Current status and influencing factors of vaccination in immunocompromised children / 中国生物制品学杂志

ABSTRACT

@#Objective To investigate the current status and influencing factors of vaccination in immunocompromised children and to provide a reference for vaccination strategy in these children.Methods Wenjuanxing questionnaire investigation was carried out in the parents of immunocompromised children who visited the Department of Hematology,Shanghai Children's Medical Center and the Department of Liver Transplant,Renji Hospital from December 2018 to January 2020,of which the content included the basic information of immunocompromised children as well as vaccination status and intention.Results The ages of the immunocompromised children were(6.29±4.09) years.A total of 296(48.9%) children were vaccinated after illness,while 309(51.1%) were unvaccinated.The mainly influencing factors of vaccination in immunocompromised children included low family income(χ~2=20.381,P <0.001),type of disease(solid tumor)(χ~2=29.486,P <0.001),low willingness to vaccination after treatment(χ~2=21.462,P <0.001),reduced going out of children(χ~2=9.035,P=0.003),stable condition of children and low enthusiasm of the parents to vaccination(χ~2=26.394,P <0.001).Conclusion Vaccination coverage is relatively low in immunocompromised children,of which the mainly influencing factors included low family income as well as low willingness and low enthusiasm to vaccination after treatment.Publicity and education on vaccination-related knowledge should be strengthened to improve the vaccination awareness of the parents.