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A PHONE SURVEY ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF COVID- 19 VACCINATION AMONGST ADOLESCENTS IN A RHEUMATOLOGY CENTRE IN MALAYSIA
Rheumatology (United Kingdom) ; 61(SUPPL 1):i54, 2022.
Article in English | EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1868380
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Background/Aims According to newspaper Bernama, 6.5% of adolescents in Malaysia aged between 12 and 17 have completed their vaccination and 89.7% of the adult population have completed theirs as of 9th October 2021. The acceptance of patients with rheumatic diseases on Covid-19 vaccination are crucial in the successful long-term protection against COVID-19 infection. We conducted a phone survey to determine the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination amongst adolescents with underlying rheumatic disease. Methods This was a phone survey. The electronic medical records of all rheumatology patients follow up in rheumatology clinic Hospital Sultan Ismail, Malaysia from 2019 to 2021 were reviewed and patients with the age group between 12 to 21 were identified. Demographic data, diagnosis of the disease and outcome of the survey were collected and analysed. Results Phone survey was done after data extracted from medical records. For those under the age of 18, guardian of the patients was interviewed. A total of 50 patients were identified. Most of the patients were female (46/50) and majority of them were Malay (33/50). This was followed by Chinese (10/50), Indian (4/50) and others (3/50). The mean age group was 18 (range from 13 to 21). 36 of them were having systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 5 of them were having juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) ,2 of them were having psoriatic arthritis (PSA) and another 2 of them were having rheumatoid arthritis (RA), followed by RA overlapped SLE, juvenile dermatomyositis, Henoch-Schönlein purpura, SLE overlapped with JIA and mixed connective tissue disease about 1 each respectively. Majority of them patients are keen or already completed COVID-19 vaccination with the acceptance rate of as high as 92% (46/50). Only 8% of them are not keen for vaccination with the only reason of worrying the risk of myocarditis post vaccination (1 SLE patient and 1 PSA patient). Conclusion The overall acceptance rate of COVID-19 vaccination amongst adolescents with rheumatic diseases are very encouraging with the percentage of>90% despite lacking knowledge about vaccination for COVID-19. This result can assist our Ministry of Health in planning for future battles to improve vaccine uptake that hopefully can lead to herd immunity against COVID-19 infection.
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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Type of study: Observational study Topics: Vaccines Language: English Journal: Rheumatology (United Kingdom) Year: 2022 Document Type: Article

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Full text: Available Collection: Databases of international organizations Database: EMBASE Type of study: Observational study Topics: Vaccines Language: English Journal: Rheumatology (United Kingdom) Year: 2022 Document Type: Article