Analysis on parents'willingness and factors to inoculate COVID-19 vaccine

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the willingness and factors of children's parents for COVID- 19 inoculation,and to provide the basis for the formulation of COVID- 19 inoculation strategy. Methods Easy sampling was used to conduct questionnaire survey on parents of 215 children from a Grade AAA hospital in Wuhan between December 2020 and January 2021. Results One hundred and fifteen valid questionnaires were collected, and 96.74% of parents had heard of COVID- 19 before this survey. WeChat accounts 43.72%(94/215) and Tiktok accounts 28.37%(61/215) were main sources of COVID- 19 and vaccine- related knowledge. 90.23%(194/215) of the parents of children were willing to be inoculated against COVID- 19, and 9.77%(21/215) of children’s parents weren’ t willing to be inoculated against COVID -19 vaccine, mainly because they believed that the interval between the development and use of the vaccine was short,the necessity of time spending in considering(38.10%, 8/21),concerns about adverse effects and safety(47.62%,10/21). Parents of children with a bachelor's degree(OR=0.034,95% CTJO.002-0.582) and a monthly income of 5 000 to 7 999 Yuan(OR=11.459,95%CI-1.708-76.870) were more likely to inoculate COVID- 19 vaccine. Conclusion Parents of children have high willingness to inoculate COVID- 19 vaccines, while they show concerns about adverse reactions and safety of vaccines. The authorities concerned are recommended to strengthen the publicity of inoculation knowledge of COVID- 19 to thereby ease public doubts and ensure safe and effective promotion of vaccines. © 2022, Editorial Department of Medical Pest Control. All rights reserved.