COVID-19 Vaccine: Knowledge and Acceptance among Obstetric Population in Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand
Journal of SAFOG
; 15(1):5-11, 2023.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-20244074
ABSTRACT
Background:
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) poses expectant mothers to a higher risk of serious complications and mortality. Following a risk-benefit review, a number of governmental and professional bodies from across the globe recently approved the COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. Aim(s) This study aimed to investigate knowledge, actual acceptance, and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine among the obstetric population. Material(s) and Method(s) Participants were selected from among the expecting women who came for antenatal checkup during the study period (October 1, 2021-November 30, 2021). About 150 pregnant women who met the inclusion criteria and consented were recruited into the study. Data related to socio-demographic and clinical characteristics as well as knowledge, actual acceptance, and concerns about COVID-19 vaccine were collected through in-person interviews using a prestructured questionnaire. The SPSS version 23 was used to analyze data. The association between the attitude (acceptance and hesitance) of participants toward the COVID-19 vaccine and their sociodemographic and clinical profile was found by Fisher's exact test. Result(s) The actual acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine among expecting women was 52.0%. The primary motive for accepting COVID-19 immunization was to protect the fetus, followed by the protection of one's own health. A significant association was found between COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and the level of education, socio-economic status, and presence of comorbidities. The leading causes for vaccine reluctance were concerns about the efficacy and safety of the vaccines and lack of awareness about their usage during pregnancy. Conclusion(s) Multifaceted activities are required to promote the effectiveness and safety profile of the COVID-19 vaccine as well as disseminate knowledge about its usage during pregnancy. Clinicalsignificance:
Unlike numerous other studies that have investigated the accepting attitude only, the present one has investigated the actual COVID-19 vaccine uptake among the obstetric population.Copyright © The Author(s).
covid-19; Pregnant women; Vaccine acceptance; Vaccine hesitancy; adult; article; attitude; awareness; clinical feature; comorbidity; coronavirus disease 2019/dt [Drug Therapy]; coronavirus disease 2019/pc [Prevention]; cross-sectional study; diabetes mellitus; drug efficacy; drug safety; educational status; female; fever/si [Side Effect]; gestational age; gestational diabetes; headache/si [Side Effect]; health care personnel; human; hypertension; hypothyroidism; immunization; injection site pain/si [Side Effect]; interview; knowledge; major clinical study; marriage; mass medium; myalgia/si [Side Effect]; nausea and vomiting/si [Side Effect]; obstetrics; occupation; pregnancy; pregnant woman; questionnaire; religion; residential care; skin redness/si [Side Effect]; social acceptance; social media; social status; socioeconomics; thyroid disease; Uttarakhand; vaccination; covaxin/ae [Adverse Drug Reaction]; covaxin/dt [Drug Therapy]; SARS-CoV-2 vaccine/ae [Adverse Drug Reaction]; SARS-CoV-2 vaccine/dt [Drug Therapy]; vaxzevria/ae [Adverse Drug Reaction]; vaxzevria/dt [Drug Therapy]; prestructured questionnaire
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Collection:
Databases of international organizations
Database:
EMBASE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Vaccines
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of SAFOG
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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