Attitudes of parents with children aged 12-18 to COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their children
Background. The incidence of vaccine hesitancy is increasing in many countries. This study aims to determine parents` attitudes and related factors regarding COVID-19 vaccine acceptance for themselves and their children aged 12-18. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on par...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
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| author | Aslıhan Şahin Ferhan Elmalı Eda Karadağ Öncel Ali Kanık Gülberat İnce Aslıhan Arslan Maden Selin Taşar Ayşegül Elvan Tüz Gülnihan Üstündağ Yıldız Ekemen Keleş Bahri Aşcı Ahu Kara Aksay Dilek Yılmaz |
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Background. The incidence of vaccine hesitancy is increasing in many countries. This study aims to determine parents` attitudes and related factors regarding COVID-19 vaccine acceptance for themselves and their children aged 12-18.
Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on parents between 16th November and 31st December 2021, after COVID-19 vaccines were initiated for children in Türkiye. In the survey, the sociodemographic characteristics of the parents, whether they and their children were vaccinated against COVID-19, and if not, the reasons for this were asked. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the factors affecting parents` refusal to vaccinate their children for COVID-19.
Results. Three hundred and ninety-six mothers and fathers were included in the final analysis. Overall, 41.7% of parents reported vaccine refusal for their children. COVID-19 vaccine refusal was higher in mothers younger than 35 (β = 6.5, p = 0.002, 95% CI: 2.0-23.1), children aged 15 and younger (β = 2.3, p = 0.001, 95% CI: 1.4-3.7). Concerns about the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine (29.7%) and their children not wanting to be vaccinated (29.0%) were the most common causes of COVID-19 vaccine refusal.
Conclusions. In the present study, the rate of children not vaccinated due to COVID-19 vaccine refusal was relatively high. Parents` concerns about vaccine side effects, as well as their children`s unwillingness to be vaccinated, suggest that both parents and adolescents should be informed about the importance of COVID-19 vaccines.
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| spelling | doaj-art-601ae09284a3415082a0efb7a7a10f212025-08-20T02:00:55ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212023-04-0165210.24953/turkjped.2022.762Attitudes of parents with children aged 12-18 to COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their childrenAslıhan Şahin0Ferhan Elmalı1Eda Karadağ Öncel2Ali KanıkGülberat İnce3Aslıhan Arslan Maden4Selin Taşar5Ayşegül Elvan Tüz6Gülnihan Üstündağ7Yıldız Ekemen Keleş8Bahri Aşcı9Ahu Kara Aksay10Dilek YılmazDivision of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Department of Biostatistics, İzmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir.Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Department of Pediatrics, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Department of Pediatrics, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir.Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Health Sciences University Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir. Background. The incidence of vaccine hesitancy is increasing in many countries. This study aims to determine parents` attitudes and related factors regarding COVID-19 vaccine acceptance for themselves and their children aged 12-18. Methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on parents between 16th November and 31st December 2021, after COVID-19 vaccines were initiated for children in Türkiye. In the survey, the sociodemographic characteristics of the parents, whether they and their children were vaccinated against COVID-19, and if not, the reasons for this were asked. Multivariate binary logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the factors affecting parents` refusal to vaccinate their children for COVID-19. Results. Three hundred and ninety-six mothers and fathers were included in the final analysis. Overall, 41.7% of parents reported vaccine refusal for their children. COVID-19 vaccine refusal was higher in mothers younger than 35 (β = 6.5, p = 0.002, 95% CI: 2.0-23.1), children aged 15 and younger (β = 2.3, p = 0.001, 95% CI: 1.4-3.7). Concerns about the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine (29.7%) and their children not wanting to be vaccinated (29.0%) were the most common causes of COVID-19 vaccine refusal. Conclusions. In the present study, the rate of children not vaccinated due to COVID-19 vaccine refusal was relatively high. Parents` concerns about vaccine side effects, as well as their children`s unwillingness to be vaccinated, suggest that both parents and adolescents should be informed about the importance of COVID-19 vaccines. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/25COVID-19childrenparentvaccine acceptance |
| spellingShingle | Aslıhan Şahin Ferhan Elmalı Eda Karadağ Öncel Ali Kanık Gülberat İnce Aslıhan Arslan Maden Selin Taşar Ayşegül Elvan Tüz Gülnihan Üstündağ Yıldız Ekemen Keleş Bahri Aşcı Ahu Kara Aksay Dilek Yılmaz Attitudes of parents with children aged 12-18 to COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their children The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics COVID-19 children parent vaccine acceptance |
| title | Attitudes of parents with children aged 12-18 to COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their children |
| title_full | Attitudes of parents with children aged 12-18 to COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their children |
| title_fullStr | Attitudes of parents with children aged 12-18 to COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their children |
| title_full_unstemmed | Attitudes of parents with children aged 12-18 to COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their children |
| title_short | Attitudes of parents with children aged 12-18 to COVID-19 vaccines for themselves and their children |
| title_sort | attitudes of parents with children aged 12 18 to covid 19 vaccines for themselves and their children |
| topic | COVID-19 children parent vaccine acceptance |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/25 |
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