin COVID-19 sonrasında aşıya yönelik tutumları olumlu yönde değişti. Ebeveynlerin anne veya baba olmasının, eğitim durumunun ve çocuk sayısının Aşı Tereddüt Ölçeği puanını anlamlı düzeyde etkilediği belirlenmiştir (p<0.05). Sonuç: Aşı tereddütü şu kişilerde daha yüksekti: eğitim düzeyi daha yüksek olan ebeveynler, daha az çocuğu olan ebeveynlerde ve birkaç aşıdan sonra çocuklarına karşı tereddüt yaşayan ebeveynlerde.

Keywords

• Çocuk
• COVID-19
• Ebeveyn
• Bağışıklama
• Aşı Reddi.

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